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Dividing by ~80 instead of 100 lets most people eat 1 point per hour. I've been working on this to replace my "cheeseburger equivalent scale".[0] With this system, add kcal/80 to the current hour, and that says when you should eat again. For example, if it's 8am and you eat 400 kcals, add (400/80)+10 = 15 or about 3pm is when you should eat again.

[0]Cheeseburger Equivalent scale:

- Average plain cheeseburger = 350 kcals. (Not a Whopper, Big Mac, or any deluxe burger - this is a "Where's the Beef" cheeseburger.)

- You get 6-7 cheeesburgers per day. And no other food.

- Trade 1 cheeseburger for 1 item of equal calories. Examples: Slice of pizza, Donut, 24 oz soda/beer, 5 chicken wings, etc.



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