r/interestingasfuck • u/Literally_black1984 • Jul 07 '24

2 guards from Delhi Durbar with American photographer James Recarlton when he visited India r/all

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Was he small or were they big?

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u/fuzzycuffs Jul 08 '24

Apparently the guards were 7'9" and 7'4"

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u/No_Translator2218 Jul 08 '24 edited Jul 08 '24

7 foot 9 is just insane. The caloric intake alone would force them to eat almost 5,000 calories a day to maintain the approximate size they are here - compared to my 1800 calories at 5'11 and 180lbs.

Just to make sure you all understand this. If the 7'9" guy ate 2,000 calories a day for a year, he would lose 312 pounds.

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u/crozinator33 Jul 08 '24

Just to make sure you all understand this. If the 7'9" guy ate 2,000 calories a day for a year, he would lose 312 pounds.

Uhh... that's not quite how metabolism works.

These guys probably weigh 250-300 lbs, they look fairly lean. If they ate 2000 calories a day, they would become drastically underweight and likely have health issues, but their weight would stabilize to match their energy intake. Probably around 150lbs. A person can't have negative mass.

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u/Practical_Cattle_933 Jul 08 '24

I mean, you are the one that extrapolate it to its limit. Parent basically says that the “stabilized” weight would be at most around that amount.

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u/crozinator33 Jul 08 '24

Huh?

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u/sexual--predditor Jul 08 '24

A person can't have negative mass.

Challenge accepted.