Lose lb by eating only cake? why not?

suziblues2000

Okay so I know it's BAD to eat only twinkies and cake and candy etc. We should not eat these things to fill our calorie goals, it is BAD.

I know it 's bad and unhealthy. I would NEVER eat only cake.

But why wouldn't it work to lose weight? I KNOW I'd end up feeling like crap and very unhealthy if I only ate cake.

But if I stayed within my calorie goals; why wouldn't I lose weight? or would I?

Thank you for any info about this.

ruggie

I think you would! It is all about calories vs calories out. When I first started on my weight loss journey 80lbs ago I ate mostly unhealthy! I do WW and always stayed within my "points" and lost 60 lbs. I then began making the switch to healthy eating. So to answer your question...... yes, I think you can lose weight by eating only cake.

hungreeteacher17

i think you would lose weight - to lose you just have to take in less calories than you burn - so taking in less calories in any form could result in weight loss

tuxisback

Hi!

By eating only cakes you'll find difficult to stick to an appropriate carbs level, and you have to know that the excess of carbs in the blood is converted in fat.

But if you can achieve doing cakes with a low level of carbs, why not give it a try ^^

megamom

Well all I can say is a Twinkie could probably sit on a shelve next to a carton of McDonald's french fries and look exactly the same a year from now. For that reason alone I think some calories are more then other calories.:sick:

jameskirkbride

You will lose weight if you stay within the calorie target, if you burn more than you eat ,you will lose weight it is simple science.
The problem would be a lack of protein & Vitamins & minerals & too much fat and carbs. your body will only use the fat and carbs it needs from the cake & look for the other things it needs from else where (i.e. muscle tissue). so you would end up losing muscle & gaining fat.

also you might get hungry as cake has a lot of fat, and you don't get as much volume of food for your fat ...

1g protein = 4 Cals
1g Carbs = 4 Cals
1g Fat = 8 Cals
(or there abouts)

so as you can see you get less food for your calories were fat is involved!

but yes you would still lose weight, but from the wrong source
hope this helps?

Ellem86

I think you can still lose whilst just eating cake if you have a lot to lose. However, what you are eating matters a lot more when you get to the last 10 pounds.

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I'm pretty sure there are a bunch of really bad fat and carbs in a cake only diet. So, would you lose weight? That would remain to be seen. One thing is absolutely certain, id that kind of diet were maintained, you would be so unhealthy that your body would probably start to react in a very negative way and then you would be very ill.


The truth is that there is no "easy way" to lose weight. It takes a lot of weight and for an effective weight loss to work and be maintained, you must eat healthy, exercise to build muscle and endurance, and develop a healthy lifestyle in general. Only cake does not reflect those three elements.

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sallyLunn

I college, I lost weight from eating only candy bars one time. I didn't do it on purpose. There was a big promotion for Mars Bars in New York City and they were handing them out on street corners. Every time I would walk by one of those people, I would take one and slide it in my purse so the next person would give me another one. I must have accumulated 50 of the things.

The next week, I think, I ran short of money so I started eating Mars bars for every meal except dinner. I lost weight. I felt GROSS and I couldn't even LOOK at a candy bar for years. I think was on the "Mars Plan" for a week before I finally got some my pay check.

fowlmeli1093

You totally would lose weight on cake only...but if you have the determination to stick to a "cake only" diet, I think you have more than enough willpower to do it the healthy way...

sallyLunn

It would work because after a while, you would just look at the cake and decide you would rather not eat than eat cake again.

I didn't say it would be healthy,

ljc1057

Great information Vickie!

ivyjbres

Yes, you would still loose weight. You're nutrition would be unbalanced, so you'd be at greater risk of regaining the weight, but yes, you could loose weight that way.

Previously when I was loosing weight about 5 years ago, I had a week when all I wanted was ice cream, so that's all I ate. 2 pints of blue bell ice cream a day (about 1600 calories) was all I ate that week, and still kept loosing weight. I only let myself do that for a week, don't want stuff like that to become a habit.

LotusF1ower

Okay so I know it's BAD to eat only twinkies and cake and candy etc. We should not eat these things to fill our calorie goals, it is BAD.

I know it 's bad and unhealthy. I would NEVER eat only cake.

But why wouldn't it work to lose weight? I KNOW I'd end up feeling like crap and very unhealthy if I only ate cake.

But if I stayed within my calorie goals; why wouldn't I lose weight? or would I?

Thank you for any info about this.

In my own situation, I am on 1200 calories per day, which is enough if I eat good wholesome food, but it would not be enough if I were to eat a piece of cake that would be around 400 calories. That 400 calories would be much better spent, for me, on a meal, because the cake would fill me for approximately 20 minutes and then, because it was high in carbs, I would crave more and more. Whereas a meal worth 400 calories with a lot of protein in would fill me up for approximately five hours and I would not crave anything.

and THAT is the reason I would choose nutritional food over cakes anytime.

CakeFit21

I worked in a bakery and ate cake or something sweet everyday for a really long time. On Sunday, (my day off) all of the sudden my brain would be like, "Where's CAKE? NEED CAKE!"

Yes, I gained weight. It was not good. Your body starts to totally crave that fat and sugar and you feel helpless.

But the real reason you shouldn't eat only cake is that you will get so sick of it and never want to eat it again.
That would be very sad :sad: