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THE ONLY WAY YOU GAIN IS IF YOU GO OVER YOUR GOAL?

Stilllosing26
Stilllosing26 Posts: 256 Member
edited February 21 in Health and Weight Loss
Quick question. When I wasn't using MFP, and I was out of shape, and had a lot of fat, was it because I was eating more calories then I was burning during the day? Or was it the type of food I was eating. If I spent the whole day eating unhealthy fatty foods, but burned MORE calories than I ate, would I gain, and store fat? Or was the SOLELY and ONLY reason I became fat because of me eating more than I was burning? Will I gain fat again if I eat a fatty food or so a day, yet stay at my recommended goal on MFP? Will my body keep storing fat like it use to, or not because of my deficit?

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  • DebbieLyn63
    DebbieLyn63 Posts: 2,654 Member
    I am on a high fat low carb diet where my Fat intake is about 65% of my calories. Losing steadily. Eating fat doesn't make you fat, unless you eat more calories than your body burns.
  • _KitKat_
    _KitKat_ Posts: 1,066 Member
    Weight is ONLY surplus, maintaining or deficient. If you eat more than you use, you gain. If you eat less than your body uses, you lose weight. If you eat what you need, you maintain.
  • Stilllosing26
    Stilllosing26 Posts: 256 Member
    I am on a high fat low carb diet where my Fat intake is about 65% of my calories. Losing steadily. Eating fat doesn't make you fat, unless you eat more calories than your body burns.

    Very Interesting
  • swaggityswagbag
    swaggityswagbag Posts: 78 Member
    I eat this way too. It helps keep me extremely satiated at around 1400-1500 calories a day, something I never could do when I ate mostly carbs and "low fat" foods.
  • Stilllosing26
    Stilllosing26 Posts: 256 Member
    I eat this way too. It helps keep me extremely satiated at around 1400-1500 calories a day, something I never could do when I ate mostly carbs and "low fat" foods.

    I see
  • megsmom2
    megsmom2 Posts: 2,362 Member
    WHY ARE YOU SHOUTING IN ALL YOUR MULTIPLE TOPICS???? damn, now I'm doing it too.....
  • leggup
    leggup Posts: 2,942 Member
    The only way to gain weight is to eat more calories than your body needs to sustain its current weight. If you maintain your weight at 1,900-2,000 calories and you eat an extra 500 calories of hamburger/carrots/lettuce/low fat cheese/anything, you will gain weight. It doesn't matter what those extra calories come from.
  • Dr__Girlfriend
    Dr__Girlfriend Posts: 100 Member
    Or you can gain weight if you're putting on muscle. I gained about 15 pounds, but I LOST 2 dress sizes. YAY, MUSCLE!

    Fat doesn't make you fat. use www.iifym.com to figure out how much fat, protein, and carbs you should be eating based on your goals. It also has a way better calorie calculator than MFP.
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  • Strokingdiction
    Strokingdiction Posts: 1,164 Member
    CAPS LOCK THREAD TITLES IMPLY YELLING OR URGENCY.

    JUST FYI.
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    The only way to gain fat is to go over your maintenance calories, or to have a medical condition that messes up the way your body processes certain foods (which is still going over maintenance, it's just that the calories out side of the equation is messed up).

    You can gain water weight several ways: sodium, exercise, time of month if you're female, alcohol, or dehydration. But that kind of weight is temporary.

    You can gain muscle by either eating at maintenance, lifting, and getting enough protein or by eating at a surplus. You can gain a VERY SMALL AMOUNT in a deficit if you're a newbie (think ounces, not pounds) or if you're returning to lifting after time away.
  • AwesomeGuy37
    AwesomeGuy37 Posts: 436 Member
    Topic: THE ONLY WAY YOU GAIN IS IF YOU GO OVER YOUR GOAL?
    No. Correction: "Topic: THE ONLY WAY YOU GAIN IS IF YOU GO OVER YOUR MAINTENANCE?" - Yes
    Quick question. When I wasn't using MFP, and I was out of shape, and had a lot of fat, was it because I was eating more calories then I was burning during the day?
    Yes.
    Or was it the type of food I was eating.
    Some foods do increase appetite.
    If I spent the whole day eating unhealthy fatty foods, but burned MORE calories than I ate, would I gain, and store fat?
    No.
    Or was the SOLELY and ONLY reason I became fat because of me eating more than I was burning?
    Technically, yes.
    Will I gain fat again if I eat a fatty food or so a day, yet stay at my recommended goal on MFP?
    No. Calories determine weight loss and gain.
    Will my body keep storing fat like it use to, or not because of my deficit?
    I don't understand the question. The body doesn't store fat on a deficit.
  • Aaron_K123
    Aaron_K123 Posts: 7,122 Member
    Quick question. When I wasn't using MFP, and I was out of shape, and had a lot of fat, was it because I was eating more calories then I was burning during the day? Or was it the type of food I was eating. If I spent the whole day eating unhealthy fatty foods, but burned MORE calories than I ate, would I gain, and store fat? Or was the SOLELY and ONLY reason I became fat because of me eating more than I was burning? Will I gain fat again if I eat a fatty food or so a day, yet stay at my recommended goal on MFP? Will my body keep storing fat like it use to, or not because of my deficit?

    Yes. No. No. Yes. No. Not.
  • mike_ny
    mike_ny Posts: 351 Member
    I am on a high fat low carb diet where my Fat intake is about 65% of my calories. Losing steadily. Eating fat doesn't make you fat, unless you eat more calories than your body burns.

    That sounds a lot like the way I lost 40 pounds and got fit. My fat intake was and still is anywhere from 50% to 60% of my calories with my protein at around 30%, only leaving 10-20% for carbs. It seems the more fat I ate, the faster I dropped the pounds. Fat and protein are great fuels and they don't net 100% of the calories consumed like carbs do. It also helped me feel full longer since fat and protein take longer to digest, so it was a lot easier to stay within my calorie deficit than it would have ever been with a high carb low fat diet. Carbs just don't fill me up. They're fast energy and then they're gone. I can eat them all day and still be hungry, which is how I gained the weight in the first place.

    People just refuse to accept that high fat diets are a healthy way to lose weight as long as your total calories stay within your target. My doctor is fine with it, though. He was cautious at first, but he's very pleased with my results. I'm down to a healthy weight and my cholesterol and triglycerides have gone from being high while overweight and eating a low fat diet to being at the extremely low range while eating a high fat diet, with much of that fat being saturated. I also eat four or more eggs a day, so dietary cholesterol obviously doesn't determine blood cholesterol levels.
  • collingmommy
    collingmommy Posts: 456 Member
    Don't judge me ppl but I used to think that if you didn't eat fat you wouldn't get fat... lol... I was.... well... not very knowledgeable. But I now know better. This topic reminds me of the idea of that. And to think, I cut out peanut butter and milk for a long long time (3 to 4 weeks). :)
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