If one throws up within 15 minutes after eating something....are the calories lost??

PALMINADALESSANDRO

I'm not bulimic, nor have flu symptoms...just got triggered I guess and threw up my breakfast within 15 minutes....after I logged it into my daily food intake.....Did I just lose those calories?? erm. yikes?

ninerbuff

Well yes because they never got digested.

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buggleuh749

You should try not to do that. I was told that as soon as food enters your mouth and saliva starts breaking it down your body is getting calories. So even when you throw up, it isn't possible to throw up all the calories you've eaten. Your body has already absorbed some. (This may or may not be true, I'm not a doctor or nutritionist.)

hbrody8427

You absorbed at least half the calories you originally ate. Please don't make throwing up a habit. I was bulimic (in recovery now) and that isn't a road you want to go down. It's painful physically and especially emotionally. In the moment you might feel like throwing up will solve the problem but it leads to far more bigger problems. Sorry for the rant. I just don't want you to go through what I did.

nutmegoreo

hbrody8427 wrote: »

You absorbed at least half the calories you originally ate. Please don't make throwing up a habit. I was bulimic (in recovery now) and that isn't a road you want to go down. It's painful physically and especially emotionally. In the moment you might feel like throwing up will solve the problem but it leads to far more bigger problems. Sorry for the rant. I just don't want you to go through what I did.

I doubt it would be anywhere near half of the consumed calories, but some of them certainly.

OP, perhaps try to determine what set it off. Certainly not something that you want to be ongoing. If not food poisoning, or bulemia, what about pregnancy?

cmriverside

What do you mean - you were triggered?

I've never been triggered to throw up unless I was sick. Are you sick?

I wouldn't try to figure out the calories. It's not even possible to do.

Ready2Rock206

If you were triggered into making yourself throw up in hopes of getting those calories back, that's a big red flag. How often does this behavior occur? I know you say you don't have bulimia but it sounds like you could be headed in that direction. Don't be afraid to get help if you need it. Good luck. And I would say yes, you lose those calories, only for the reason of not making this a frequent occurrence of calorie saving method.

L1zardQueen

Ready2Rock206 wrote: »

If you were triggered into making yourself throw up in hopes of getting those calories back, that's a big red flag. How often does this behavior occur? I know you say you don't have bulimia but it sounds like you could be headed in that direction. Don't be afraid to get help if you need it. Good luck. And I would say yes, you lose those calories, only for the reason of not making this a frequent occurrence of calorie saving method.

Especially when prefaced with " I'm not bulimic".

jgnatca

I can be triggered by seeing or smelling something vomit worthy. OP don't adjust your logging for vomiting. FIfteen minutes is enough to consume the sugar and the whey protein in your meal.

WendyLeigh1119

This is genuinely troubling. A person who is ill and throwing up would not be thinking about calorie logs. Or maybe vomiting is just really traumatizing to me.

OP... just in case you're thinking about puking up meals... you may get thin, but but you'll look like *kitten* for the rest of your life. Assuming you survive.

*No offense to people with eating disorders... I just feel like this post is highly alarming. *

Momepro

Probably best to consider them digested, simply because eating soon after may make you lose it again. But definitely eat easy to digest for a few hours.

Iheartrunning36

Yes you still get some calories depending on food, carbs are quickly broken down unlike protein.

nutmegoreo

WendyLeigh1119 wrote: »

This is genuinely troubling. A person who is ill and throwing up would not be thinking about calorie logs. Or maybe vomiting is just really traumatizing to me.

OP... just in case you're thinking about puking up meals... you may get thin, but but you'll look like *kitten* for the rest of your life. Assuming you survive.

*No offense to people with eating disorders... I just feel like this post is highly alarming. *

There are plenty of posts by people worried about calories lost from vomiting, in fact enough so that there is a database entry for it. There are also people worried about the number of calories in cough syrup. Don't underestimate people

Cute_White_Pink_Purple_Foxxx

Speaking as a former bulimic, somewhat but not all. I would go ahead and log half of the cals you ate.

(Sorry if anyone is triggered by this or anything, you should NEVER make yourself throw up on purpose. Although I know that wasn't the case with you OP, just putting that out there.

mom2kateRH

If you've just vomited up food, I would not worry about logging calories at all. I would worry about being sick.

If it was just a one time, odd thing, and you are otherwise feeling fine and able to keep subsequent meals down, just don't worry about logging that meal, and just move on with your day. One meal inaccurately logged on one day will not throw you off track.

Hope you are feeling better.

Ironandwine69

Anything that happens once in a blue moon is not worth worrying about. Just don't over think it and move on.