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[–] 14 points 1 week ago (1 child)

Damn... how much was that chicken in Whole Foods?

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  • [–] 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    They are about $8 for roughly 2 lbs at about 1000 calories a lb if you eat the skin and all the meat.

    That would be completely reasonable as a large meal as it is about half the daily calories for an average sized male teenager, especially if they are very active.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 week ago (6 children)

    Am I misreading your comment, or are you saying an average male teen needs 4000 calories a day?

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  • [–] 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    If they are active then yeah, 4000 calories is not at all unusual as a teen.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago

    Yeah, pretty much.

    I remember eating 4000 to 6000 calories a day in high school. I could put away two double whopper meals - large fries, large coke - in a sitting.

    Or a 16" pizza, with plenty of room for Jo-jos.

    Or 4 big plates of spaghetti, with half a loaf of garlic bread, and salad until there was no more salad to be had.

    I was scrawny. Too scrawny for high school sports. 5'9", but I didn't break 100lbs until my senior year.

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