Over eatinf

megtheeggo
megtheeggo Posts: 34 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I ate a lot of calories yesterday - estimatedly around 3500+ and today I’ve eaten around 1500, is this likely to cause weight gain?

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  • Spite70
    Spite70 Posts: 15 Member
    One day of overeating is not likely to cause you to gain weight. However, the scale may go up, indicating excess water weight due to high sodium levels etc. It's overeating for an extended period of time that makes people gain weight.
  • Spite70
    Spite70 Posts: 15 Member
    If you get back on track then you should be fine :)
  • Teabythesea_
    Teabythesea_ Posts: 559 Member
    In order to gain weight you would not only have to eat more than what MFP tells you to, but also exceed maintenance. For example, if MFP tells you to eat 1500 to lose 1 lb a week, that means you technically wont gain anything unless it's in excess of 2000. Even then, to gain a single pound youd have to eat 3500 calories in excess of that. I'm not sure what your maintenance is, but eating 3500 calories one day is not enough to cause noticeable weight gain. Whatever you see on the scale is likely the result of water retention from increased carbs or sodium.

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