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The tech exec who eats exactly 1,977 calories a day as he tries to age backward says he has no 'desire' for cheat days — and it makes him 'sick' to think of pizza and donuts (www.businessinsider.com)
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[–] morgan_423 39 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The tech exec who eats exactly 1,977 calories a day

No, he doesn't.

It's pretty much impossible to calculate EXACT calories in food you're eating, as various foods types will have variations that are slightly larger or smaller than normal, even if you're being meticulous with a food scale. You can get a pretty close margin, yes, but to definitively say "I eat exactly X calories every day" is a silly statement.

Maybe "My daily calorie target is X" or "I try to average X calories per day in my diet," but you can't be precise to the calorie.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Plus even if you could get an exact number of USDA calories (which you probably could do with hyper-processed foods) there's no guarantee that your body would extract that exact number of usable calories because that's a function of your individual digestive system and how it responds to certain inputs.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

If you ate nothing but Soylent, it would be much easier than with real food. Soylent is likely pretty uniform.

[–] Boozilla 23 points 1 year ago

His tombstone will read "He tried everything. Low-carb, no-carb, and pretending to eat exactly 1,977 calories a day."

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How it this technology related? Is it because the person of interest is a tech exec? I don’t think a person’s diet (or their oddly justified and unfounded blood transfusions) really counts as tech news

[–] cyrusg 13 points 1 year ago

The article is a pseudo advertisement.

[–] MargotRobbie 8 points 1 year ago

Why are these people all such weirdos?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Funny. He looks older than 45.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, though some of that's genetics too. I'm a couple years younger than him and honestly think I look at least a couple of years younger than him. I eat fairly well, but definitely have occasional donuts and frequent pizza.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

BTW: this was my first ever comment on Lemmy and first ever reply! Long live Lemmy!

[–] Rolando 1 points 1 year ago

I hear if you get exactly 1,977 upvotes per day you live forever.

[–] Rooty 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"Tech exec has an eating disorder" doesn't really drive engagement, does it?

[–] FermatsLastAccount 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Does he not work out at all? I'm a regular sized guy (5'11, 165 lbs) and I'd be losing like 12 pounds per month if I was eating 2k calories per day. I don't do much cardio either, and I'd imagine that'd be pretty important for improving your heart and lung health.

Maybe the secret is eating exactly 1977 calories.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Is it !technology when some tech exec does or says something or why did you post this, OP?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And he will likely die at a normal age that has far more to do with his grandparent genes that what he eats.

[–] RickRussell_CA 0 points 1 year ago

Sure, but that's because he's not shortening his life with bad diet.