Calories to Weight TIme Lag

Adventure9

When do you see the effects of too many or less calories. For instance, if you've been maintaining the same weight for a while and you splurge for a couple of days. Do you see the weight gain the next day or does it take a few days to show up?

Example: Let's say you've been maintaining weight at 1800 calories a day for 3 weeks, then you splurge and have 2500 a day for two days. Then back to 1800 calories. When will you see the weight gain? right away or within a few days? Is it the same thing in reverse? - ie losing weight.

howardheilweil

Remember that you need a surplus of 3500 calories (above your baseline) to gain one pound of fat. Going from 1800 to 2500 calories is not a splurge by any means and will likely not result in any fat gain. If you consumed a bunch of sodium, you will possibly have some water retention, but that is very temporary.