How Much People Overeat

spoonyspork wrote: »

Anyone ever grilled a PB&J? Like, in the same way as a grilled cheese? Stuff that dreams are made of.

WOW. I have a feeling my life will never be the same.

lectric102002 wrote: »

I was going to eat my banana plain. Time for a Jif-Nana !

How about…

SezxyStef wrote: »

TimothyFish wrote: »

Most people gain 1 to 2lbs per year. That means that, on average, people overeat by only 10 to 20 calories per day. For those of you who like to weigh stuff, that is between 1.7 and 3.4 grams of peanut butter per day.

actually

Adults tend to gain weight progressively through middle age. Although the average weight gain is 0.5 to 1 kg per year, this modest accumulation of weight can lead to obesity over time.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23638485

and over 30 years that is 30-60lbs...so we are actually saving ourselves...we are being preventative instead of reactive.

and this stat only applies to those who aren't logging accurately with a food scale...cause those of us who use a food scale won't be gaining that weight...but you will.

To add to this -
Doesn't part of it have to do with progressively becoming less active as one ages?

People don't eat within 10-20 calories a day. Even if you try to, it's not likely to be possible. People eat all over the map. It's just a matter of does it all come out in the wash with higher days and lower days, or do they have an overall surplus.

My kid has a peanut allergy so we can't keep peanut products in the house. This thread makes me sad. I miss peanut butter.

(Grrrr... double post)

I have averaged a weight gain of 3.19 lbs. over the past 27 years.

TimothyFish wrote: »

Most people gain 1 to 2lbs per year. That means that, on average, people overeat by only 10 to 20 calories per day. For those of you who like to weigh stuff, that is between 1.7 and 3.4 grams of peanut butter per day.

I'm only a sample size of one, but I'm not sure I know ANYBODY who fits this description of 1-2 lbs./year. Most people I know who have gained, did so in spurts, sometimes due to something specific (say, pregnancy or inactivity due to an injury; going away to college and eating "freely" for the first time and going crazy, or whatever) and sometimes by apparent surprise. They might have then gone six months, two years, five years, hell, any random amount of time before gaining again (if they've been in an uphill spiral and didn't just gain that one "bulk" amount and then stayed stable). OR they got into a cycle of gaining but it sure as hell didn't add up to only two pounds in a year. Rather it might be X amount of pounds per month while they struggled to get their eating back under control.

People have asked where you've heard this, I'd be curious to know the answer to that as well? Also, by "people" - do you mean 18-and-overs? Over 30s? Or does this include children who should be naturally gaining weight as time goes on or, or, or...? That's pretty vague, to say "most people" gain 1 to 2 lbs. per year.

And let's be logical here, that DOESN'T mean people who do gain a pound or two in a year ate 10-20 extra calories a day. In fact, it's pretty unlikely they got it that accurate. More likely is the binge-diet-binge cycle, or even just bingeing, say, at holidays, out drinking and so on alternating with days where they're eating what would have been maintenance for them, had the binges not been sprinkled in.

I can stay this same weight from now through May 12, 2016 and then I can gain one pound of water overnight on May 13, 2016 and still fit in with your "average" when I'm figured in with everybody else - the assumption will be that I gained one pound in one year. After all, on May 13, 2015 I stepped on a scale and weighed 190 and on May 13, 2015 I stepped on a scale and weighed 191. I just don't see how this particular claim can have any credence for the overall population - that they're accidentally overeating, but doing so at a consistent 10-20 calories per day. I mean I am sorry to say this but that just sounds kind of silly.

minkky wrote: »

Peanut butter? Can chocolate please get involved here somewhere?

kleonard84 wrote: »

Also, to contribute to the important PB-related theme of this thread, one whole grain English muffin, one Tbsp of honey-roasted crunchy peanut butter, and 1 Tbsp of hazelnut spread is 300 calories. Best. Breakfast. EVER.

Welcome, welcome! And that - that is the stuff of dreams. (note to self, eat this soon). Btw, do be sure to weigh the tbsp of hazelnut spread. The margin of error is no good for stuff like that.

LAWoman72 wrote: »

katem999 wrote: »

minties82 wrote: »

I don't know what they put in peanut butter in America?! You guys seem obsessed with it.

I know! Im so glad I don't live in the us, I'd probably be dead by now. But on the bright side, looks like I won't be putting on a pound or two each year.

Peanut butter is crack.

Tasty, nutty, crunchy (I like mine crunchy) crack.

Mmmm.

Yeah, even though it's not as popular here as in the us (thank god), my mother is pretty addicted to it. I can blame her pregnant gorging on the stuff for my allergy...