Actual convo with my roommate... page

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Him: By the end of the night I will have had four dinners tonight!
Me: Uh, isn't that a bit excessive?
Him: Nah. I had a bowl of pasta with alfredo sauce when I got home at 4:30, and then I went to the mall with my friend and we got slices of pizza. I got home at about 6:00, and decided I'd make a bowl of oatmeal to get some fiber.
Me: But that's only three dinners, so...?
Him: Now it's 7:00 and another friend invited me to go out for wings and ice cream. Hell yes!
Me: Yep, it's excessive. And you had breakfast and lunch today too?
Him: Of course! I had a bowl of Lucky Charms for breakie and for lunch I had a penut butter and jelly sandwich on Wonder Bread. Can't let my metabolism slow down! What have you eaten today?
Me: Absolutely nothing all day.
Him: Jesus man, you need to start eating! Your metabolism must be glacial!

I didn't even bother to tell him everything that was wrong with this conversation.

[kenn]

Why not?

[Forgotmylastusername]

Tell him metabolisms don't start to slow down for atleast 48/72 hours. I think more people need to know that. I certainly wish I was told this when I used to eat 6 times a day.

[Grumpycakes]

Your roommate said "breakie?" I can see why you posted this thread.

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Why not?

Because I've already explained it to him hundreds of times before, and it didn't take then, it won't now.

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Your roommate said "breakie?" I can see why you posted this thread.

Indeed.

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Tell him metabolisms don't start to slow down for atleast 48/72 hours. I think more people need to know that. I certainly wish I was told this when I used to eat 6 times a day.

Yeah, I used to believe that ol' myth too. It was bad for me when I wasn't able to eat because of school/work or whatever. I would literally freak out.

[SoccerGrok]

You can lead a CW to good health/food, but you can't make them eat:-)

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You can lead a CW to good health/food, but you can't make them eat:-)

This guy, it's not hard to convince him to eat. He's talking about how he dreads the "metabolic slowdown" he's going to suffer in a number of years.

Ah, Mark's post yesterday would have something to say about that one, yes?

[jojohaligo]

Yeah, I used to believe that ol' myth too. It was bad for me when I wasn't able to eat because of school/work or whatever. I would literally freak out.

If that's typical for your roommate, can you imagine how crappy he would feel if he missed just one meal?