generation x is the fattest of them all

...most of the time. I don't always succeed, especially with the fruits.

The 6oz box of raspberries is a really good example of that. Looks so small, but it is literally half a pound of food.

To put that in perspective, normal sized people at their absolute limit can fit 2 to 3 pounds of food in them. I'm on the lower end, so 6oz of food is almost 19% of my stomach capacity.

Remember how I said the stomach isn't a muscle, but acts like one? For an obese person, their stomach has been stretched out so much from piling in so much food for so long that they could probably consume up to 8 pounds in a single sitting.

As gross as this sounds, yes that does mean a 30+ BMI person could literally drop anywhere from 4 to 7 pounds just by "doing a number two" in the bathroom.

Oh, and I still have another problem from fat guy thinking. Chugging.

To this day, I chug drinks, even when it's water. The proper way to drink anything is to sip. Chugging slams a bunch of liquid into the gut, and the gut doesn't like that.

At a restaurant, I thankfully don't chug just out of politeness. But in my living space, yes I sometimes still do it. This is especially annoying with water because I'll get waterlogged, my gut complains, and all I can do is wait it out until my gut stops complaining. Thankfully, this doesn't take all that long, but still, if I just didn't chug, there would be no problem. This is something I'm still learning.

I can only wonder how many other Gen X'ers out there have the same problems

I was heavy but am now thin, but due to fat guy thinking I'm still retraining my brain how to eat and drink.

Diligence and vigilance are the keys to know, I suppose. Stay the course, stay alert. Keep the calories down, listen to what your gut tells you, don't eat giant piles of food, don't chug.

Published 2025 Jul 1