I have a family friend who would like to disagree with youTudamorf wrote:There are plenty of fat ex-athletes, so no, it's not magic anti-obesity genes.
For over 40 years he ate/drank close to 7k calories and never gained a pound. Age is finally taking over his metabolism though and he hates it
Genetics does have a factor, even if you don't believe it. But mainly wanted to comment on his caloric intake. It was crazy what his intake of calories was at one point in his life. BTW, he's down to 5k calories (cut out the alcohol and soda mostly but replaced some of that with candy) and he's only gaining 1-2 pounds a year. That's 5k calories a day avg. Dang him and his fast metabolism.