4000 calories!

Well....was your weight and fat gain you suffered before because of one single day?

Contrary to what the above said, no you will not gain fat and weight from one day eating 4000 calories, especially given it is not a regular thing and you train. Your maintenance could be as much as 2200 so you will easily be able to balance it out along the way. Most humans have days where they splurge, special occasions etc. It is part of life. Just forget it and carry on with your regular routine.

Contrary to what the above said, no you will not gain fat and weight from one day eating 4000 calories, especially given it is not a regular thing and you train. Your maintenance could be as much as 2200 so you will easily be able to balance it out along the way. Most humans have days where they splurge, special occasions etc. It is part of life. Just forget it and carry on with your regular routine.

I just meant that if your caloric intake exceeds your TDEE that that will be stored as fat in the long term. I was not meaning to suggest that nothing could be done about it.

To the OP you are fine man just go back to your routine and don't sweat it. If you have weight to lose that weight wasn't put on on a single day it was put on over years and years. One day is not going to make a drastic impact on your progress.

Ah right, was not clear. I get you now. Speaking from personal experience, I have had runs of days eating 3500 + calories, and did not gain any permanent weight. In fact, last time, it was literally back down within a day. Might be because I have a low bodyfat% already, not sure. But heck, I think most of us, though not all maybe, go overboard at times like Xmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, birthdays, and it causes perhaps a brief blip. I tend to believe that it is when you keep eating at an excess for a period of time that the gain will start to be permanent. And a few have told me that when I freaked out over a bad eating day. I start to panic if a day or two, turns into weeks, lol.

I just need some advice. I train 5 days a week, 2 days running, 3 days full body strength and weight training, My daily intake on workout days is 1800 and on rest days it's 1600.. Today was a rest day and I went overboard with friends and ate lots of junk and lots of saturated fats...around 4000 calories or more. I usually eat super clean and healthy. I haven't eaten like this "cheat meal" wise in about a month. Will I gain fat and weight from this?

You have to eat 3,500 over your TDEE to gain a pound. So, if you have a 500 TDEE, you will gain weight from that pig out day. :bigsmile: :laugh:

Seriously, you ate, you enjoyed, and I hope it was GOOD!

Eating super clean and healthy has nothing to do with weight loss or gain, but calorie consumption does. However, since you ate stuff you don't normally eat, you might feel just a tad sick.

Tomorrow is a new day. Work out extra and move on.