Why am I still in excellent shape after I eating junk?

cassandrarodriguez89

I ate over 200 cookies this week, a whole deep dish pizza and cake but I don't look like it. Is it possible to reach a level of fitness that allows you to survive off only sugar? What's going on?

rsclause

As you get older you will be saying "I used to eat nothing but junk and never gain weight" "now look how fat I am"

JustRobby1

A week is not an adaquate enough time period to really judge. Though if you are really in that high of a calorie surplus, my guess is that you have gained some weight, it just might not be immediately noticeable from outward physical observations. Easy way to find out by jumping on the scale.

If, however, you ate all junk food but still managed to stay at or below your TDEE adjusted for exercise, it would make sense that the scale would not move. In human physiology, a calorie is a calorie. It is a unit of energy. Junk food contains calories just the same way a Kale salad with skinless chicken breast does. Provided you stay within your limits, the food you consume does not matter in the context of weight.

cassandrarodriguez89

rsclause wrote: »

As you get older you will be saying "I used to eat nothing but junk and never gain weight" "now look how fat I am"

No. I'm almost 30, my metabolism only gets faster as I get older. I weight lift 6 days a week and according to all recent science your metabolism does not slow with age, it slows based on activity level which my activity level is greater than any woman I know.

peleroja

You...didn't eat enough calories to gain a significant, visible amount of weight in a single week? Frankly, it would be difficult to eat enough in a week to visibly change one's body.

You'd need to put on, what, like 5 pounds at least to make even a little difference? I like to eat as much as the next person, but an extra 17,500 over my TDEE would be pretty challenging, since that's like 2500 calories a day over and above my usual daily intake. I like to think I could eat over 4500 calories a day in cookies, but somehow I'm not sure that's actually something I personally could do even if I tried.

Or did you just want to post photos? Not sure if there was really a question here.

LonniJay

Stop working out and eat like that each week and you will start gaining weight.

If you wanted to post pics of yourself just do it. You don't need a lame excuse to do so.

rsclause

cassandrarodriguez89 wrote: »

rsclause wrote: »

As you get older you will be saying "I used to eat nothing but junk and never gain weight" "now look how fat I am"

No. I'm almost 30, my metabolism only gets faster as I get older. I weight lift 6 days a week and according to all recent science your metabolism does not slow with age, it slows based on activity level which my activity level is greater than any woman I know.

You can get away with a lot if your activity level is very high. For me if I run 30+ miles a week I can drink beer and wine daily but with less miles my belly starts to expand.

rmgnow

Hahaha I endorse the bragging from the OP. Well done. Nice abs too.

marelthu

Uh huh.

cassandrarodriguez89

LonniJay wrote: »

Stop working out and eat like that each week and you will start gaining weight.

If you wanted to post pics of yourself just do it. You don't need a lame excuse to do so.

Hahaha! I did want to post pictures to brag a little because I'm super proud. But yeah, I didn't hit he gym either, went on a vacation and went a bit crazy eating everything in sight. I was hoping I hit a Level of fitness that allows me to eat everything all day non stop without worrying... if that's possible.

cassandrarodriguez89

rmgnow wrote: »

Hahaha I endorse the bragging from the OP. Well done. Nice abs too.

LOL thank you But is it possible to reach a level of fitness and being capable of going on a diet of cookies?

cassandrarodriguez89

competecompetecompete wrote: »

Sounds like you're just awesome

Thank you! Still curious about my question lol

cwolfman13

For one thing, the human body strives for homeostasis...in the short run it can handle excess calories and will put them to good use...consistently over eating (or under eating) over time is what overrides your body's ability to balance things out. In other words, a week of over indulgence is going to be pretty meaningless.

Secondly, when one is very active, one can get away with quite a bit because the energy expenditure is so high.

Thirdly, the fact that it was cookies and pizza is pretty irrelevant.

cassandrarodriguez89

cwolfman13 wrote: »

For one thing, the human body strives for homeostasis...in the short run it can handle excess calories and will put them to good use...consistently over eating (or under eating) over time is what overrides your body's ability to balance things out. In other words, a week of over indulgence is going to be pretty meaningless.

Secondly, when one is very active, one can get away with quite a bit because the energy expenditure is so high.

Thirdly, the fact that it was cookies and pizza is pretty irrelevant.

COOKIES is very relevant. Cookies are always relevant.

cassandrarodriguez89

amyrebeccah wrote: »

cassandrarodriguez89 wrote: »

LonniJay wrote: »

Stop working out and eat like that each week and you will start gaining weight.

If you wanted to post pics of yourself just do it. You don't need a lame excuse to do so.

Hahaha! I did want to post pictures to brag a little because I'm super proud. But yeah, I didn't hit he gym either, went on a vacation and went a bit crazy eating everything in sight. I was hoping I hit a Level of fitness that allows me to eat everything all day non stop without worrying... if that's possible.

It's not. Sorry. Now your appetite may stop you naturally before you hit a calorie surplus, that does happen with some people.

And yeah, disguising bragging with a fake question isn't necessary. There's a whole forum called "success stories."

Was not a fake question. I am truly interested to see if anyone is capable of sustaining a healthy body with junk food in high quantities.

WinoGelato

I generally support the concept of "eat whatever you want and lose weight/be fit/be health/enjoy life" so I wanted to like this post from the title, but it seems more of an excuse for a humble brag and to post pics than anything else.

If your question was serious OP - you didn't consume enough total calories in that period of time to have a noticeable impact on your physique.

I guess the other question is - why the excess? 200 cookies, was that serious? Do you have BED?

jemhh

cassandrarodriguez89 wrote: »

amyrebeccah wrote: »

cassandrarodriguez89 wrote: »

LonniJay wrote: »

Stop working out and eat like that each week and you will start gaining weight.

If you wanted to post pics of yourself just do it. You don't need a lame excuse to do so.

Hahaha! I did want to post pictures to brag a little because I'm super proud. But yeah, I didn't hit he gym either, went on a vacation and went a bit crazy eating everything in sight. I was hoping I hit a Level of fitness that allows me to eat everything all day non stop without worrying... if that's possible.

It's not. Sorry. Now your appetite may stop you naturally before you hit a calorie surplus, that does happen with some people.

And yeah, disguising bragging with a fake question isn't necessary. There's a whole forum called "success stories."

Was not a fake question. I am truly interested to see if anyone is capable of sustaining a healthy body with junk food in high quantities.

"High quantities" is vague. Could you eat nothing but cookies and sustain a healthy body? No.

cwolfman13

cassandrarodriguez89 wrote: »

amyrebeccah wrote: »

cassandrarodriguez89 wrote: »

LonniJay wrote: »

Stop working out and eat like that each week and you will start gaining weight.

If you wanted to post pics of yourself just do it. You don't need a lame excuse to do so.

Hahaha! I did want to post pictures to brag a little because I'm super proud. But yeah, I didn't hit he gym either, went on a vacation and went a bit crazy eating everything in sight. I was hoping I hit a Level of fitness that allows me to eat everything all day non stop without worrying... if that's possible.

It's not. Sorry. Now your appetite may stop you naturally before you hit a calorie surplus, that does happen with some people.

And yeah, disguising bragging with a fake question isn't necessary. There's a whole forum called "success stories."

Was not a fake question. I am truly interested to see if anyone is capable of sustaining a healthy body with junk food in high quantities.

Would depend on what high quantities means and also what the rest of your diet looks like. When I'm actively training for an endurance event, I have to pack away the calories...most of my diet is pretty nutritious, but to get te calories in, I have to eat quite a bit of "junk" as well.

If it's just "junk" or mostly "junk" and you aren't getting proper nutrition overall then you aren't going to sustain a healthy body...for a healthy body you need vitamins, minerals, protein, etc...

cassandrarodriguez89

WinoGelato wrote: »

I generally support the concept of "eat whatever you want and lose weight/be fit/be health/enjoy life" so I wanted to like this post from the title, but it seems more of an excuse for a humble brag and to post pics than anything else.

If your question was serious OP - you didn't consume enough total calories in that period of time to have a noticeable impact on your physique.

I guess the other question is - why the excess? 200 cookies, was that serious? Do you have BED?

I was on vacation. My god mother is a professional cookie chef, seriously... she makes over 10,000 cookies every thanksgiving as presents to her employee's. Her skills are unprecedented. She made me cookies as a way of saying she loves me. I indulged.

It seems as if you all shot down my hopes and dreams of surviving off cookies alone. Thank you.

cassandrarodriguez89

WinoGelato wrote: »

I generally support the concept of "eat whatever you want and lose weight/be fit/be health/enjoy life" so I wanted to like this post from the title, but it seems more of an excuse for a humble brag and to post pics than anything else.

If your question was serious OP - you didn't consume enough total calories in that period of time to have a noticeable impact on your physique.

I guess the other question is - why the excess? 200 cookies, was that serious? Do you have BED?

What's BED?