You probably actually eat way less than you think you do . Try to track your calories throughout a couple of days , and I bet you ' ll be surprised . It ' s a pretty commonly recurring story with skinny people who first get into lifting weights and think they eat a lot , but can barely put on any weight . Not saying genetics , metabolism and all that can ' t have an impact , but I think most people way overestimate its influence . The types of foods we seek out instinctively make a big difference with overweight individuals it ' s usually the opposite story , where they eat way more calories than they think they do , because they often prefer very caloriedense foods , eat larger portions and more frequently . <| sep |> Yes . He fought a pack of hotdogs once . It was a close fight