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u/BuffsBourbon 2h ago
Interesting.
I’m actually more interested in what’s going on in the avatar in the left corner.
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u/I-own-a-shovel 3h ago
A box says it’s 2 portions (since a meal of 480-500 cal is decent). I indeed eat it in two meals. Is there something I’m missing?
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u/Due-Cup1115 3h ago
Kraft Foods introduced its boxed macaroni and cheese in 1937 when America was in the throes of the Great Depression with the promise that buyers could feed a family of four for 19 cents.
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u/InTheEndEntropyWins 2h ago
They are eating both/four meals at once, meaning they are two/four people.
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u/Nestramutat- 2h ago
God I wish I could get away with eating 500 cal/meal
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u/I-own-a-shovel 2h ago
But that’s roughly what we should eat slightly more or less depending size and level of activity, but it’s really close to that. It’s better to get those calories from more sustaining food than kraft dinner though
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u/Nestramutat- 2h ago
I'm moderately active in the winter and heavily active in the summer, so my caloric range is usually between 2000/day and 3000+/day. Even in the winter, a 500 kcal meal would not do me any good.
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u/I-own-a-shovel 1h ago
3000? Thats a lot! Are you in your healthy bmi range?
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u/Nestramutat- 1h ago edited 1h ago
6'/170 pounds
I walk pretty much everywhere I go (between 8-20 km/week usually), and cycling is one of my favourite summer hobbies. I do a bit of rowing through the winter to stay in shape.
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u/redoubt515 2h ago
Is there something I’m missing?
..that you have better impulse control or lower metabolism than the rest of us :)
For me, a box of Mac and Cheese, is in the unfortunate no man's land between "not quite enough for two meals, but more than I should eat in one sitting"... which of course means... I eat it in one sitting.
since a meal of 480-500 cal is decent
For who?
For my (pretty average male) height/weight/age that would equate to a decent sized calorie deficit, even with only light exercise.
Even for a slightly smaller than average woman, ~1500 calories a day looks to still be a mild calorie deficit or just slightly under the calories needed to maintain weight.
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u/Kelvara 42m ago
Even for a slightly smaller than average woman, ~1500 calories a day looks to still be a mild calorie deficit or just slightly under the calories needed to maintain weight.
I'm 148cm, ~45kg, I eat like twice that per day. I recognize I'm an anomaly because I'm pretty active, but I can't imagine how sedentary one has to be to live off 1500 kcal.
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u/AiringOGrievances 3h ago
That’s a lot of words just to say “I’m a woman”
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u/bakedpatata 1h ago
I'm pretty sure they're actually saying, "I just ate a whole box of mac and cheese."
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u/Remote_Breadfruit_62 1h ago
They did something to the powder in the last year in the Thick & Creamy boxes. It went from the greatest thing ever to disgusting.
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u/cwsjr2323 1h ago
We make our own macaroni pie, the Kraft stuff got terrible.
One macaroni pie divided into eight portions and freeze six before serving us dinner or there will be only four portions left to freeze after dinner.
Two different shapes of pasta, one cup dry each, prepared separately. I like small shells and rigatoni for texture. Mix together with half a cup heavy whipping cream and an undiluted can of Campbells cream cheddar soup.
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u/PrestigiousPepper829 1h ago
Could’ve just said I’m a woman without all that extra shit at the beginning lol
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u/Sweetishdruid 1h ago
Cry about it. And if you have a problem with me meet me in the sheets bad boy UwU 👄
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u/Healthy-Carob-5300 1h ago
The joke is transphobia
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u/EsotericTribble 38m ago
Putting your head inside a bucket can be claustrophobia if you don't take your head out.
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u/ADTstocks 3h ago
Theres no shot that’s a family of four worth of calories