Weight loss and perseverance
If they were burning 3,000-5,000 calories per day exercising, I'm pretty sure it wasn't the diet that made them lose weight. Calories in < calories burned = weight loss. The equation holds true no matter what the calories are from.
I honestly don’t remember the number (64 pound loss guy’s name was Michael Carroll-he was the only one of us that could push him self that hard; the 50-54 pound guy’s name was James something-he probably Road the stationary bicycle twice a week)
Of calories to one pound of fat-3500?
Here:”a pound of body fat may contain anywhere from 3,436 to 3,752 calories. However, it is a myth that just eating 500 fewer calories per day (3,500 per week) causes weight loss of one pound.”
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How Many Calories Are in a Pound of Body Fat?
Now you can convince yourself that the weight loss was all due to exercise but we (all 3) exercised the same amount each deployment with less than half the weight loss results from exercise.
Those two typically lost about 20 pounds a deployment and after aging I was down to losing 12-16 pounds a deployment.
If you really care
@mopowers you have to consider that everything they fed us underwater was coated in oil (all vegetables) or laced with sugar, and overloaded with preservatives. Lettuce stopped 2 weeks after we left the pier.
We substituted with peanuts, almonds and I taught the other two just to scrape the tops off of the pizza on Saturday midnight rations (no dough).
They have a sugar free candy and it is a dangerous poison. Here are some reviews from the internet because too many caused immediate diarrhea.:
“What came out of me felt like someone tried to funnel Niagara Falls through a coffee straw. I swear my sphincters were screaming. It felt like my delicate starfish was a gaping maw projectile vomiting a torrential flood of toxic waste. 100% liquid. Flammable liquid. NAPALM."
“Be sure to also buy a tub of Oxyclean with this to get the blood and diarrhea stains out of your underwear, clothes, furniture, pets, loved ones, ceiling fans."
“I saw the product reviews and told some coworkers, so we bought a bag {OF HARIBO GUMMY BEARS} (because who doesn't want to spend the workday on the toilet AND get paid, right??). Brought them in yesterday morning and a bunch of the guys immediately downed a handful each. Within half an hour they were in the bathroom. Best moment of the day was when one of them (who had been in the bathroom for half an hour by that point) texted one of the others. 'If you think it's a fart....it's NOT.' hahhaaaaaa"
“The cramping started about an hour later, and soon enough I was as bloated as a balloon in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. When the rumbling started I sprinted down the hallway and made it to the bathroom just in time for the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse to stampede from my backside, laying waste to my home's septic system AND my will to live. After three hours of a pelvis-shaking Gummy Bear assault, I was spongy and weak, surprised that I had any bones left. I cursed Haribo with the little strength I could muster."
