Oh...you're one of those guys. Just in it for the calories...with a little variation.
Not because I want to. I've been 6"0 since I was 13, and at that time weighed maybe 130. Meaning then, that I was invincible. I used to have a nice fat dinner on Saturday nights, watch the Leafs game, then go drinking with my friends till 2 am, and then hit up the Burger King at Steeles and Bathurst at like 2:30 am for the original chicken I still love today. I'd eat massive subs from Mr. Sub, I'd have pasta and pizza all the time. AND I WOULD LOSE WEIGHT. It actually pissed me off because I wanted to add more to my frame.
Then I gradually filled out to like 160 or so. At my first job during law school, where I started to perfect my trademark style of sitting at a desk in front of a computer all day, I started to notice that my shirts were tightening up around the collar. I fiercely questioned my dry cleaner about this, and he denied having changed any process to shrink my clothes. And then one day at lunch, where I would routinely get a turkey burger and fries every single day, I thought...wait, what if it's the turkey burger??? I went home and tried on older shirts that I hadn't worn in several months and THEY WERE SMALLER TOO. This concluded my investigation into my dry cleaner. At 23, I had officially started to become prone to gaining weight.
So I put an end to the turkey burger madness and started eating a little lighter. Just some moderation. Then, years later, maybe at like 33-35, I started noticing a bit of a gut, and as a life long lean guy, I didn't like that. So, I kinda went all the way (I'm not one to dip a toe) and cut out bread and rice almost entirely from my diet. Very very difficult. Was weak for like a month until finally my body got used to it. I had a relapse a couple of years in, but I experimented a little by seeing what cutting out one of the two while keeping the other would do. I found the bread was way, way worse than the rice.
Today, I have very little of either, and pretty much just stick to my boring diet, with a couple of cheats. Recently I've been susceptible to more cheats. I've been having more Diet Coke (which used to be a once a week thing) and a cookie here and there. I don't LOVE what I eat consequently, but at 42 I have kept in shape with this diet and some minimal exercise. I would love to have pizza every day, but alas this is the sacrifice I must make.