What if i spend all my calories on ice cream.

Streamlinedforlife

Hi everyone.

So i was wondering. What if i decided to spend my caloric allowance for the day on junk food like ice cream or candy. Would i gain weight even though i am within my caloric limit?

arcticfox04

You'd lose weight still. Though you'd get sick after a while since Ice Cream will lack on nutrition.

minivegrunner

I don't think so. I am vegan so I haven't done QUITE that......but I have spend my calories (mostly) on a vegan froyo alternative. XD I didn't gain anything.

Also... my 89 year old grandmother has eaten frozen yogurt for lunch nearly every day ever since I can remember, so I figure as long as you count the calories you're probably fine.

37434958

Well not really. But maybe! Because ice cream and those junk foods contain more fat than other foods.

And you wont get enough protein, nutrition.... .etc

slkehl

You won't gain weight. But you might feel like ****. I spent all my calories on kettle corn one day. And had no energy.

panano

Not a good idea - those kinds of foods slows down your metabolism, which of course means you won't burn as many calories as you usually do during the day. I did, however do that ONCE and vowed to never do it again. I felt sick, and was terribly bloated after and gained a bunch of water weight that took forever to get rid of...

Nicki_101

I have the odd cookie day......

keri3

Ugh....sigh.

Simone_King

My sugestion is just to keep a few extra calories and go have yourself an ice cream.

Don't just eat all junk food.

PikaKnight

If you eat below maintenance calories (aka deficit)...than you lose weight. Is it healthy to eat JUST ice cream? Of course not. But just ice cream isn't going to magically make the calorie numbers not count

PikaKnight

Not a good idea - those kinds of foods slows down your metabolism, which of course means you won't burn as many calories as you usually do during the day. I did, however do that ONCE and vowed to never do it again. I felt sick, and was terribly bloated after and gained a bunch of water weight that took forever to get rid of...

Not true. Show me a peer reviewed study that says having one day of ice cream or including it regularly is going to automatically slow down your metabolism.

Willowana

It will not slow your metabolism. Your metabolism is affected primarily by your weight and exercise. A high fat diet will not make you fat. And ice cream contains protein.

That being said, yes you could still lose weight. However, be prepared for a tummy ache and probably the sh**s.

AllTehBeers

I have the odd cookie day......

I ate a whole container of cookies for dinner last week. Still had a deficit for the day. It keeps me sane.

ILiftHeavyAcrylics

Not a good idea - those kinds of foods slows down your metabolism, which of course means you won't burn as many calories as you usually do during the day. I did, however do that ONCE and vowed to never do it again. I felt sick, and was terribly bloated after and gained a bunch of water weight that took forever to get rid of...

I'd love to read your source for this info. I've lost weight eating ice cream, and I've lost weight not eating ice cream-- I've never noticed any difference in metabolism based on different foods.

OP you would still lose weight. Google the twinkie diet. But you would not feel very good and wouldn't be particularly healthy long-term eating that way. You'd also probably be starving.

Lyadeia

If you didn't go over on calories, you would not gain fat. However, with poor nutrition, you are more likely to retain water which may reflect on the scale even though you didn't gain fat. I'm not saying that this would definitely happen, but I like to keep that in mind when I have more "junk" food than usual because even though I know it isn't possible to have gained 3 pounds of fat overnight when I didn't eat that much food in total, my psyche doesn't like seeing the fluctuations on the scale, either. My mind tricks me into thinking wrong things.

thecakelocker

Bad food calories, especially unnatural sugar calories, are larger than calories in good food. These calories turn directly into body fat because your body cannot process them. Essentially, you enter starvation mode thus slowing your metabolism, and you gain fat from the ultra dense calories and unnatural sugars and toxins. Only a good detox cleanse to flush your fat and remove 20 pounds of fecal matter from your colon will save you now.

Carnivor0us

Sure, if you don't fry your pancreas first.

PikaKnight

Bad food calories, especially unnatural sugar calories, are larger than calories in good food. These calories turn directly into body fat because your body cannot process them. Essentially, you enter starvation mode thus slowing your metabolism, and you gain fat from the ultra dense calories and unnatural sugars and toxins. Only a good detox cleanse to flush your fat and remove 20 pounds of fecal matter from your colon will save you now.

No. Absolutely false.

melindasuefritz

You'd lose weight still. Though you'd get sick after a while since Ice Cream will lack on nutrition.

Willowana

Bad food calories, especially unnatural sugar calories, are larger than calories in good food. These calories turn directly into body fat because your body cannot process them. Essentially, you enter starvation mode thus slowing your metabolism, and you gain fat from the ultra dense calories and unnatural sugars and toxins. Only a good detox cleanse to flush your fat and remove 20 pounds of fecal matter from your colon will save you now.

No. Absolutely false.

Seconded. I think the mention of toxins, cleanse, and 20 lbs. of fecal matter should be the red flag that someone is trolololoing. Well, that and calories come in different sizes??? Now that's a new one I've never heard before.

chelseascounter

I finished 2 Talenti Gelato's this past month(caribbean coconut & caramel cookie crunch) and was still in my calorie limit. I still lost weight.

peachfigs

Make two ingredient banana x peanut butter icecream instead.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbZRE6YiX68

yourenotmine

Bad food calories, especially unnatural sugar calories, are larger than calories in good food. These calories turn directly into body fat because your body cannot process them. Essentially, you enter starvation mode thus slowing your metabolism, and you gain fat from the ultra dense calories and unnatural sugars and toxins. Only a good detox cleanse to flush your fat and remove 20 pounds of fecal matter from your colon will save you now.

BAHAHAHAHA Good one!

Wait... that *was* a joke, right?

jzammetti

Bad food calories, especially unnatural sugar calories, are larger than calories in good food. These calories turn directly into body fat because your body cannot process them. Essentially, you enter starvation mode thus slowing your metabolism, and you gain fat from the ultra dense calories and unnatural sugars and toxins. Only a good detox cleanse to flush your fat and remove 20 pounds of fecal matter from your colon will save you now.

joke, right?

Lyadeia

Bad food calories, especially unnatural sugar calories, are larger than calories in good food. These calories turn directly into body fat because your body cannot process them. Essentially, you enter starvation mode thus slowing your metabolism, and you gain fat from the ultra dense calories and unnatural sugars and toxins. Only a good detox cleanse to flush your fat and remove 20 pounds of fecal matter from your colon will save you now.

BAHAHAHAHA Good one!

Wait... that *was* a joke, right?

We can only hope.

jzammetti

Yes, you would still lose weight - but if you did that every day you would probably lose a significant amount of lean body mass - which is what drives yoru metabolism.

I have ice cream a lot - but I may just try having a whole day of it sometime soon - sounds yummy

jofjltncb6

Bad food calories, especially unnatural sugar calories, are larger than calories in good food. These calories turn directly into body fat because your body cannot process them. Essentially, you enter starvation mode thus slowing your metabolism, and you gain fat from the ultra dense calories and unnatural sugars and toxins. Only a good detox cleanse to flush your fat and remove 20 pounds of fecal matter from your colon will save you now.

No. Absolutely false.

I disagree. Seems totally legit to me.

Does anyone know where I can buy lemon juice and maple syrup in bulk?

superhippiechik

I only ate chips and beer one day. I also slept in late one day and only ate a Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese and Bacon Combo meal with a Large Sugar Free Vanilla Iced Coffee. And an Ice Cream Cone. I've still lost almost 60 pounds. I don't have a sexy body but I am thin.I know that "Abs are made in the kitchen,not in the gym." but if I want to eat crap all day for just ONE day I also know that it wont make much of a difference in the long run.

KaraAlste

"I have the odd cookie day"

What she said. :laugh:

Willowana

I think the OP is talking about a one day deal. I don't think she intends to live off ice cream for the next six months, people.

ILiftHeavyAcrylics

Bad food calories, especially unnatural sugar calories, are larger than calories in good food. These calories turn directly into body fat because your body cannot process them. Essentially, you enter starvation mode thus slowing your metabolism, and you gain fat from the ultra dense calories and unnatural sugars and toxins. Only a good detox cleanse to flush your fat and remove 20 pounds of fecal matter from your colon will save you now.

No. Absolutely false.