I've always been of the opinion that the only thing that explains super skinny smart people is that SOMEHOW working your brain harder burns more calories or keeps your metabolism up. Otherwise I just can't explain it.

Well, it does explain MY fat ass.

And Oreos. Definitely Oreos.

^ Now that I think about it I don't think I know any smart people who are fat.

(that was directed at Katie98_KT)

WalkingCarpet: (that was directed at Katie98_KT)

Suuuuure it was. Dick.

;)

All I know is since I've started grad school I've been gaining weight. I've been at the computer for most of the day typing up and researching different shiat. Most days I'm not doing much besides reading, studying, and typing. Then I'm with the kids then I sleep.

"Those who had a more demanding mental task were more stressed and ate more," Tremblay explained.

I usually forget to eat or drink until 3 or 4 in the afternoon and then pig out at dinner and while I'm doing stuff at night. That's not helping either.

However when I was an undergrad I actually lost weight and was in great shape probably because of the sports I played. That and I maybe spent 3 hours max on school work a week. This time I'm actually trying to freaking learn something.

I'm guessing it's because of all the awards dinners and luncheon meeting and crap you have to go too when you've got degrees out the yin yang.

But who am i to guess? I've only got an associates.

Your brain does burn a lot of calories when at work. Hard studying will burn a lot.

Study suggests that intellectual activities make people eat more than when at rest.

So being on Fark the whole day must make you skinny as a rail.

Heh, looks like I am gonna gain a few pounds next quarter. Got some hard classes coming up.

Study suggests that intellectual activities make people eat more than when at rest. Which explains the epidemic of super-fat Ph.D's, Physicians, and Lawyers.

FTFY.
Most lawyers don't engage in much intellectual activities.

/Lawyer.
//Not fat because of law-related activities.
///Fat because of food-related activities.

It also explains Dungeons and Dragons players.

There are some fat college professors, but only few. Probably because students make fun of their beer bellies in the class evaluations.

Gwendolyn: All I know is since I've started grad school I've been gaining weight. I've been at the computer for most of the day typing up and researching different shiat. Most days I'm not doing much besides reading, studying, and typing. Then I'm with the kids then I sleep.

"Those who had a more demanding mental task were more stressed and ate more," Tremblay explained.

I usually forget to eat or drink until 3 or 4 in the afternoon and then pig out at dinner and while I'm doing stuff at night. That's not helping either.

However when I was an undergrad I actually lost weight and was in great shape probably because of the sports I played. That and I maybe spent 3 hours max on school work a week. This time I'm actually trying to freaking learn something.

Thems the magic words!
From everything I've read/heard, you need to be having small snacks through the day with moderate/small lunches and definitely a smaller dinner.

That, or you just hate children.
Why do you hate children, Gwendolyn?

Then cat pics and the internet are actually intellectual activity? I doubt it.

I'd suggest intellectual activities require more sitting and less actual physical movement as the reason why.

Not that your brain has to fire neurons in different sections.

Katie98_KT: I've always been of the opinion that the only thing that explains super skinny smart people is that SOMEHOW working your brain harder burns more calories or keeps your metabolism up. Otherwise I just can't explain it.

I've always thought that it's because smart people are smart enough to notice when they're over eating and cut back. As opposed to those that just shovel down everything they can get their hands on.

So if you are debating with yourself over whether to become bulemic/anorexic, you are doubly screwed.

I think all the popcorn we eat during Fark threads has something to do with it. Watch; Obama is a secret muslim anti-christ. (Popcorn anyone...)

Balchinian: So if you are debating with yourself over whether to become bulemic/anorexic, you are doubly screwed.

I've been diagnosed as anorexic-dyslexic. I never think I'm fat enough.

CornFedIowan: Study suggests that intellectual activities make people eat more than when at rest.

So being on Fark the whole day must make you skinny as a rail.

No, hon. It says intellectual activities. What we do here is the polar opposite of intellectual. Why we all don't look like the Goodyear blimp is a testament only to the power of meth and caffeine. And that alcohol consumption tends to make one vomit before exploding.

Would like a word with you...

The brain constitutes ~2% of total body weight but consumes a disproportionate 25% of total oxygen, most of which is used to produce ATP for electrical activity. Glutamate-generated electrical activity alone accounts for ~80% of total brain ATP consumption.

/food for thought

was this a cross study with the researchers from the thread below as the ones not on the placebo?

Makes sense me: Weight = 300, IQ = 165, just finished a heaping bowl full of Edy's Rocky Road ice cream. However, calling Fark posting an "intellectual activity" is a bit of a stretch.

Since I quit smoking and redoubled my music studies my ass has been getting fatter.
Not by much mind you, as I am still skinny enough to make fun of you fat bastards.

Okay, I'll admit that in my first year of grad school I gained weight but then I had the common sense to go "hey, I'm getting fat. I should do something about that." A few months and several better habits later, problem solved.

Also, since when did studying 14 people count for anything? I'm sure I could find 14 people at my school to justify most any conclusion I wanted.

bighairyguy: Makes sense me: Weight = 300, IQ = 165, just finished a heaping bowl full of Edy's Rocky Road ice cream. However, calling Fark posting an "intellectual activity" is a bit of a stretch.

Relatively speaking, posting on Fark is a very intellectual activity compared to most other activities that occur in the great nation of the U.S. of A.

Lawyer here-- this effect is definitely real and I'd guess they are correct that it's psychosomatic.

My job is stressful and intense, all day long I'm talking and/or writing. But it doesn't really involve physical exertion, unless you count grinding your teeth and turning farking red at times (on the bad days). When you have time for lunch, you want to eat and sometimes overdo it to sort of splurge. At the end of the day, you are usually mentally exhausted and it takes a LOT to make yourself exercise.

I don't know if it's boredom or some form of procrastination- I recall in law school I'd be up late studying and for once, clean up, or eat something, even if I'd eaten plenty earlier. And maybe a form of confusion- because you've worked your mind, you FEEL tired like you would after expending a bunch of calories, but in reality you haven't.

When I started med school, my weight started creeping up, mostly from stress eating. When third year rolled around and I started my clinical rotations, I was introduced to the concept of "prophylactic eating": you'd eat as much as you could whenever you could, because God only knew when you'd eat again! At 9 AM, you might have a whole 8-hour case in the OR ahead of you, or you might have a couple two-hour surgeries and then a break. As a student, you just never know where you'll be sent or what you'll be doing.

So, yeah. Before I brought that back under control, I was on my way to becoming a fat MD!

I think the only reason I'm maintaining a constant weight in law school is pure, unadulterated terror.

Waking up at exactly 7:30 every morning with no alarm only to launch immediately into a full rundown of everything I need to do is the only reason I get out of bed.

Guilt and fear are motivators.

Aha!! That would explain Dispatch Ass.
(that, or the nice paramedics who bring us fast food)

/what's the address of your emergency?
//*burp*

Gyrfalcon: CornFedIowan: Study suggests that intellectual activities make people eat more than when at rest.

So being on Fark the whole day must make you skinny as a rail.

No, hon. It says intellectual activities. What we do here is the polar opposite of intellectual. Why we all don't look like the Goodyear blimp is a testament only to the power of meth and caffeine. And that alcohol consumption tends to make one vomit before exploding.

I look like the goodyear blimp so I am getting a kick out of these replies

MajorGroove: When I started med school, my weight started creeping up, mostly from stress eating. When third year rolled around and I started my clinical rotations, I was introduced to the concept of "prophylactic eating": you'd eat as much as you could whenever you could, because God only knew when you'd eat again! At 9 AM, you might have a whole 8-hour case in the OR ahead of you, or you might have a couple two-hour surgeries and then a break. As a student, you just never know where you'll be sent or what you'll be doing.

So, yeah. Before I brought that back under control, I was on my way to becoming a fat MD!

FAT MD.

This fall on NBC.

Katie98_KT: I've always been of the opinion that the only thing that explains super skinny smart people is that SOMEHOW working your brain harder burns more calories or keeps your metabolism up. Otherwise I just can't explain it.

LokiRook: Your brain does burn a lot of calories when at work. Hard studying will burn a lot.

Firemarshalbill: I'd suggest intellectual activities require more sitting and less actual physical movement as the reason why.

Not that your brain has to fire neurons in different sections.

FTFA
"We have found that mental work represents a stress factor that stimulates food intake," said study co-author and kinesiologist Angelo Tremblay.

...

He stressed that previous studies have shown that mental work does not lead to an increase in the amount of calories burned.

Fail.

Me
IQ = 145
weight = 195
degree = PhD - chemistry
super hunky
//so says my wife

Speaking as a super-fat biophysics PhD, I'd like to say that F=nomnomnom.

Thinking isn't exactly doing a triathalon or tossing midgets over telephone lines, but it still requires some energy. Hence, things must be fooded to compensate.

/my two calories worth.

I'm in academia. Never noticed this group was any heavier/skinnier than the rest of the country. That said, I am off to the gym.

Katie98_KT: I've always been of the opinion that the only thing that explains super skinny smart people is that SOMEHOW working your brain harder burns more calories or keeps your metabolism up. Otherwise I just can't explain it.

There was just a study that showed this to be true. The other explanation is they just forget to eat.

/almost a PhD

LoneCoon: I'm guessing it's because of all the awards dinners and luncheon meeting and crap you have to go too when you've got degrees out the yin yang.

But who am i to guess? I've only got an associates.

Nah, it's because you're chained to the desk/computer/whatever for hours at a time. It isn't just "stress eating" that helps keep one fat, it's the lack of exercise and the fast or skipped or minimal lunches. By the time 7pm rolls around (and I decide to stop working), dinner is looking reaaally good. I've tried breaking off work to eat earlier, but it's not always easy to do.

/also have an associate degree
//just kept on going though
///nobody buys me lunches, blah

DO NOT WANT Poster Girl: LoneCoon: I'm guessing it's because of all the awards dinners and luncheon meeting and crap you have to go too when you've got degrees out the yin yang.

But who am i to guess? I've only got an associates.

Nah, it's because you're chained to the desk/computer/whatever for hours at a time. It isn't just "stress eating" that helps keep one fat, it's the lack of exercise and the fast or skipped or minimal lunches. By the time 7pm rolls around (and I decide to stop working), dinner is looking reaaally good. I've tried breaking off work to eat earlier, but it's not always easy to do.

/also have an associate degree
//just kept on going though
///nobody buys me lunches, blah

Don't forget the requisite alcoholism.

I lost weight in law school, probably because I found that walking after classes was a great way to get rid of stress and helped me wind down and actually get my brain to sleep. There was also a time where I didn't eat much, but did hit the bottle pretty much every night, then around finals I wouldn't eat anything because I was too terrified of the exams.

girljen: Aha!! That would explain Dispatch Ass.
(that, or the nice paramedics who bring us fast food)

/what's the address of your emergency?
//*burp*

It's the nice medics/cops/firefighters who bring the fast food. My guys used to bring us breakfast burritos twice a night.

JFP's Gym Partner: Study suggests that intellectual activities make people eat more than when at rest. Which explains the epidemic of super-fat Ph.D's, Physicians, and Lawyers.

FTFY.
Most lawyers don't engage in much intellectual activities.


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EmmaLou: I lost weight in law school, probably because I found that walking after classes was a great way to get rid of stress and helped me wind down and actually get my brain to sleep. There was also a time where I didn't eat much, but did hit the bottle pretty much every night, then around finals I wouldn't eat anything because I was too terrified of the exams.

i had this exact experience when i was in law school.

law school sucks

Not surprised by this, one of the smartest guys I know ate half his body weight at meals. He must have consumed 2000 calories each sitting. He wasn't near overweight though, just ate a lot.

the stress and sedentariness can't help either.