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I got to see Magazine Dreams at Sundance back in the day! It's a pretty moving movie, for any of us with obsessive, unhealthy dreams.

One note on the "6100" calories a day mention - that is a typical Hllywood bullshit number that has no bearing on reality and I really wish Hollywood would stop trotting numbers like that out for people to try to compete with to get movie star bods.

At 6100 calories a day you'd gain 8 lbs every week and most of it fat (you can't make muscle fast enough). To put this in perspective, a 6'3'' 35 year old man at 280lbs who led an "Extremely Active Lifestyle" would only need to eat 4803 Calories a day to maintain that weight. Majors was only maintaining 202 lbs on a 6' frame for Magazine Dreams. That would take closer to 3842 calories a day to maintain. Nothing approaching 6100!

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