Calories after puking?

The most important thing when you're sick is to stay hydrated and eat foods (if you CAN eat) that are going to settle your stomach rather than upset it.

Try the following:
Gatorade, PediaLyte or PediaLyte Popsicles (better than water if you have been throwing up)
Clear broth (like chicken broth)
Saltines or other very plain crackers
Jell-O

If you can't keep ANYTHING down (including liquids) for more than a half a day or so, you may need to go to the hospital to get IV fluids so you don't get too dehydrated. Or, they may give you some anti-nausea meds so you can at least stay hydrated. Although it sounds like for you this was maybe just a one-time thing.

Don't worry about calories. It is going to be pretty impossible to calculate. If your body is rejecting food, you're probably not going to be able to reach your calorie goal, especially if you are eating things like broth, Saltines, and Jell-O, lol!

Whenever you are sick, forget calories and focus on the nutrients. I would even go so far as saying that don't have the soup if you don't feel like it. Eat if you want to, don't if you don't want to. Take it easy on yourself. One day of going below your caloric requirement will not lead you into starvation, nor will one day of having food over your caloric requirements lead you to weight gain.

Please prioritize your PHYSICAL and PSYCHOLOGICAL health at this time.... by staying away from logging or investing your energy into answering/ignoring/blocking people on this forum.

If you still need an answer your question of logging, think of yourself as your own physician or dietitian....or just someone who loves you and cares for you. Would they want you to be logging your calories in/out deficits and arguing with people on the internet while you are sick? If not then do just that...

Loving ourselves is the first step to a healthy lifestyle and that is why I believe that people may have thought that you had an ED.. because at first glance... it seemed that you were being too harsh on yourself even if you had just posted that question out of curiosity. Take Care!

bananas are supposed to be good if you start feeling sickly or have nausea

To answer your question food begins to be digested immediately upon entering the mouth, and vomiting does not expel all of the stomach contents. When the stomach suddenly contracts to vomit, around 50% of its contents are pushed further down into the intestine where they will be digested and absorbed.

However, I don't worry about calorie intake when I am sick. Therefore, I would suggest that you also not focus on counting calories as well but instead resting and getting plenty of fluids. Then, when you are feeling better just start logging your calorie intake again.

Surely this can't be true in every case, can it? If you're getting 50% of what you eat, then why do people get so dangerously malnourished/dehydrated when sick for an extended period of time? I was sick over the weekend and throwing up bile (sorry if TMI) and, although I couldn't keep anything down, I was sooooo thirsty and hungry. Definitely did not feel like I had eaten 50% of my meal.

I would definitely agree though that you can't possible count calories when you're sick!

digestion versus absorption. yes, digestion begins in the mouth as we chew and swallow. it continues in the stomach. but absorption begins in the small intestine. so, in theory, if she purged her entire meal...she would not be retaining 50% of the calories. Often times, however, food consumed isn't contained in the stomach, but has pushed through to the small intestine. Time of eating and vomiting, quantity of food and type of food all affect this.

Not to be gross, but sometimes I throw up even when I'm not actually ill. (One of those fun body things -- I've had a sensitive stomach all my life due to a combination of allergies and reflux.) It happened this morning, I think because I drank a cup of tea quickly right after taking my multivitamin and my emptyish stomach didn't like the warm water.

I ate a couple nuts to make up the nutrition I lost and decided not to worry about the calories.

Why the heck is this thread back. Seriously what was the person searching for or thinking when they looked for a vomit thread.

It is back not because i was searching for a vomit thread, but because i posted here earlier and like to check the threads i post on. sorry!