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Just Curious...

mayhsgirl93
mayhsgirl93 Posts: 23
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
if someone were to use all their calories on junk like ice cream and hot dogs and whatnot, but they stayed in the limit of their calorie/sugar/fat intake, would they still lose weight?

Just out of curiosity of course!

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  • pattitricia85
    pattitricia85 Posts: 376
    probably but you don't get much bang for your buck... eating 1500 (or wahtever your alottment) calories in a day of ice cream and hot dogs will leave you very hungry come dinner time w/ no calories left. If it were possible I wouln't be here...
  • VballLeash
    VballLeash Posts: 2,456 Member
    Yea you would be sooo hungry because all your calories would be gone really fast plus junk food doesn't keep you full!

    ~Leash :heart:
  • adopt4
    adopt4 Posts: 970 Member
    yeah, just like you can lose on a starvation diet, for awhile your body will lose. But you'd lose muscle, not fat, and you wouldn't have any energy at all. It doesn't take much for junk food to eat up all your calorie allotment quickly! The exception to this would be if you ate all your calories at one time, rather than through-out the day, then you'd most likely gain weight even under calories because your body thinks you're starving it and will make fat if it possibly can.
  • LivyJo
    LivyJo Posts: 355 Member
    I think she was just asking hypothetically. So the answer is yes, you would still lose :wink:
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