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Hypo: Over the next 100 days, eat under 90,000 calories or over 900,000 calories
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Date: May 5th, 2026 12:51 PM Author: Misanthropic double fault A genie is making you an offer you can't refuse: Over the next 100 days, you must either (a) consume less than 90,000 calories in total or (b) consume more than 900,000 calories in total. If you consume between 90,000 and 900,000 calories, you will die.
No cheating by getting nutrion via IV, vomitting, getting your stomach pumped, or anything like that.
Which do you choose? What's your strategy? |
Date: May 5th, 2026 12:52 PM Author: umber university pretty sure if i consumed 9000 calories a day for 100 days id die anyway, so the under (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49866883) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 1:00 PM Author: Misanthropic double fault Under sounds pretty tough. Are you sure?
For the 900,000, you could burn a good number off by working out, espcially in the early days before you start getting too fat. And it's only 100 days. I think the under 90,000 would be much healthier for 99% of people, though. |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 1:22 PM Author: umber university Yeah man I'm middle aged not michael fuckin phelps. I'd still gain like 100lbs minimum (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49866946) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 2:27 PM Author: deep location pozpig (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49867144) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 2:48 PM Author: Misanthropic double fault I'm reasonably confident the 900,000 calories wouldn't come close to killing me. Better question is how much lasting damage would it do. Mac from Always Sunny did normal->fat->shredded. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49867247) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 4:57 PM Author: Stirring den turdskin Ricky does this and he's fine (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49867722) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 12:54 PM Author: Thriller telephone over 900,000 calories, easy. genie messed up calories v Calories - lack of attention to detail (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49866892) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 12:55 PM Author: Poppy tanning salon (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49866894) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 12:59 PM Author: Misanthropic double fault Explain (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49866907) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 1:02 PM Author: Thriller telephone the "calorie" measures an infinestimally small amount of heat. when people talk about "calories" they really mean "kilocalories" ie 1,000 calories. But no one says kilocalories, instead they say Calories (capital C). One Calorie = 1,000 calories. The genie in op, by neglecting to capitalize Calorie, accidentally made the hypo trivially easy if you pick the over (and certain death if you pick the under).
Anyway this is your pedantic lawyer moment of the day, I'm going to go italicize some commas |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 1:43 PM Author: Misanthropic double fault Go back to Europe (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49866970) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 1:47 PM Author: Thriller telephone 100% pureblood subcontinental, actually (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49866976) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 2:26 PM Author: deep location pozpig (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49867138) |
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Date: May 12th, 2026 8:47 AM Author: Big roommate this sounds much worse than just picking the first hypo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49881322) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 1:01 PM Author: primrose deranged kitty cat Where would i get 900,000 calories? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49866913) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 2:26 PM Author: deep location pozpig (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49867136) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 1:54 PM Author: Geriatric field Unironically starting this now. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49867003) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 2:26 PM Author: deep location pozpig 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49867137) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 3:23 PM Author: curious pearly forum Cr
(although we dont know which direction he is going) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 4:34 PM Author: Misanthropic double fault (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49867641) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 4:55 PM Author: deep location pozpig (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49867713) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 4:55 PM Author: deep location pozpig Wait 2 weeks IME, I still haven't decided which direction I would choose either because 1) Im gay and/or 2) too lazy to do the math on what makes more sense in my case (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49867712) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 5:02 PM Author: deep location pozpig LMAO, just looked it up and even at my peak level of activity in college, I'd max out in the 3000 - 4000 a day range on a high protein diet (I've embraced being a twink since then, so I'm around 2500 a day these days if I had to guess)
So like ohnoes tp said, you'd need to be a Michael Phelps training lifestyle to consume the 9000 a day level, but the 900 a day works short term just living a quiet lifestyle with mostly long walks for exercise, doing meditative fasts etc. |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 5:03 PM Author: Stirring den turdskin Just do the 9k and enroll in the Tour de France bike race (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49867742) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 5:04 PM Author: deep location pozpig One weird trick. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49867745) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 5:05 PM Author: deep location pozpig So what you're saying is, whichever extreme option I chose there would still be ample time for XO poasting regardless (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49867755) |
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Date: May 6th, 2026 3:13 PM Author: rose excitant set I have my guess (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49870067) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 2:04 PM Author: French lilac international law enforcement agency church building 900 kilocalories per day seems much easier and safer. i'd lose like 40 lbs, which isn't ideal but so it goes (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49867047) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 2:27 PM Author: deep location pozpig (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49867142) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 2:49 PM Author: Misanthropic double fault Definitely safer and better for your health. 900 calories is still plenty to live on and get sufficient nutrition to function without organ damage if you're smart about it.
I don't know about easier, though. It would take a lot of discipline. |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 4:36 PM Author: French lilac international law enforcement agency church building 9000 would take a lot of discipline! personally, carefully portioning my food each day and not eating more seems easier than having to gorge and gorge day after day no matter how bad i feel (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49867647) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 2:25 PM Author: insane step-uncle's house liquid oxygen I'd take the under. I could stand to lose some weight.
I'd do OMAD for discipline. The meal would be fibermaxxed, pretty much just beans and veggies. |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 2:27 PM Author: deep location pozpig (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49867140) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 2:52 PM Author: Misanthropic double fault That's a lot of beans and veggies. You could easily have a good, filling 600 calorie beans and veggies meal, and save 300 calories for an apple and a couple almonds another time of day. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49867271) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 2:51 PM Author: 180 house-broken hall absolutely the under (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49867265) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 2:53 PM Author: Misanthropic double fault Explain why and explain your strategy. Limiting to 900 calories a day would not be easy. 3/4 of Americans are overweight or obese, when all it would take to not be overweight or obese is limiting oneself to 2000 calories a day. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49867284) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 3:02 PM Author: 180 house-broken hall It would be difficult. I don't have a coherent considered strategy yet but I imagine it would involve a lot of egg whites and bone broth. But I know that I absolutely could not and would not want to do 9000 calories a day for 100 days, imagine what irreparable damage that would do to a person. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49867328) |
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Date: May 11th, 2026 10:52 AM Author: heady twisted dilemma There's a morbidly obese guy that went over a year without eating by just consuming water and vitamins. If you dedicated yourself and took vitamins you could absolutely do it. You could satiate yourself by consuming a ton of vegetables or celery. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49879876) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 2:52 PM Author: chestnut splenetic nursing home disco fries fasted for 100 days and never lost a pound. seems easy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49867273) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 2:53 PM Author: chestnut splenetic nursing home btw do you WIN anything in this hypo or you just keep your life? why not ignore the genie (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49867285) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 4:37 PM Author: Fiercely-loyal Glittery Kitchen 900 Calories despite the risk of kidney stones, gall bladder issues (including stones), pancreatitis, etc.
Minimal risk + lots of muscle loss but better than the alternative |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 5:58 PM Author: Misanthropic double fault Flame? I didn't know low--but not imminent starvation low--calories could cause those issues. Especially if you're eating lots of fruits and vegetables, drinking water, staying hydrated. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49867953) |
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Date: May 6th, 2026 11:34 AM Author: Fiercely-loyal Glittery Kitchen that's why people on ozempic have higher rates of pancreatitis and gall bladder issues. it's not the drug itself. it's the rapid weight loss due to low calories.
but yeah eating healthy and staying hydrating probably goes along way to minimize the risk |
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Date: May 6th, 2026 8:16 AM Author: curious pearly forum Would there be an official running calorie count you could check daily? Or have to track everything yourself, risking it being very imprecise, and finding out only at the end?
With the penalty being death, seems this would be pretty important. |
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Date: May 6th, 2026 8:37 AM Author: deep location pozpig (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49869176) |
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Date: May 11th, 2026 10:46 AM Author: Misanthropic double fault You can get an official, running count any time you'd like. Are you in? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49879865) |
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Date: May 11th, 2026 12:19 PM Author: curious pearly forum Under 90,000 easily. I already fast for a week+ a couple times a year. Would just do weekly mon-fri fast and eat on weekends. Easy. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49880012) |
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Date: May 11th, 2026 12:46 PM Author: Misanthropic double fault Woah. A week plus is a lot. Why do you do that? Are you functional on days 3+? I've heard people say it gets easier after that, but I'm skeptical, especially that they are objectively doing well mentally, as opposed to they only think they are doing OK. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49880036) |
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Date: May 12th, 2026 8:42 AM Author: curious pearly forum Best way to achieve autophagy. Feel best on day 3 and after. First two days can still feel some hunger. After that you get an energy boost and mental clarity. Longest I've done is 10 days last december. Hardest to get through is the weekend, since so many distractions and temptations. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49881313) |
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Date: May 6th, 2026 12:23 PM Author: Charcoal Laughsome Azn If you're fat enough you could just do a 64 day fast, followed by 36 days of 2500 cal/day (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49869641) |
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Date: May 6th, 2026 1:52 PM Author: deep location pozpig But where do I get 64 consecutive days of pure leisure time to megapoast on Autoadmit? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49869801) |
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Date: May 6th, 2026 2:33 PM Author: Stirring den turdskin (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49869906) |
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Date: May 6th, 2026 3:06 PM Author: deep location pozpig (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49870036) |
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Date: May 6th, 2026 2:34 PM Author: 180 house-broken hall (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49869910) |
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Date: May 6th, 2026 3:06 PM Author: deep location pozpig (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49870038) |
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Date: May 11th, 2026 12:13 PM Author: curious pearly forum (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49880007) |
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Date: May 6th, 2026 2:35 PM Author: chestnut splenetic nursing home ironically the 900,000 k alternative would be easier for them (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49869913) |
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Date: May 11th, 2026 12:56 PM Author: rough-skinned blathering lodge gunner not drinking would be the hardest part of this (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49880048) |
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Date: May 11th, 2026 3:03 PM Author: Misanthropic double fault You can go the 900,000 calorie route. Or, you can just limit drinking or engage in other vices under the 90,000 calorie route. Are you in? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863878&forum_id=2)#49880246) |