Your thoughts on a Christmas Meal freebie?

Michael190lbs

Our bodies change so much is there even a way to measure truly accurately.. No.. I know if I eat 16 ounces of steak I weigh one pound heavier after the last bite is that because I gained weight yes technically but will it last in 24 hours No..

beemerphile1

Francl27 wrote: »

beemerphile1 wrote: »

Francl27 wrote: »

beemerphile1 wrote: »

One meal won't make you thin and one meal won't make you fat.

You can't lose 1 pound of fat in a day but you can definitely gain 1 pound in a day (especially if drinks are involved), so not accurate at all.

Gaining one pound does not make you fat any more than losing one pound makes you thin.

Doesn't matter. Semantics. My point is that you can undo a week's worth of effort in one day easily, but you won't progress a week's worth in one day. So the saying just rubs me the wrong way.

If someone is walking such a fine line of self discipline that one day of indulgence will derail them, I sincerely pity them. Regaining one's ideal weight and fitness is a life long journey, and should not involve self-deprecation for a slip.

I choose to live my life guilt free in happiness and with reasonable self-discipline. One day of indulgence is not a crime and is insignificant when considering there are 364 other days in the year.

SuperheroSadie

Everything in moderation!

That being said, I'm not going to stop myself from dipping my hand into the candy dish for some peanut m&m's, or pouring myself a glass of wine when it's Christmas.

Machka9

smotheredincheese wrote: »

I've been wondering about this - If I ate a total of 3500 over maintenance over a couple of days at Christmas, would I gain a pound of fat, or can the human body not convert energy to fat that fast?

You may gain a pound of weight.

Remember that food has weight to it.

Try this. Get up in the morning and use the toilet, then weigh yourself naked.

Now go and drink 500 ml of water.

Now go and weigh yourself again.

Chances are you'll weigh 500 grams more than you did during your first weigh-in.

Wait an hour or so, don't eat or drink anything, use the toilet again and weigh yourself again. You may discover that you've lost some or all of those 500 grams.

We weigh our food to make sure we're eating the right number of calories ... 100 grams of this, 200 grams of that. That's all weight which goes into our systems for a while and adds to our body weight.

I can gain and lose a pound or two in a day just depending on the weight of what I've eaten and had to drink, and how much of it I have "processed".

So it can be tricky ... if you overate at Christmas dinner, and appear to have gained weight the next day, is it just the weight of the food and drink? And if your food was particularly salty, your body could be retaining some of the liquid you drank. Or is it your weight?

Commander_Keen

Machka9 wrote: »

smotheredincheese wrote: »

I've been wondering about this - If I ate a total of 3500 over maintenance over a couple of days at Christmas, would I gain a pound of fat, or can the human body not convert energy to fat that fast?

You may gain a pound of weight.

Remember that food has weight to it.

Try this. Get up in the morning and use the toilet, then weigh yourself naked.

Now go and drink 500 ml of water.

Now go and weigh yourself again.

Chances are you'll weigh 500 grams more than you did during your first weigh-in.

Wait an hour or so, don't eat or drink anything, use the toilet again and weigh yourself again. You may discover that you've lost some or all of those 500 grams.

We weigh our food to make sure we're eating the right number of calories ... 100 grams of this, 200 grams of that. That's all weight which goes into our systems for a while and adds to our body weight.

I can gain and lose a pound or two in a day just depending on the weight of what I've eaten and had to drink, and how much of it I have "processed".

So it can be tricky ... if you overate at Christmas dinner, and appear to have gained weight the next day, is it just the weight of the food and drink? And if your food was particularly salty, your body could be retaining some of the liquid you drank. Or is it your weight?

Only if you don't over indulge with carbs and sodium as they have a nasty habit of absorbing the water.