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Mr._Wok 08/15/2012 06:52 am

In episode 2 they claim to be starving
 
but in the freezer Kenny states that Larry is 6'4" and 300 pounds. My boss is 6'6", 235 and he's solid muscle. Larry would need approximately 3500 calories per day to maintain that weight at his age and height according to the "Basal Metabolic Rate" calculator. How can they be starving when Larry is consuming 3000+ calories all by himself or is that the reason why they are starving?

sc4recrow 08/15/2012 07:06 am

Perhaps he's not maintaining his weight or they only recently ran out of food. You could get pretty hungry in a week.

Also worth not over thinking comic book based fiction too much or the fact the dead have come back to life and walk around will cause real questions.

The_Cheshire_Cat 08/15/2012 07:29 am

But I think they found or got into a grocery store thanks to Mark. So they were eating pretty good (I would assume) up until recently

Kiel555 08/15/2012 07:50 am

Processed food has lots of calories and as cheshire cat pointed out they only recently ran out of food that Mark made available when he opened the door to the commisary to Lee's group.

I think they only recently began rationing and living off the land. What's the formula, 1 pound of fat is 3500 calories. Larry can go a long time before showing signs of weight loss. That's one advantage of being "husky" in a ZA...lots of fuel reserves.

thesporkman 08/15/2012 08:48 am

It's also possible Kenny was exaggerating his weight in order to help his case. Or maybe he knew that Larry had weighed 300 pounds at one point but in the heat of the moment wasn't taking into consideration the amount of weight he must have lost by then.

Viner16 08/15/2012 08:54 am

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Originally Posted by thesporkman (Post 650265)
It's also possible Kenny was exaggerating his weight in order to help his case. Or maybe he knew that Larry had weighed 300 pounds at one point but in the heat of the moment wasn't taking into consideration the amount of weight he must have lost by then.

True, in a zombie apocalypse would people really be asking around, seeing how much you weigh? He was probably just estimating.

GenericMartini 08/15/2012 08:59 am

Lilly was probably directly favoring Larry and giving him more food than the rest of'em so he maintained his weight with Lilly giving him food regularly.

jaybreezy 08/15/2012 09:01 am

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Originally Posted by thesporkman (Post 650265)
It's also possible Kenny was exaggerating his weight in order to help his case.

I'm glad that someone else said this. I highly doubt that Kenny busted out his digital scale and had Larry hop on.

Warfolomei 08/15/2012 11:40 am

Or they used protein pills from the medical store.

ommmnomnomnom 08/15/2012 11:46 am

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Originally Posted by Mr._Wok (Post 650244)
but in the freezer Kenny states that Larry is 6'4" and 300 pounds. My boss is 6'6", 235 and he's solid muscle. Larry would need approximately 3500 calories per day to maintain that weight at his age and height according to the "Basal Metabolic Rate" calculator. How can they be starving when Larry is consuming 3000+ calories all by himself or is that the reason why they are starving?

it's a game, about zombies, get over the logistics of reality!

craftyard 08/15/2012 11:56 am

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Originally Posted by jaybreezy (Post 650274)
I'm glad that someone else said this. I highly doubt that Kenny busted out his digital scale and had Larry hop on.

Haha :D

Warfolomei 08/15/2012 11:56 am

He is also around 50 and uses Glyceryl trinitrate for his hearth, which decreases appetite in some cases.

Milosuperspesh 08/15/2012 11:58 am

or cos he shoves the bacon/jerky up lee's ass

Warfolomei 08/15/2012 12:01 pm

That would be just a waste of food.

Ciraaxx 08/15/2012 01:20 pm

"here have some bacon Larry"

"Yea yea I still fucking hate you Lee."

...I've killed Larry in my mind 20 times by then.

Warfolomei 08/15/2012 01:25 pm

Why would you give him bacon or you know.. anything ?
If during conversation with mark you answer with *He just worries about his daughter*.. larry actually seems to back off a little.

Master of Aeons 08/15/2012 01:45 pm

From what I see, you lose muscle pretty substantially by the 8th week of starvation. He'd be 20 pounds lighter by that time. If they found Mark and the supplies a month or earlier after the end of episode one, Larry would be thinner.

Warfolomei 08/15/2012 01:51 pm

He does look a bit thinner, or his clouths a lot bigger.

harrisonpink 08/15/2012 05:11 pm

Maybe that wooly sweater is REALLY thick.

Rommel49 08/15/2012 05:26 pm

It's implied the food shortage and rationing is fairly recent, since it's stated the food Mark was able to get from the commissary was both enough for everyone and was "almost gone" by the time of Episode 2.

It also wouldn't surprise me if Lilly was sneaking Larry extra food too; I think Mark even suggests as much.


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