# My pants are falling off

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pants-are-falling-off/511578>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 25, 2009, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pants-are-falling-off/511578 "2009-09-25T21:28:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2009, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pants-are-falling-off/511578/21 "2009-11-25T04:02:04Z")

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I was always skinny, and a 32 waist for most of my adult life, until I turned 33 and my metabolism did an about-turn and rebelled against me. I’m not overweight, as such, but I am thicker around the waist, and I fear it’s getting worse. I wear a 34, but they’re starting to feel tight now, so I think I ought to buy 36’s next time.

Unless I can take control of myself and go back down to being skinny again. I am thinking that, against all personal expectation, I may have to actually go on a diet.

Or something.

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**Author:** ![LegendHasit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/legendhasit/32/8246_2.png) [@LegendHasit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LegendHasit)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2009, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pants-are-falling-off/511578/22 "2009-11-25T05:26:31Z")

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What kind of diet are you following?

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**Author:** ![wierdaaron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eada6e/32.png) [@wierdaaron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wierdaaron)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2009, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pants-are-falling-off/511578/23 "2009-11-26T13:49:57Z")

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Nothing too rigid. Basically, 300 calories per meal plus a serving of fruit (usually a grapefruit half, since grapefruit has its own weightloss powers) with lunch and dinner, and a \<200 calorie snack between lunch and dinner if I need it.

I make up a week’s worth of portioned meals in advance. When your serving size is 300 calories, it’s amazing how much food you can make for the money. One box of pasta makes about 8 portions.

Oh, and I mainly stick to real food (no preservatives or anything) and don’t go for “diet” food that’s loaded with a bunch of crap to keep the calories low, like artificial sweeteners (except for stevia-based ones, which I don’t mind since they’re made from plants and not from molecules).

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2009, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pants-are-falling-off/511578/24 "2009-11-26T23:27:28Z")

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> [@wierdaaron](#):
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> (except for stevia-based ones, which I don’t mind since they’re made from plants and not from molecules).

Plants are made from molecules.

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**Author:** ![wierdaaron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eada6e/32.png) [@wierdaaron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wierdaaron)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2009, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pants-are-falling-off/511578/25 "2009-11-27T00:07:45Z")

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Plants are made from jesus.

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