Useless donut torture device statistics
Nice analysis.
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Just to take this a bit further from my earlier calculations, the most widely quoted figure for the number of calories one needs to reduce one's dietary intake by in order to lose a pound of weight is 3,500 calories. If we accept that eating 3,500 calories without any exercise (and accepting that chewing, eating and digesting will not burn off an appreciable amount of calories) will result in one gaining a pound of weight, then by the end of the donut torture, Homer (whose weight is variable but most frequently around 240 lbs) would weigh 22,731 lbs (or 10,332 kgs).
Finally, and it had to be answered, the average amount of faeces a human will excrete daily is about 6 ounces (or 175 grams - it's between 100 and 250 grams, so let's take the mid-point). Based on the figure of 2,500 calories as the average daily intake for a human male, Homer's 36-hour calorie intake of 78,718,420 would theoretically cause him to produce 12,122 lbs (or 5,510 kgs) of faeces.
Finally, and it had to be answered, the average amount of faeces a human will excrete daily is about 6 ounces (or 175 grams - it's between 100 and 250 grams, so let's take the mid-point). Based on the figure of 2,500 calories as the average daily intake for a human male, Homer's 36-hour calorie intake of 78,718,420 would theoretically cause him to produce 12,122 lbs (or 5,510 kgs) of faeces.
