• NoForwadSlashS@piefed.social
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    20 天前

    I read about Christian Bale drinking tubs of microwaved ice-cream to weight gain and I hope that is not a normal occurence for anyone.

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      20 天前

      I had a friend who was bulking up and could not physically fit any more grilled chicken into his body so he started taking olive oil shots.

      Somehow, microwaved ice cream sounds like a worse experience

    • dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      20 天前

      so, hear me out, when the ice cream is frozen too hard, microwaving it for like 5 - 10 seconds can really get it soft and melty in a good way - especially around the edges. Also makes it easier on your wrists to scoop out.

      Not suggesting you microwave it into a soup like Bale, but microwaving ice cream is a hack I have long resisted but have turned to in times of need.

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        20 天前

        I usually just run the scoop under hot water for a few seconds, usually cuts right through the ice cream.

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          20 天前

          that’s like what normal people do, but I married into a family that is very creative about their ice cream

          my father in law takes the ice cream out of the tub and uses a chef’s knife to cut it into portions, for example

          my partner is the one who taught me to microwave ice cream

          and tbh, it’s much harder to get the tap hot enough and to wait for the water to heat the scoop than it is to just microwave the tub for 5 - 10 seconds.

          It’s horrible, I know.

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      18 天前

      I thought that was Ryan Gosling. He did it without the Director’s permission, gained 60 pounds and was fired for it. It was for the movie “The Lovely Bones.”

  • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world
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    19 天前

    I have had a few stretches in my life where I gained about one pound per day. It’s easy: just eat 3500 extra calories per day (so 6000 calories for an average-sized man). Maybe this is difficult for some people, but I never had any problem eating an entire box of Little Debbie zebra cakes in one sitting as a snack (that’s about 1500 calories right there).

    The truly horrifying thing about weight gain vs. weight loss is how easy the former is compared to the latter. Burning off that quickly-forgotten Little Debbie snack requires either a 25 mile 2 hour bike ride or eating 2000 calories a day instead of 2500 (which does suck) for an entire week.