Battle Of The Super Eaters.....

[ToraToraTora]

how are these people not fat? I mean they eat massive amounts and are all slim, what gives?

[Mamyalynne]

A very good question.

https://www.womenshealthmag.com/weight-loss/a19919757/competitive-eating/

[Mamyalynne]

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/competitive-eating-health-diet-calories-20000-balanced-man-a7478736.html

[Sqad]

Yes an interesting question and an interesting link.
I didn't see the competitors in the program that you mention, but hitherto, in my experience all competitive eaters were FAT......HUGE.
perhaps that is just the men.
I cannot answer your question TTT.

[TonyV]

I haven't read Lynnes links yet but its a simple enough equation. Energy in Vs energy out, so if you expend the calories you eat through exercise you will not put on weight.

[Prudie]

I don't know how people can watch that programme, it makes me physically heave. Possibly because I expect them to vomit at any moment. yuk yuk yuk

[ToraToraTora]

yes tony, I am well aware of the equation and no doubt they are balancing it somehow but it just doesn't seem like it. Though the girl in the program does body building so no doubt uses a lot of energy.

[pastafreak]

They don't eat like that every day...more likely just several times per month when competing.
The young woman was previously overweight, now she trains 6 days a week, I think.

[CrapAtCryptics]

With all the obesity in the world should they be implying in any way that gluttony is acceptable - its not even remotely entertaining.

[Old_Geezer]

Because different people's bodies deal with their intake differently for all sorts of reasons. And why mocking the overweight for overeating is naive.

[agchristie]

//how are these people not fat?//

Gorge-ous aren't they? ;-)

[andy-hughes]

As advised, they don't eat like this on a daily basis, and I imagine they have above average metabolism that burns through their calories before they are converted to fat.


My nine-year-old grandson eats more at most meals that I do, and more of them, and he is like a fileted gnat!

[JimF]

Don't they simply make themselves vomit after competition? Anyway, I thought that these events had been banned because they're so obviously unhealthy.

[douglas9401]

Finish off every session with a couple of ladyfingers and a sloosh of mouthwash to protect the teeth.

[237SJ]

I would imagine they makes themselves vomit or at the very least, take those tablets that make the body pass fats straight through the digestive system.

[237SJ]

*make*