Weight gain = Calories In does not compute

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2007-11-29 7:35 AM

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Subject: Weight gain = Calories In does not compute
Okay how is it I can gain 4 pounds eating 3000 calories of ice cream once? It seems to me that I can only burn so many calories in a day, logically I should only be able to absorb so many in a day. I would like to understand how the body consumes calories. I assume its complex but it just doesn't make sense to me. IS there a limit the body can add in a day?


2007-11-29 7:43 AM
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Subject: RE: Weight gain = Calories In does not compute
fly_capt - 2007-11-29 8:35 AM

Okay how is it I can gain 4 pounds eating 3000 calories of ice cream once? It seems to me that I can only burn so many calories in a day, logically I should only be able to absorb so many in a day. I would like to understand how the body consumes calories. I assume its complex but it just doesn't make sense to me. IS there a limit the body can add in a day?


Are you saying that you eat 3K in ice cream in one day and nothing else?
2007-11-29 11:24 AM
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No just sort of a rant.
It seems to me that the math of calories in does not compute to weight gain. How can you gain 4 pounds after a weekend? I consumed 6000 calories max but the scale shows 4 pounds which should translate to 14000 calories. I don't mind the 4 pounds but would have enjoyed the eating.
There must be some logic to how much food we can consume and the body use. The excess would be just go through the digestive process. I have read the body can only handle so many carbs per hour. So what happens to the rest?
I am just trying to understand.
2007-11-29 11:49 AM
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Fluid retention.
2007-11-29 12:18 PM
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JohnnyKay - 2007-11-29 12:49 PM

Fluid retention.


x2. I can go up and down 2~4 pounds in the matter of days or even during the day.

Case in point, Monday I was 214.x, Tuesday 215 even, Weds 215.4, Thurs 213.6. After my work out this morning, 212.8
2007-11-29 12:22 PM
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Subject: RE: Weight gain = Calories In does not compute
The average persons weight can flucuate 4 pounds in a day. Fluid retention, activity, flu shots, aspirin, anything can thow the scale off.


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fly_capt - 2007-11-29 12:24 PM

No just sort of a rant.
It seems to me that the math of calories in does not compute to weight gain. How can you gain 4 pounds after a weekend? I consumed 6000 calories max but the scale shows 4 pounds which should translate to 14000 calories. I don't mind the 4 pounds but would have enjoyed the eating.
There must be some logic to how much food we can consume and the body use. The excess would be just go through the digestive process. I have read the body can only handle so many carbs per hour. So what happens to the rest?
I am just trying to understand.


well the body will only use some many calories depending on activity, metabolism, etc. what happens with the rest? See my gut, thats what happens with the rest.
2007-11-30 7:07 AM
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Subject: RE: Weight gain = Calories In does not compute
Remember that when you weigh yourself, you're weighing whatever you're wearing, plus anything you've eaten in the last 24-48 hours (more if you're constipated) or drunk in the last 4 hours.

You're also weighing any extra fluids that you've retained. If you eat a salty meal or take a long haul flight or even holiday in a location with a different altitude, you can retain water. Dehydration causes water retention, too.



I have twice gained 7 lbs in a day, only to lose it again in 48 hours.


I promise you this one thing: that 3000k of ice cream did NOT put 4 pounds of fat on you.

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