Is losing weight all about caloric deficits?

Drdmike

Would someone lose weight if they ate fewer calories but they ate nothing but ice cream and soda?

candistyx

Of course, but less calories might be less than you think because we don't digest every single calorie we consume, some are a lot easier to absorb. Ice cream and soda are probably some of the easiest to absorb so you'd be getting every single calorie.

If you ate the same number of calories in uncrushed linseeds you'd probably absorb less than 75% of them.

emilyGPK

Yes.

littlefoot612

Yes, although you may not be the healthiest person in the long run and it's an unsustainable and boring diet.

ILiftHeavyAcrylics

Yes, but they'd also be miserable and unhealthy.

Tonakiga

Agreed with everyone above!

Carnivor0us

No. Other factors come into play with caloric deficits that can affect weight loss or gain. Ultimately, yes, weight loss is about a deficit - but weight loss isn't always fat loss.

Timshel_

Ice cream doesn't count as calories.
It just counts as awesome.

Sarahliquid

Yes, people have done experiments only eating twinkles and junk, or only eating McDonalds. They lost weight.

tquill

Yes, but they'd also be miserable and unhealthy.

I dunno, if I had to pick... death by ice cream might be the best way to go.

meshashesha2012

if they dont have issues with insulin then yeah they would

ILiftHeavyAcrylics

Yes, but they'd also be miserable and unhealthy.

I dunno, if I had to pick... death by ice cream might be the best way to go.

:laugh:

Preaching to the choir there-- I've got 13 kinds of ice cream in my freezer at the moment.

The problem is I would be starving if I ate nothing but 1800 calories of ice cream. That's only 4 or 4.5 cups of food.

Derp_Diggler

Of course, but less calories might be less than you think because we don't digest every single calorie we consume, some are a lot easier to absorb. Ice cream and soda are probably some of the easiest to absorb so you'd be getting every single calorie.

If you ate the same number of calories in uncrushed linseeds you'd probably absorb less than 75% of them.

charlieibeling

Not always. Hormones play a huge role in weight loss. I've seen lots of people do near starvation diets while doing 2 hours of cardio a day and not lose weight. Leptin plays a big role. If your leptin levels are high you will lose more weight than low levels while calories in/out remain the same

brianpperkins

Would someone lose weight if they ate fewer calories but they ate nothing but ice cream and soda?

Have you not paid attention to the answers you've received in your other threads?

Derpes

I lost weight and have a reward out - its name was Fido

candistyx

Of course, but less calories might be less than you think because we don't digest every single calorie we consume, some are a lot easier to absorb. Ice cream and soda are probably some of the easiest to absorb so you'd be getting every single calorie.

If you ate the same number of calories in uncrushed linseeds you'd probably absorb less than 75% of them.

Well when I eat whole linseeds they come out the other end completely in tact so I really don't think I've absorbed all there is to absorb from them. I am sure that sometime manages to pass out of their skin probably but most of it is clearly inside still because they are unchanged in shape, colour, texture and size.

aedreana

1) A calorie is a calorie.

2) Calories in/calories out. Law of physics.

Weight loss is a multi-billion-dollar industry based upon second-grade math.

DR2501

You could do that, but you'd be hungry all the time and pretty miserable despite the ice cream as that's not a lot of food to make up your daily calorie allowance and it won't keep you full (if at all) for very long.

charlieibeling

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charlieibeling

1) A calorie is a calorie.

2) Calories in/calories out. Law of physics.

Weight loss is a multi-billion-dollar industry based upon second-grade math.

This is not true. I'm guessing you're trying to invoke the laws of thermodynamics. The second law of thermodynamics contradicts calorie in vs calorie out. Here is a link to read, although no one ever reads these- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC506782/

last I checked they were not teaching entropy calculation in second grade

jmv7117

1) A calorie is a calorie.

2) Calories in/calories out. Law of physics.

Weight loss is a multi-billion-dollar industry based upon second-grade math.

This is not true. I'm guessing you're trying to invoke the laws of thermodynamics. The second law of thermodynamics contradicts calorie in vs calorie out. Here is a link to read, although no one ever reads these- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC506782/

last I checked they were not teaching entropy calculation in second grade

Thankyou for this! I have never believed losing weight was a simple ,matter of calories in, calories out.

sculli123

There's losing 'weight' by calorie deficit along depsite chitty macros and then there's losing 'fat' while maintaining muscle with calorie deficit and proper macros. In the former you'll lose both fat and muscle. In the latter you'll retain muscle,lose fat, be healthier, and look better.

eric_sg61

1) A calorie is a calorie.

2) Calories in/calories out. Law of physics.

Weight loss is a multi-billion-dollar industry based upon second-grade math.

This is not true. I'm guessing you're trying to invoke the laws of thermodynamics. The second law of thermodynamics contradicts calorie in vs calorie out. Here is a link to read, although no one ever reads these- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC506782/

last I checked they were not teaching entropy calculation in second grade

So I can eat 6000 calories of clean holy food and not gain an ounce? Can I eat 1500 calories of total "crap" and gain weight with my maintenance calories being 2500?

eric_sg61

Would someone lose weight if they ate fewer calories but they ate nothing but ice cream and soda?

This will clear up your questions
http://evidencemag.com/why-calories-count/

Veil5577

Not always. Hormones play a huge role in weight loss. I've seen lots of people do near starvation diets while doing 2 hours of cardio a day and not lose weight. Leptin plays a big role. If your leptin levels are high you will lose more weight than low levels while calories in/out remain the same

Uh. No.

Sabine_Stroehm

1) A calorie is a calorie.

2) Calories in/calories out. Law of physics.

Weight loss is a multi-billion-dollar industry based upon second-grade math.

This is not true. I'm guessing you're trying to invoke the laws of thermodynamics. The second law of thermodynamics contradicts calorie in vs calorie out. Here is a link to read, although no one ever reads these- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC506782/

last I checked they were not teaching entropy calculation in second grade

So I can eat 6000 calories of clean holy food and not gain an ounce? Can I eat 1500 calories of total "crap" and gain weight with my maintenance calories being 2500?

That's what you got out of that link?:flowerforyou:

alyjb1121

losing weight, yes you can eat crap at a calorie deficient, but it only works so long, it doesn't keep the weight off, and it is not good for maintaining a healthier lifestyle. forget about losing weight with a diet, start thinking about achieving a healthier lifestyle through permanant habits and changes.

example. cutting soda, people do it, they lose weight, then they go back to drinking soda and maybe gain it back. if you're going to cut soda, cut it because it's unhealthy and you don't want to drink it....not because it's a quick way to drop calories. if you are confident that you can never permantly give up soda, then start figuring out how to fit it into your life in a moderate and accountable way.

I refer to this as method as the twinkie diet....yes you can lose weight eating nothing but twinkies at a calorie deficit but is it healthy? HELL NO. your body needs so much more, weight loss goal, or not.

NextPage

Hormones have certainly affected my weight but only indirectly. PMS made me cry during random Hallmark commercials which led to eating a large bag of chips, followed by a pint of icecream and a chaser of wine. But I'm sure it was the hormones and not what I ate that caused the weight :laugh: If only female hormone flucuatations lead to excessive kale consumption instead.

amusedmonkey

I refuse to believe ice cream has calories. I reject your reality and substitute my own.

jaywolo

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