What's so hard about consuming less than 2000cal/day?

That you are posting this at 11pm on a Friday night tells us all we need to know.

By my math you can have about 6 and a half oatmeal snacks a day to get to 2,000 calories.

That’s two for breakfast lunch and dinner. Should be doable.

We burn a lot of calories but we eat a lot of calories

Nothing is difficult about it on a regular basis.

Someone once asked Big Z how many calories he consumed in a day and he said, "Oh, I don't know......all of them?". There was a long stretch of time where he was the strongest person on the planet.

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There was a long stretch of time where he was the strongest person on the planet.

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Yet couldn’t run a half mile or touch his toes.

The dirty little secret no one tells you is that you should eat more and move less to fit in with your more popular friends.

Just do the Joaquin Phoenix Joker diet…

He said all he ate for 3 months straight each day was just 1 apple, green beans, and asparagus with lettuce.

He lost 52 pounds in those three months prepping for that role.

You trying to watch your figure, brosephina?

For breakfast I like to eat on the go, usually while driving to work. I alternate between a Natures Bakery fig bar, an apple, Quaker Oats Chewy granola bar, or Little Debbie Oatmeal Crème Pie. All are 200 calories or less.

For lunch, again I like to eat on the go, usually while driving to see a customer. I alternate between a Taco Bell bean burrito, Wendy’s Chicken Wrap, or Wendy’s Jr Cheeseburger Deluxe. Each are not only cheap but less than 400 calories

This leaves me roughly 1600 calories for supper. We never fry anything at home. Always have vegetables as sides unless it’s a casserole or pasta dish like spaghetti or something. Just make sure I eat reasonable size portions.

Drink water during the day and a glass of sweet tea with supper. Treat myself to something sweet like Andy’s or slice of pie/cake once a week, usually on Saturday night. Never drink beer.

I’m 50 and actually do very little exercise other than walking around the neighborhood in the evening with the wife and about 2 hrs of yard work every Saturday morning. Have lost 60 pounds over the last year doing this. Down from 320 to 260.

Was in great shape when I graduated high school.
6 Ft tall and 195 lbs. By time I was early 30’s I had gotten up to 270 and followed same regimen above but also did P90X and got all the way back down to right at 200lbs. Stayed that way til my early 40’s before letting myself go again.

It is all a mindset and completely within your control. Fat Asses are Fat Asses because they choose to be. I have been in great shape and a fat arse at different points in my life and it was solely my mindset which dictated which one I was.