One pudding = 2 pounds!

CouleeRunner
CouleeRunner Posts: 256 Member
edited October 5 in Health and Weight Loss
Well not really but I thought this was very interesting. I finished my food journal last night and the little message announced that if I ate that way every day I would be 135.6 lbs in 5 weeks. Nice! A pound a week.

Later on I was a little munchy and since I had calories left, I grabbed a 120 calorie pudding cup. I logged it and then completed the journal again. This time it said I would be 137.6 lbs in 5 weeks.

Wow! One extra pudding a day could add up to 2 whole pounds in 5 weeks! Makes sense but thought it was interesting...the little choices you make do make a difference.

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  • HMonsterX
    HMonsterX Posts: 3,000 Member
    If you make that same choice every single day for 5 weeks...
  • ethompso0105
    ethompso0105 Posts: 418 Member
    Isn't that strange? I put an apple in my journal after closing out and it was a difference of 5 pounds...yes, FIVE pounds! I guess this means I need to eat a pudding cup rather than an apple! ;) LOL
  • Firethorn666
    Firethorn666 Posts: 3
    1 pound of fat = 3500 calories. That's why a 500 cal/day deficit translates into losing 1 pound a week.

    120cal/day for 5 weeks = 4.2K cal. 1.2 pounds.

    I wonder how the calculator works?
  • CouleeRunner
    CouleeRunner Posts: 256 Member
    1 pound of fat = 3500 calories. That's why a 500 cal/day deficit translates into losing 1 pound a week.

    120cal/day for 5 weeks = 4.2K cal. 1.2 pounds.

    I wonder how the calculator works?

    Yes, I just did that calculation as well. Interesting.
  • CouleeRunner
    CouleeRunner Posts: 256 Member
    If you make that same choice every single day for 5 weeks...

    Well I AM a creature of habit but that would be a bit much :laugh:
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