Regarding eating yourself...

[InsertFunnyUserName]

There are three things I've been curious about in the passed hour or so.

The first is, how many net calories do you lose when you chop off your own arm? Surely there's energy in that arm that you'd lose, but how much?

The second is if you do chop off your arm, how many calories less do you have to eat to remain at the same weight? Does your body use less energy now that you have less arm to use energy? Is it different if you cut off your leg?

The third is if you chop off your arm and then you eat it, what's the total calorie value? I mean, if you lose calories with your arm, will eating your arm replace those calories? Does it change depending on how soon after cutting your arm off that you eat it?

Discuss.

[Szayel]

You must've had a lotta free time to think about things like this.

[Infinite-one]

At 10/26/08 03:08 PM, InsertFunnyUserName wrote:

Discuss.

What the fuck.

[JoelB]

ummm......you need to stop watching Saw
=.=

[Prekesh]

At 10/26/08 03:09 PM, Infinite-one wrote:

At 10/26/08 03:08 PM, InsertFunnyUserName wrote:

Discuss.

What the fuck.

what the fuck indeed, dude what made you think of this shit?

[esko-man]

I think the calories would be completely different in a manner of use through your limb and gaining through eating and digestion of it.

[putzpie]

Do your own damn homework.

[4Doctodragon]

I've heard human's really not that bad if you cook it right.

[sirtom93]

I eat off other people. Lol.

[Randominator]

At 10/26/08 03:09 PM, Infinite-one wrote:

At 10/26/08 03:08 PM, InsertFunnyUserName wrote:

Discuss.

What the fuck.

My thoughts exactly

[LOLZILLA]

If you chop off a limb I'm sure you're going to be more worried about immediate blood loss rather than how many calories you will lose.

[Penrodeo]

Wow.

This is a good question.

I really don't know how to answer it, though.

[Spirosgod]

At 10/26/08 03:17 PM, LOLZILLA wrote: If you chop off a limb I'm sure you're going to be more worried about immediate blood loss rather than how many calories you will lose.

pwnd

[Elder]

Do you mean eating the bone, too? Either way, you'll have less marrow, giving you less blood cells. IF you chop off you're body part, you will lose weight, and also energy, depending on your weight. If you're fat, then your body might've stored energy (AKA glucose, fat) in your arm. Loss of the limb will expel that energy. If you eat it, then theoretically you'll get back everything except for the marrow, which, even if you eat it, won't function. It'll be healthy, but won't function. Not sure about the calories, but you'll definitely lose weight if you don't eat the bone.

/End of thread

[Racoonmario]

At 10/26/08 03:08 PM, InsertFunnyUserName wrote: There are three things I've been curious about in the passed hour or so.

The first is, how many net calories do you lose when you chop off your own arm? Surely there's energy in that arm that you'd lose, but how much?

Seriously, I haven't got a clue.

The second is if you do chop off your arm, how many calories less do you have to eat to remain at the same weight? Does your body use less energy now that you have less arm to use energy? Is it different if you cut off your leg?

A normal human should eat 2000 calories a day. With your arm cut off you'd probably need less energy, but the wound that is left needs to heal too so I am not really sure if you need to eat more or less.
And I am pretty positive that it's different if you cut off your leg since it is bigger and has stronger muscles than your arm.

The third is if you chop off your arm and then you eat it, what's the total calorie value? I mean, if you lose calories with your arm, will eating your arm replace those calories? Does it change depending on how soon after cutting your arm off that you eat it?

I don't think that it will replace 100% of the calories you lost. I'm taking a guess at 60%.
It probably changes when you eat your arm later, but how much later are we talking here?

Discuss.

I'd rather not.

[InsertFunnyUserName]

At 10/26/08 03:11 PM, Prekesh wrote: what the fuck indeed, dude what made you think of this shit?

My sadistically creative imagination went to town. :D

At 10/26/08 03:11 PM, esko-man wrote: I think the calories would be completely different in a manner of use through your limb and gaining through eating and digestion of it.

Not necessarily. It would be the same as eating another animal's limb. But yeah, I suppose you'd lose less than you'd gain, or visa versa.

At 10/26/08 03:17 PM, LOLZILLA wrote: If you chop off a limb I'm sure you're going to be more worried about immediate blood loss rather than how many calories you will lose.

You could duct tape it shut.

At 10/26/08 03:20 PM, Elder500 wrote: /End of thread

This is true. Hm.

[Nikenick]

At 10/26/08 03:08 PM, InsertFunnyUserName wrote: There are three things I've been curious about in the passed hour or so.

The first is, how many net calories do you lose when you chop off your own arm? Surely there's energy in that arm that you'd lose, but how much?

You'll lose alot since you'll lose a big part of your body + alot of blood.
It's hard to say how much, because that depends on the size of the arm.
But I won't recommend it as the best diet ever.

The second is if you do chop off your arm, how many calories less do you have to eat to remain at the same weight? Does your body use less energy now that you have less arm to use energy? Is it different if you cut off your leg?

Same as the first one, you can't say how much calories.
You will lose alot of energy, so you'd have to eat alot to recover in the first place.
But if you lose your arm then your body will be smaller so therefore it will need less energy to keep your body at 37 degrees centigrate.
So your body uses less energy.

It will be different if you cut off your leg, since your leg is bigger and you'll probaly be in a wheelchair after that.
So because you don't have to walk with your other leg you will use even less energy.

The third is if you chop off your arm and then you eat it, what's the total calorie value? I mean, if you lose calories with your arm, will eating your arm replace those calories? Does it change depending on how soon after cutting your arm off that you eat it?

Discuss

Eating your arm won't replace those calories since there always will be some blood spilled.
And besides, you can't eat your bones.

And I think it changes depending how soon you start eating it, since if you eat it immidiently after chopping it off you'll still be losing blood and lose calories that way.

Wow.. this is... weird...

[InsertFunnyUserName]

At 10/26/08 03:41 PM, Nikenick wrote: You'll lose alot since you'll lose a big part of your body + alot of blood.
It's hard to say how much, because that depends on the size of the arm.
But I won't recommend it as the best diet ever.

This is true, unless you immediately closed up the wound.

Same as the first one, you can't say how much calories.
You will lose alot of energy, so you'd have to eat alot to recover in the first place.
But if you lose your arm then your body will be smaller so therefore it will need less energy to keep your body at 37 degrees centigrate.
So your body uses less energy.

I would consider your arm a lot of food. I wonder how many calories are in a human body.

It will be different if you cut off your leg, since your leg is bigger and you'll probaly be in a wheelchair after that.
So because you don't have to walk with your other leg you will use even less energy.

Unless you had a prosthetic leg, though I don't know how much energy that takes. It's probably less than a regular leg because it doesn't use muscles.

Eating your arm won't replace those calories since there always will be some blood spilled.

You could always drink the blood.

And besides, you can't eat your bones.

I wonder if there is a way. Maybe if you ground them up?

And I think it changes depending how soon you start eating it, since if you eat it immidiently after chopping it off you'll still be losing blood and lose calories that way.

Well, it wouldn't take that long to fix it up with duct tape. Though, it is hard to apply duct tape with one hand. Possibly you could have someone else assist you?

Wow.. this is... weird...

Yes, yes it is.

[RiuTenshin]

Well, it depends on whether you cook it or not, the amount of sodium traveling through your blood at the time and others regarding what was traveling through your blood stream at the time you ate it. More than likely the blood would have drained when you eat it, unless you like the taste of blood.

So many variables..

[Nikenick]

At 10/26/08 04:10 PM, InsertFunnyUserName wrote:

At 10/26/08 03:41 PM, Nikenick wrote: You'll lose alot since you'll lose a big part of your body + alot of blood.
It's hard to say how much, because that depends on the size of the arm.
But I won't recommend it as the best diet ever.

This is true, unless you immediately closed up the wound.

Maybe you could ask someone to assist you and close the wound by burning it.
You know, with a giant metal thing that's really hot.

Same as the first one, you can't say how much calories.
You will lose alot of energy, so you'd have to eat alot to recover in the first place.
But if you lose your arm then your body will be smaller so therefore it will need less energy to keep your body at 37 degrees centigrate.
So your body uses less energy.

I would consider your arm a lot of food. I wonder how many calories are in a human body.

You can determine the amount of colories of any object by burning it and mesuring the energy ( I saw that technique at Myth Busters).
So I don't really think that someone would have mesured the amount of calories in the human body.
I think they only could have guessed it.

It will be different if you cut off your leg, since your leg is bigger and you'll probaly be in a wheelchair after that.
So because you don't have to walk with your other leg you will use even less energy.

Unless you had a prosthetic leg, though I don't know how much energy that takes. It's probably less than a regular leg because it doesn't use muscles.

Exactly

Eating your arm won't replace those calories since there always will be some blood spilled.

You could always drink the blood.

Or ask someone else to put a bucket under your arm so no blood will be spilled.

And besides, you can't eat your bones.

I wonder if there is a way. Maybe if you ground them up?

You still can't, bones are harder or just as hard as your teeth.
Goodluck chewing that.

And I think it changes depending how soon you start eating it, since if you eat it immidiently after chopping it off you'll still be losing blood and lose calories that way.

Well, it wouldn't take that long to fix it up with duct tape. Though, it is hard to apply duct tape with one hand. Possibly you could have someone else assist you?

You could help people to assist you, but I think you'd need to find some mentally retarded people then ;)

Wow.. this is... weird...

Yes, yes it is.

Yup

[InsertFunnyUserName]

At 10/26/08 04:24 PM, RiuTenshin wrote: Well, it depends on whether you cook it or not, the amount of sodium traveling through your blood at the time and others regarding what was traveling through your blood stream at the time you ate it. More than likely the blood would have drained when you eat it, unless you like the taste of blood.

So many variables..

Well, it would all depend on whether or not I was eating the arm with the intention of gaining back my lost calories.

If I was, I would most likely have to eat it raw, seeing as cooking it would cause some of the nutrients to get soaked out when I'm boiling it. And since it's my own arm, I don't have to worry about diseases. And I would most likely drink the blood, too, because blood has nutrients and is sexy.

If I was, then it would probably not be even close to as many calories as eating it raw mainly because I would probably just cook the meat and eat that.

[Quinny]

Do I look like a bloody nutritionist darling? I'm athletic in build so I'm as lean as they come so there wouldn't be much point in snacking on my own arm. Not to mention the fact it's a bit weird :P

[TheThirdSix]

By the time I read two sentences of this, I automatically thought "Okay, wtf?"

[Trexz]

im going be thinking about this all night...

[Mz-frost95-fr]

Ask a professional.

[InsertFunnyUserName]

At 10/26/08 04:29 PM, Nikenick wrote: Maybe you could ask someone to assist you and close the wound by burning it.
You know, with a giant metal thing that's really hot.

Or duct tape.

So I don't really think that someone would have mesured the amount of calories in the human body.
I think they only could have guessed it.

Unless they burned a corpse right after the person died.

Or ask someone else to put a bucket under your arm so no blood will be spilled.

Yeah, that's a good idea.

You still can't, bones are harder or just as hard as your teeth.
Goodluck chewing that.

Well, teeth are bones. But if you ground it up into a powder and added water, it could be possible.

You could help people to assist you, but I think you'd need to find some mentally retarded people then ;)

Nah, I know a few who'd help out. :D

At 10/26/08 04:30 PM, Eggys wrote: Your arm isn't that heavy. Or at least it shouldn't be.

But weight =/= calorie value

At 10/26/08 04:31 PM, RKThrilla wrote: I have thought of this before...

You and me must have like the same mind set..

Great minds think alike.

:D

At 10/26/08 04:32 PM, TheThirdSix wrote: By the time I read two sentences of this, I automatically thought "Okay, wtf?"

I am the greatest impurity in us all :3

[WeHaveFreshCookies]

I honestly would never consider chopping off an arm, soooo....

[NinjaNamedBob]

From what I remember, there are around 3,500 Calories in every pound of human that is not bone. Just weigh your arm and you'll have the answer.

[InsertFunnyUserName]

At 10/26/08 04:46 PM, NinjaNamedBob wrote: From what I remember, there are around 3,500 Calories in every pound of human that is not bone. Just weigh your arm and you'll have the answer.

Wow, that's certainly higher than I expected.

That will be a hearty meal.

[NinjaNamedBob]

From what I remember, there are around 3,500 Calories in every pound of human that is not bone. Just weigh your arm and you'll have the answer.