17500 calories over maintenance

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No I wouldn't have thought so but you don't want to make this a permanent habit thinking oh its only 6 days or whatever, I go over especially since my dads ill but never by that amount, my advice is to recognise you binged you cant undo that but you can start again so you don't undo all your hard work

Nope, unfortunately the body is actually extremely efficient at storing fat. You probably will store the majority of those calories. Just move on, identify what led to your binge, and correct that behavior.

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Personally, I wouldn't over think this. You ate a bunch of extra calories. Figure out why (are you regularly eating at too big of a deficit? is it emotional eating?) Then move on from it. If you gain, then just work harder to make sure it doesn't happen again., but either way, just move forward from this.

The body loves to store fat, actually. But hey, it's not that big a deal. I'd look at why you did what you did and work on controlling that behavior before you did anything else, honestly.

This documentary may help you understand why the binge.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i_cmltmQ6A

You can get a grip though, and get back on the wagon.

We're here to encourage you. You're not alone!

No problem, I just wanted to clarify it as so many people assume everyone is on here to lose weight.

Hope you're feeling better ^_^

There is a member here named Magerum who went over cals during a vacay and gained and then corrected it the following week with relative ease. I don't remember the name of the thread though, but if you find it you will see you are not in as deep a hole as you might think.

There is a member here named Magerum who went over cals during a vacay and gained and then corrected it the following week with relative ease. I don't remember the name of the thread though, but if you find it you will see you are not in as deep a hole as you might think.

But to correct a 10, 000 over maintenance would mean starvation throughout the week -- which could prime someone for another gorge

43mmmgoody21: Wow that must have been some binges :O! I don't feel so alone now ^^.
I'm glad that you've found something that workd for you . Do you do the 5:2 diet ? How do you manage to fast one day without overeating the next day ?
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----> Do you do the 5:2 diet ?

I follow a 16-18 hour fast followed by a 6-8 hour eating window.


----> How do you manage to fast one day without overeating the next day ?

I really enjoy big meals and intermittent fasting allows me to do that. After the first 2 weeks of getting used to not eating breakfast (and even lunch), i am only hungry an hour before i am scheduled to eat. However, i suspect this is psychological because i have had fasts as long as 21 hours (in order to have a complete pig out in one meal) and i wasn't any more hungry. I thoroughly enjoy eating my last huge meal at about 9-10 at night. And i enjoy longer fasts when i feel like having 2 huge meals (or when i go out to eat).

Because i also follow iifym (if it fits your macros) no food is off limits-- whenever i crave something (as long as it is in my eating window and "it fits my macros") i indulge. However, i find that while i still eat some crap i do much less often. For example, right now i have ice cream (about 1/4 eaten) sitting in the freezer. Prior to intermittent fasting (and iifym) ice cream never lasted longer than the day it was bought (i am serious).

With this i can literally have my cake (or in my case ice cream) and eat it too!

Thanks for all your replies !

I've always had a tendency to overeat when I'm feeling down, or if I'm sick, but I'm actually surprised that I've managed to overeat by that much ! Anyway I'm back on the wagon now and going to eat normally .

ravenmiss: Yeah I want to gain a little bit of weight, but I would have prefered if it was done over the space of a couple of weeks and healthily, instead of binging for 6 days on junk food. But I'm not that fussed if I have gained all of those 5 pounds.

I'm just asking the question bcause I find it a bit hard to believe that the body will automatically store every calorie over maintenance as fat. I thought that some of it must come out as waste or something.

You make a good point about some food coming out as waste. Here's the thing. When you do step on the scale , you may find that you've gained 10-15 lbs rather than the 5 you expected. It's that excess unexpected weight that'll level off over time because it wasn't actually body mass/fat gain but just the volume of food, water retention, etc from eating a large quantity of food

There is a member here named Magerum who went over cals during a vacay and gained and then corrected it the following week with relative ease. I don't remember the name of the thread though, but if you find it you will see you are not in as deep a hole as you might think.

I gained 3 pounds on vacation last year (we went on a 7 day cruise) and the pounds came right off within two weeks of returning home and eating right.

I generally have a cheat day every other week when my family comes to visit. I eat what I want and I guarantee you, I eat an excessive amount of calories. No holds barred on what I eat. The next day I get right back on track and eat right and exercise and keep that up and usually in a week or two, I am right back where I started and sometimes even lose a little more. I am not in a hurry to lose anymore. Vacillating between maintenance and wanting to lose a few more...but I am at a decent weight for me right now. Just telling you how I manage my overeating. Went 3 days eating like that my birthday weekend and Mother's day weekend combined. Actually ate myself sick. But I got right back and actually lost .4 of a pound this week, so it can be done and I have hypothyroid disease. Just pull yourself up by the boot straps and get back on track, you can reverse the damage.