Why is it the smallest people eat the most food?

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Renodox · #1 Post by **Renodox** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 5:51 am

I went to The Green Burrito to lunch one day and saw a poster that claimed that some 98 pound woman managed to eat three of thier largest burritos with a combined weight of 7 pounds. Now I get this news here:
http://www.snopes.com/photos/commercials/bigburger.asp

How can that be? How is it that people half my size (litterally) can eat SO MUCH?! I ask you... have any of you tired to do something like that? I know a friend of mine had taken the "big burger challenge: 4 pounds of burger in under 45 minutes" but he failed. If any of you tried any mega munch challenges did you win??

TakariFreak · #2 Post by **TakariFreak** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 7:44 am

Im 4'11, and wight abotu 105 lbs. Ive been known to eat an entire large pizza in one sitting, and be snacking an hour later. If I can help it, there's always munchies not to far from my side.

I have a wicked fast metabloism though. I probably consume like 4,000 calories a day, sit on my ass (though I do walk a bit in summer, though it's overall less than a mile a day, and it's just normal walking), and never gain weight. But assuming I'm not in a crappy mood, I can get a bit hyper though, so energy gets burned off that way as well.

Plus, eating fast "enables" you to eat more. It takes a good 20 minutes or so for your brain to get the message that you're full, so if you eat fast, you're likely to end up eating more than you would if you ate slower.

No place around here has challeneges...even fi they did, it's always burgers, and I don't like burgers. Now, Pizza, I'd proabbly do that. I can devour a large on a good day in under 20 minutes...

Vildern · #3 Post by **Vildern** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 11:42 am

I found this in your link:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/commercial ... _small.jpg

It's scary that people eat things at that size....

Just looking at that size makes me want to throw up.

#4 Post by **navynuke04** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 1:29 pm

There's a place in Amarillo that has a 72 oz steak. I believe if you can eat it in under an hour, it's free.

Broomie · #5 Post by **Broomie** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 2:33 pm

I was reading the exact same site, Renadox when I opened this thread up. The Disney urban legends were funny, so many porn related issues related to them.

Charlemagne · #6 Post by **Charlemagne** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 7:16 pm

72 oz of steak? A 6 lb. hamburger?? It's no wonder obesity is becoming an epidemic in America. They're super-sizing you to death.

Angelus3K · #7 Post by **Angelus3K** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 9:55 pm

navynuke04 wrote:There's a place in Amarillo that has a 72 oz steak. I believe if you can eat it in under an hour, it's free.

""Do you know the way to Amarillo??? Every night I be huggin ma pillow!"" :lol :lol :rollin :rollin

Broomie · #8 Post by **Broomie** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 11:54 pm

Ma sweet Maria waits for me!

I wonder if Peter Kay's version is popular in America and other places? Or if it's even been heard of?

Corsair · #9 Post by **Corsair** » Sun Mar 27, 2005 7:15 am

Geez! That's disgusting! How could somebody eat that much without KILLING themselves from the infusions of calories? I mean, I'm not a healthy man, I live on a steady diet of Pizza and crackers, but..bluggh.

Renodox · #10 Post by **Renodox** » Sun Mar 27, 2005 5:41 pm

I know there is no way I could finish the 96er but I could finish a 2 pound challenger, I don't know about the 3 pound baby boy (my brother probably could, he eats almost everything and stays skinny as a rail). It's just wierd. Reminds me of the movie The Great Outdoors "There's nothing left on that plate but the gristle and the fat!" The chef gives him a strange look.

PotatoSlayer · #11 Post by **PotatoSlayer** » Sun Mar 27, 2005 9:26 pm

that movie's awesome, and then John Candy eats desert afterwords so they get some free hats and t-shirts