How long can a fat person go without eating

SchizoSkier

SchizoSkier

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It’s a rule of thumb that you can only go 3 weeks without food but what about a morbidly obese 600lb person? Like if u just cut all food out of their diet and only gave them water wouldn’t they be able to live for a couple years probably because they have so much fat to use as energy? (Serious question)
 
The show Alone is a survival show where you basically try not to starve by yourself somewhere on the coast of Washington I think. A winning strategy is to get really fat before then go starve while you setup. One dude lost like 150 lbs in about 3 months of eating bugs and nothing. So I would assume in 6 months you could get down from 600lbs if you were only eating bugs occasionally and starving most the time.
 
1lb fat = 3500 Calories

Basal metabolic rate = 1500ish C/day(idk more or less depending)

That's at least the equation of fat stores to energy. At some point you'd prob want vitamins or something idk.
 
14525875:Lenny- said:
The show Alone is a survival show where you basically try not to starve by yourself somewhere on the coast of Washington I think. A winning strategy is to get really fat before then go starve while you setup. One dude lost like 150 lbs in about 3 months of eating bugs and nothing. So I would assume in 6 months you could get down from 600lbs if you were only eating bugs occasionally and starving most the time.
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That show could have also been called hiding under a tarp in the dark getting rained on until you mentally break.
 
14525882:Casey said:
That show could have also been called hiding under a tarp in the dark getting rained on until you mentally break.
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Yeah but if you are 600 lbs you are probably lying in bed all day for weeks on end mentally broken already. ?
 
14525875:Lenny- said:
The show Alone is a survival show where you basically try not to starve by yourself somewhere on the coast of Washington I think. A winning strategy is to get really fat before then go starve while you setup. One dude lost like 150 lbs in about 3 months of eating bugs and nothing. So I would assume in 6 months you could get down from 600lbs if you were only eating bugs occasionally and starving most the time.
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I love naked and afraid. So many contestants start out badass, and crawl out of the challenge. It proves as humans we have no primitive skills left, dependent on the cheese we are fed... A strategy is acquiring enough life skills to thrive, getting fat to starve, seems like a weak plot ...
 
14525875:Lenny- said:
The show Alone is a survival show where you basically try not to starve by yourself somewhere on the coast of Washington I think. A winning strategy is to get really fat before then go starve while you setup. One dude lost like 150 lbs in about 3 months of eating bugs and nothing. So I would assume in 6 months you could get down from 600lbs if you were only eating bugs occasionally and starving most the time.
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Theres also long term malnutrition. Stuff like B12, suger complexe… will start to run out and cell division will start to fail. No vitamin C will give ya scurvy and will kill you in a couple weeks if not treated
 
14525954:thankagaper said:
I love naked and afraid. So many contestants start out badass, and crawl out of the challenge. It proves as humans we have no primitive skills left, dependent on the cheese we are fed... A strategy is acquiring enough life skills to thrive, getting fat to starve, seems like a weak plot ...
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One woman in my town was on naked and afraid and she’s one of the most insufferable characters in my area
 
14525879:ASSholebomber22 said:
1lb fat = 3500 Calories

Basal metabolic rate = 1500ish C/day(idk more or less depending)

That's at least the equation of fat stores to energy. At some point you'd prob want vitamins or something idk.
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yeah there was an obese dude a few decades ago who scientists observed while he fasted for a year and they gave him vitamins. idk how repeatable that is... obviously probably not super healthy... but the basic parts of it make sense
 
Wow I didn't think there would be an answer to this thread. Guy had some serious dedication. That article made me think if it's possible for buddy there to live off just taking meds and water then in 100 years will only the rich still eat food... maybe

14526067:TRVP_ANGEL said:
https://www.diabetes.co.uk/blog/2018/02/story-angus-barbieri-went-382-days-without-eating/
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For real dude. Last time I watched it, this lady was confessing to eating her boogers to get enough sodium. She mentally cracked shortly after and left

14525882:Casey said:
That show could have also been called hiding under a tarp in the dark getting rained on until you mentally break.
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bro. This thread made me buy a cheeseburger. I cant go more than two days without food, but the best strat for weightloss is going at least 3 days with a small amount of food and then just to keep up the smaller amounts. Loosing so much weight so fast though is super unhealthy. Did that and it fucked up my gallbladder so it had to be removed.
 
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