Weird Question

VelvetMorning
VelvetMorning Posts: 398 Member
edited February 9 in Fitness and Exercise
I thought of this at about 1 AM. If I were to eat my calories for the day in REALLY salty pizza, but not go over my maintenance, yet gain (with my body, lol) a good 5 pounds in water weight, the next day or two would I burn a substantial amount of more calories by doing squats with the extra 5 pounds of water, or would it all be counter productive? I guess what I'm asking is if I eat 1,400 calories in pizza, gain ~5 pounds in water, when that water weight is gone will I be less weight than what I started at because of the exercise? Or something.

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  • zagon_the_ultimate
    zagon_the_ultimate Posts: 115 Member
    A very good question, and I would answer yes....but only marginally. An extra 5 pounds probably wont make a significant difference in the amount of weight your legs, and related areas, have to oppose. It would be the equivalent of holding two 2.5 pound dumbbells as you squatted.

    What you could do is grab a backpack and load it up with bottles of water. A standard 20 ounce bottle of water weighs about 1.25 pounds (1.303125 minus the plastic), and a standard liter weighs about 2.25 pounds (2.204684 minus the plastic). This would allow you to tailor the added weight to whatever you desire.


    Additionally, pizza is awesome.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    why wouldn't you just add five pounds to the bar…?

    this is why people should sleep at 1am...
  • GiddyupTim
    GiddyupTim Posts: 2,819 Member
    Hilarious! Thanks
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    it depends on how many toppings the pizza had on it.

    more toppings = heavier pizza = more calories you will burn
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    yeeeeeeaaah, you might be overthinking this.






    or....

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  • Hauntinglyfit
    Hauntinglyfit Posts: 5,537 Member
    Insomnia sucks, eh?
  • Will_Thrust_For_Candy
    Will_Thrust_For_Candy Posts: 6,109 Member
    yeeeeeeaaah, you might be overthinking this.






    or....

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    QFT
  • _namaste_
    _namaste_ Posts: 246
    for reals?....

    add a lot more than 5lbs to the bar and get to squatting.

    pizza can be had too, but it's not going to help with your squatting.
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