Will eating 12000 calories in 1 meal make me 1.5 kg heavier
jontywontytong
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Just done a food challenge at my local restraunt had 2 whole chickens 2 large fries 20 onion rings 2 large strawberry milkshakes 2 large chocolate cheesecake the waiter said it comes to 12000 calories in total I finished it all but took twice the alloted time will I really be 3 lb heavier tomorrow because of it
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I don't think you're supposed to participate in eating contests while trying to lose weight.41
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Um ... yeah, you should probably expect to see a bit of a gain on the scales tomorrow
Don't you feel ill from eating that much in one sitting?4 -
Wow I've heard of those challenges. I would of probably vomited after from being so sick/full. You probably will. Maybe not tomorrow, but over a few weeks you will see it.2
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kommodevaran wrote: »I don't think you're supposed to participate in eating contests while trying to lose weight.
It was my birthday and I have been really good for the past 4 months
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Expect a real gain of 1-1.5 kg plus a whole bunch of water weight. You may not gain as much as 12k calories would predict because consuming this much food in a short time is bound to let some of it pass without being fully digested or absorbed.10
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Eating 12000kcal in 1 meal could make you 1.5x dead if you go into cardiac arrest which could happen.4
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I think salt and water weight will be what you'll see. Usually, eating an extraordinary amount if food decreases my appetite, in the following days I'm not eating as much. Just be careful that it doesn't trigger a food binge. Might make a point to do soups and lots of veggies the next few days.
Happy birthday!2 -
This is some tough love. The chips haven fallen. If you were concerned about substantial weight gain, you probably should not have entered the eating content. However, its neither here nor there.
I would suggest getting back in the saddle with your normal daily intake, and gym routine. I HIGHLY suggest that if you are concerned with weight gain that you don't stand on the scale for at least a week. Seeing whatever number apprears could lead you to punish and potentially starve yourself.
That could be a pandoras box to another nasty cycle. Give the scale a break, don't sweat it. Just get back on track and keep kicking butt!
Use this experience as a lesson for future decisions, just pick which consequence you can live with. Some are tougher to choose than others.3 -
Thanks elise1
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jontywontytong wrote: »kommodevaran wrote: »I don't think you're supposed to participate in eating contests while trying to lose weight.
It was my birthday and I have been really good for the past 4 months
What do you mean by being good? (I suspect it means undereating, either too little calories, or restricting food types, or both. Restricting food intake too much often leads to urges to overeat. If this is what happened, please eat more on a daily basis.)
Did you enjoy your birthday meal? If so, it's a once a year event and you shouldn't worry about it.
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Not going to lie. I'm just impressed you can eat that much.
And if the weight gain that may or may not happen as a consequence isn't too much of a concern because you know you'll just lose it again then meh, no judgements here.3 -
jontywontytong wrote: »Just done a food challenge at my local restraunt had 2 whole chickens 2 large fries 20 onion rings 2 large strawberry milkshakes 2 large chocolate cheesecake the waiter said it comes to 12000 calories in total I finished it all but took twice the alloted time will I really be 3 lb heavier tomorrow because of it
Probably
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Happy Birthday!0
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jontywontytong wrote: »Just done a food challenge at my local restraunt had 2 whole chickens 2 large fries 20 onion rings 2 large strawberry milkshakes 2 large chocolate cheesecake the waiter said it comes to 12000 calories in total I finished it all but took twice the alloted time will I really be 3 lb heavier tomorrow because of it
You'll probably be far more than 3 lb heavier tomorrow, but a lot of that will be water weight. You'll store a lot of the excess as glycogen, rather than fat, which means your body must retain water to balance it. Plus, of course, until you move your bowels, all of the non-digestible mass of that food is still inside you.
But yes, you're likely to gain a couple of pounds of fat / slow your progress on fat loss due to your body using up some of the glycogen it stored before it burns more fat.2 -
VintageFeline wrote: »Not going to lie. I'm just impressed you can eat that much.
And if the weight gain that may or may not happen as a consequence isn't too much of a concern because you know you'll just lose it again then meh, no judgements here.
Me too. I think if I even attempted half of that, they'd have to carry me out of there!
Happy Birthday, OP!0 -
Thanks for the replies and don't worry about me going on a binge I will be back on the 1500 calorie diet I'm normally on tomorrow it wasn't even me that ordered the food or chose the restraunt my friends surprised me with it tbh I might not even eat tomorrow I so full I can barely move lol3
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jontywontytong wrote: »Thanks for the replies and don't worry about me going on a binge I will be back on the 1500 calorie diet I'm normally on tomorrow it wasn't even me that ordered the food or chose the restraunt my friends surprised me with it tbh I might not even eat tomorrow I so full I can barely move lol
Yeah, there'll probably be some reduced hunger. But please don't force yourself to not eat, in compensation. Just get back on your healthy path, and in a few days the water weight will dissipate (drink adequate water to help this happen).
If you force yourself to restrict in compensation, there's some risk of setting up a deprive/binge cycle. But it sounds like you're pretty committed.
BTW, I think this (below) is spot on (@amusedmonkey seems like a smart lady, in this & other threads):amusedmonkey wrote: »Expect a real gain of 1-1.5 kg plus a whole bunch of water weight. You may not gain as much as 12k calories would predict because consuming this much food in a short time is bound to let some of it pass without being fully digested or absorbed.
I've done some major over days along the way (more like 5K-6K, not 12K calories), and haven't seen quite the theoretically-expected gain from it, after the water weight is out of the picture.
Happy birthday
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Ann I won't be restricting my food on purpose it's just I can't imagine needing food for awhile with how full I'm feeling now1
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jontywontytong wrote: »Ann I won't be restricting my food on purpose it's just I can't imagine needing food for awhile with how full I'm feeling now
Yeah just get back in the saddle of the game, and kick some *kitten* today:))0 -
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Hell if I know...water weight, and some real weight most likely, unless you are Michael Phelps in full Olympic beast mode. Considering that I'm lactose intolerant, I'd probably be in the ER by now wishing I could die. LOLjontywontytong wrote: »Just done a food challenge at my local restraunt had 2 whole chickens 2 large fries 20 onion rings 2 large strawberry milkshakes 2 large chocolate cheesecake the waiter said it comes to 12000 calories in total I finished it all but took twice the alloted time will I really be 3 lb heavier tomorrow because of it
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rankinsect wrote: »jontywontytong wrote: »Just done a food challenge at my local restraunt had 2 whole chickens 2 large fries 20 onion rings 2 large strawberry milkshakes 2 large chocolate cheesecake the waiter said it comes to 12000 calories in total I finished it all but took twice the alloted time will I really be 3 lb heavier tomorrow because of it
You'll probably be far more than 3 lb heavier tomorrow, but a lot of that will be water weight. You'll store a lot of the excess as glycogen, rather than fat, which means your body must retain water to balance it. Plus, of course, until you move your bowels, all of the non-digestible mass of that food is still inside you.
But yes, you're likely to gain a couple of pounds of fat / slow your progress on fat loss due to your body using up some of the glycogen it stored before it burns more fat.
Uhh, unless his glycogen stores were depleted due to intense aerobic/anaerobic activity, it's likely his glycogen stores were fine to begin with. The body only stores around 120g of glyocogen in the liver and a small amount in the muscles themselves, and an even tinier amount in the kidneys and tiny bit in the brain and blood. So unless he ate all of that food and then went out and did a bunch of exercise, most likely none of that got stored as glycogen. It's mostly going to be excreted as waste or stored as fat. Eating that much food spikes insulin which is inhibitive on lipolysis and stimulates the creation of new fat.
A portion of it is not going to be absorbed and is likely to be excreted as waste as the body is simply incapable of absorbing that much energy content in that short amount of time.
That was a very large amount of sodium though and a large amount of fat. As others have stated, it's very likely increased water retention is happening as well. What does get absorbed will in this case most likely get stored as new fat.
Not feeling hungry for an extended period of time is normal because the body is still digesting that food for up to 48 hours.
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jontywontytong wrote: »Just done a food challenge at my local restraunt had 2 whole chickens 2 large fries 20 onion rings 2 large strawberry milkshakes 2 large chocolate cheesecake the waiter said it comes to 12000 calories in total I finished it all but took twice the alloted time will I really be 3 lb heavier tomorrow because of it
Yes if CICO applies to humans.0 -
kommodevaran wrote: »I don't think you're supposed to participate in eating contests while trying to lose weight.
lol! This physically gave me a chuckle!
I'd just like to say wow, to the OP! You put all that away? "2 whole chickens 2 large fries 20 onion rings 2 large strawberry milkshakes 2 large chocolate cheesecake". I feel ... questionable... even if I've put away more than 2000 more than my maintenance on a "cheat day", I'm in the UK. GO YOU! This reminds me of Man Vs Food, TV Show.0 -
DresdenSinn wrote: »Eating 12000kcal in 1 meal could make you 1.5x dead if you go into cardiac arrest which could happen.
How would a one off thing like that cause cardiac arrest? o__O0 -
GaleHawkins wrote: »jontywontytong wrote: »Just done a food challenge at my local restraunt had 2 whole chickens 2 large fries 20 onion rings 2 large strawberry milkshakes 2 large chocolate cheesecake the waiter said it comes to 12000 calories in total I finished it all but took twice the alloted time will I really be 3 lb heavier tomorrow because of it
Yes if CICO applies to humans.
I don't mean this confrontationally, but are you saying CICO doesn't apply to humans? Or am I missing what might have been very obvious sarcasm?1 -
My word, that's a lot of food!0
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Wicked_Seraph wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »jontywontytong wrote: »Just done a food challenge at my local restraunt had 2 whole chickens 2 large fries 20 onion rings 2 large strawberry milkshakes 2 large chocolate cheesecake the waiter said it comes to 12000 calories in total I finished it all but took twice the alloted time will I really be 3 lb heavier tomorrow because of it
Yes if CICO applies to humans.
I don't mean this confrontationally, but are you saying CICO doesn't apply to humans? Or am I missing what might have been very obvious sarcasm?
We will find out tomorrow hopefully.1 -
GaleHawkins wrote: »Wicked_Seraph wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »jontywontytong wrote: »Just done a food challenge at my local restraunt had 2 whole chickens 2 large fries 20 onion rings 2 large strawberry milkshakes 2 large chocolate cheesecake the waiter said it comes to 12000 calories in total I finished it all but took twice the alloted time will I really be 3 lb heavier tomorrow because of it
Yes if CICO applies to humans.
I don't mean this confrontationally, but are you saying CICO doesn't apply to humans? Or am I missing what might have been very obvious sarcasm?
We will find out tomorrow hopefully.
I would think that calories excreted, because you ate so many of the little suckers that your body can't effectively process them, would also count as CO. They're just hard to count.0 -
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