I love pizza but my friends keep mocking me
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At first I was shocked he's still skinny and in decent shape but then someone in the comments did the napkin math on this and he's downing about 1800-1900 calories of pizza daily. Someone his age and height probably has a BMR of around 2300 so if that's really the only thing he eats + some drinks it makes sense. Dude probably has early heart disease tho.
Whenever you enter a room and they call you Papa Johns, give them a no-shame look and say "Papa's in the house!" Embrace it.
At least they aren't calling you Pizza the Hutt.
At least they aren't calling you Pizza the Hutt.
I dunno... Maybe they're personal pan pizzas. 😕 I've just learned recently to not offer corrective advice on someone's behavior unless specifically asked for. There are worse things OP could be doing to their body. lol
Still, either way, OP deserves better friends. If I had a friend whose diet fluctuated wildly in this way, the first thing I'd show is concern, maybe offer a shoulder. Last thing I'd do is mock them
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some of the posters are correct in that, like... while its funny for their friends to call OP Papa John and i laughed and its very funny, if it were one of my buddy's in that position, id absolutely be offering to drop off meals or cook some extra for him to pick up on his way home or drop off for him. i mean, come on. obviously, your dude is going through a tough time, help that motherfucker adjust a little bit. and there is a fine line when it comes to understanding the context of information shared and whether or not someone is looking for genuine help, just venting, sharing amusing anedcotes, &c... just like there's acceptable nuance in doing so on a public message board filled overwhelmingly with smarmy internet gamer comedians.
having said that - and i know everyone has different methods and abilities when it comes to parsing life changes and stressors and everything else - cooking or preparing a quick dinner is really not that difficult. grab a shitload of veggies you like and a head of lettuce, a bag of chicken tenders. boom, dinner's done in 20 minutes, tenders in the oven while you chop tomatoes and onions and cucumbers. i got a new job in the beginning of the year and was working 7 days a week, often 12 hours a day, for a month and a half, and i still was able to make my partner and i fresh dinners every night (or sometimes making enough to meal prep leftovers the next night or two). like i said, i know not everyone has the mental bandwidth or "spoons" to handle even simple tasks like that sometimes, but after a couple of weeks, its time to rethink whats going on.
i fuckin love pizza too, but my body cant handle more than grabbing a slice from a local joint on the way home from work once or twice every couple of weeks or treating myself to the occasional pie from La Rosa's, Goddamn.
having said that - and i know everyone has different methods and abilities when it comes to parsing life changes and stressors and everything else - cooking or preparing a quick dinner is really not that difficult. grab a shitload of veggies you like and a head of lettuce, a bag of chicken tenders. boom, dinner's done in 20 minutes, tenders in the oven while you chop tomatoes and onions and cucumbers. i got a new job in the beginning of the year and was working 7 days a week, often 12 hours a day, for a month and a half, and i still was able to make my partner and i fresh dinners every night (or sometimes making enough to meal prep leftovers the next night or two). like i said, i know not everyone has the mental bandwidth or "spoons" to handle even simple tasks like that sometimes, but after a couple of weeks, its time to rethink whats going on.
i fuckin love pizza too, but my body cant handle more than grabbing a slice from a local joint on the way home from work once or twice every couple of weeks or treating myself to the occasional pie from La Rosa's, Goddamn.
Think about your health and not about the stuff your friends say. You're eating too much pizza. Mix it up with something else. Something more healthy.
oof, I was going to offer a pun in response but I don't want to be too anoiding
This reminds how Planet Fitness would have pizza for everyone on the first of every month (I'm assuming not no more after pandemic)
Ohhh. Hell yea! On a nice crispy crust too? That sounds like a primo salad.
Lmao at that nickname. As for the habit, sounds pretty unhealthy. I understand being exhausted and eating out a lot, but maybe try to change it up a bit to break the cycle.
I hope someone showed concern... if not... OP really needs to find better friends.
As long as you are maintaining good portion control you are fine. I have pizza all the time too. Like 4-5 days a week. It's too good.
My ibs will not handle me eating a few days in a row of pizza, nevermind that much. At this point I have a hard time imagining being able to eat pizza every day without direct repurcussions from my intestines.
swear to god i thought this was a stock photo of a dude checking his glucose level lolget better friends
i was like, "oh the sweet irony"
Not every pizza needs to be a Pizza Hut pan pizza 2500 calorie monster.
You can make relativiely low calorie, low carb pizza. Just make your own pizzas and sauce. Skip the oil, make only ultra thin crust using no more than a cup-ish of flour. Keep the cheese to an absolute minimum and use other toppings like cashew flour, nutritional yeast, and lots of veggies. That's legitimately a balanced meal of fats, carbs, and proteins.
It's all about how you approach because it's so flexible. Obvious in the OP it's talking about fast food pizza. Pretty much any fast food is bad (and expensive). You've gotta cut that out and get to making meals regardless of what they are.
If you're worried about the effort to make meals, you can bulk make pizza dough and sauce for the whole week. It's literally just slap it together when you get home, a 10 minute process at best and babysitting the oven. Overall, it's ez pz.
You can make relativiely low calorie, low carb pizza. Just make your own pizzas and sauce. Skip the oil, make only ultra thin crust using no more than a cup-ish of flour. Keep the cheese to an absolute minimum and use other toppings like cashew flour, nutritional yeast, and lots of veggies. That's legitimately a balanced meal of fats, carbs, and proteins.
It's all about how you approach because it's so flexible. Obvious in the OP it's talking about fast food pizza. Pretty much any fast food is bad (and expensive). You've gotta cut that out and get to making meals regardless of what they are.
If you're worried about the effort to make meals, you can bulk make pizza dough and sauce for the whole week. It's literally just slap it together when you get home, a 10 minute process at best and babysitting the oven. Overall, it's ez pz.
It's funny because I love tacos and eat an absurd amount per year. Like you, I also get mocked by people but I just love me those tacos.
the abomination you just described is a pizza in name only.
that sounds like something you make for a person you hate.
It really depends on the pizza. Like are we talking a Mod or Blaze pizza where it is more personal sized?
Or are we doing like 30 large pizza hut abominations?
I don't know you, i know plenty of skinny, healthy people who could put down a ton of food and be fine.
So as long as you feel good about whats going on then who really cares.
My metabolism can't take that any more.
Or are we doing like 30 large pizza hut abominations?
I don't know you, i know plenty of skinny, healthy people who could put down a ton of food and be fine.
So as long as you feel good about whats going on then who really cares.
My metabolism can't take that any more.
Think this really depends on friendship dynamics. For the majority of my male friends, it'd be weirder if they weren't talking shit about me eating pizza for a month straight.
OP, you need to make an effort to do something after work. If you just keep relaxing with your easy meal after work, you'll never have energy to do anything else in the future. Once you start forcing yourself to be a little more active after work, you'll adapt and probably feel a little better too.
I've gained perspective on just how much I love pizza. Which is a lot.
I don't know anyone who likes pizza who eats just 1 slice of pizza. Quantity is where you really get into trouble.
Here's the nutritional stats for 1 Costco pepperoni pizza.
4230 calories
165g fat
10,600 mg sodium
464g carbs
30g sugar
39g fiber
195g protein
Even half a pizza would be a massive amount of calories and sodium. Also, generally fast food pizzas don't use the highest quality ingredients so you get cancer-causing meat, dough devoid of nutrients, etc.
In college Dominos would have their Thursday carry out deal, and then on Sunday, depending on how well the college sports team did, it would be up to 50% off. So I was ordering a large pizza twice a week and eating it over the course of 2-3 days. Still the skinniest I've ever been.