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  • hmg90
    hmg90 Posts: 314 Member
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    you'd have to measure the weight and volume of the vomit to estimate how many calories it represents (gross)

    That's kind of hard...even if you're dedicated, how do you know what is what?
    Taste it. The vomit will have a bile aftertaste.



    So riddle me this - I just purged and it tasted like chorizo. Do I eliminate the chorizo from my diary or count half of it?
    :huh:

    I think you are waaaaaay to concerned about this. If you vomited the first time because you are sick, go lay down and forget about logging cals. Seriously.

    If you purged the first time, and/or are so consumed with logging cals that you feel the need to purge just to taste your vomit and determine how digested it was - seek professional help.

    I'm just curious if the calories from my dinner are gone or not.

    I felt sick so I used my toothbrush. I want to know if anything I eat are added further to my calories or if those last ones ar eliminated
  • asdowe13
    asdowe13 Posts: 1,951 Member
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    If you get sick and throw up, do you eat back your calories?

    Only if you're a dog. Dogs do that but it's disgusting.

    my cat does. Also disgusting.

    My cat does not, but i have to clean it up, and it's pretty disgusting.

    I keep telling him if he masticates his food a little longer and takes his time with the mastication he wouldn't throw it up.
    Maybe I should nutribullet his food into a shake............
  • QuietBloom
    QuietBloom Posts: 5,413 Member
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    you'd have to measure the weight and volume of the vomit to estimate how many calories it represents (gross)

    That's kind of hard...even if you're dedicated, how do you know what is what?
    Taste it. The vomit will have a bile aftertaste.



    So riddle me this - I just purged and it tasted like chorizo. Do I eliminate the chorizo from my diary or count half of it?
    :huh:

    I think you are waaaaaay to concerned about this. If you vomited the first time because you are sick, go lay down and forget about logging cals. Seriously.

    If you purged the first time, and/or are so consumed with logging cals that you feel the need to purge just to taste your vomit and determine how digested it was - seek professional help.

    I'm just curious if the calories from my dinner are gone or not.

    I felt sick so I used my toothbrush. I want to know if anything I eat are added further to my calories or if those last ones ar eliminated

    Beyond complicated lab testing of your vomit, there is no way to tell what was absorbed and what was not.

    Skip logging for the day you were sick. If you feel extra hungry today, don't sweat going over a bit.
  • GretchenReine
    GretchenReine Posts: 1,427 Member
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    you'd have to measure the weight and volume of the vomit to estimate how many calories it represents (gross)

    That's kind of hard...even if you're dedicated, how do you know what is what?
    Taste it. The vomit will have a bile aftertaste.



    So riddle me this - I just purged and it tasted like chorizo. Do I eliminate the chorizo from my diary or count half of it?
    :huh:

    I think you are waaaaaay to concerned about this. If you vomited the first time because you are sick, go lay down and forget about logging cals. Seriously.

    If you purged the first time, and/or are so consumed with logging cals that you feel the need to purge just to taste your vomit and determine how digested it was - seek professional help.

    I'm just curious if the calories from my dinner are gone or not.

    I felt sick so I used my toothbrush. I want to know if anything I eat are added further to my calories or if those last ones ar eliminated

    Everything you eat is doubled if you throw it up because it crosses your lips twice...in...and then out.
  • QuietBloom
    QuietBloom Posts: 5,413 Member
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    If you get sick and throw up, do you eat back your calories?

    Only if you're a dog. Dogs do that but it's disgusting.

    my cat does. Also disgusting.

    You think that's disgusting. My guinea pigs eat their poop!
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
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    According to this your body starts to consume calories while the food is in your mouth.

    http://www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/docs/vomiting.pdf

    Fact: Research has shown that, contrary to popular
    belief, vomiting does NOT get rid of all the calories
    ingested, even when done immediately after eating.
    Even the most successful vomiter will only be able to
    purge 60% of calories eaten…which means that you’re
    probably only vomiting up 30% of calories most of the
    time. Think about it – if you binge on 2,000 calories and
    vomit up 30%…which is 600 calories…this means that
    you’re absorbing 1,400 calories from your binge, even
    with your vomiting. This is because absorption begins in
    the mouth, continues in the oesophagus, and then in the
    stomach…so even if you vomit up all the contents of
    your stomach, many of the calories will have already
    been absorbed.
  • ActuarialChef
    ActuarialChef Posts: 1,413 Member
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    Seeing as digestion begins in the mouth.. just count what you ate, get better, and resume normal logging/eating when you're ready.
  • ActuarialChef
    ActuarialChef Posts: 1,413 Member
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    According to this your body starts to consume calories while the food is in your mouth.

    http://www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/docs/vomiting.pdf

    Fact: Research has shown that, contrary to popular
    belief, vomiting does NOT get rid of all the calories
    ingested, even when done immediately after eating.
    Even the most successful vomiter will only be able to
    purge 60% of calories eaten…which means that you’re
    probably only vomiting up 30% of calories most of the
    time. Think about it – if you binge on 2,000 calories and
    vomit up 30%…which is 600 calories…this means that
    you’re absorbing 1,400 calories from your binge, even
    with your vomiting. This is because absorption begins in
    the mouth, continues in the oesophagus, and then in the
    stomach…so even if you vomit up all the contents of
    your stomach, many of the calories will have already
    been absorbed.

    Ninja'd. :smile:
  • hmg90
    hmg90 Posts: 314 Member
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    According to this your body starts to consume calories while the food is in your mouth.

    http://www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/docs/vomiting.pdf

    Fact: Research has shown that, contrary to popular
    belief, vomiting does NOT get rid of all the calories
    ingested, even when done immediately after eating.
    Even the most successful vomiter will only be able to
    purge 60% of calories eaten…which means that you’re
    probably only vomiting up 30% of calories most of the
    time. Think about it – if you binge on 2,000 calories and
    vomit up 30%…which is 600 calories…this means that
    you’re absorbing 1,400 calories from your binge, even
    with your vomiting. This is because absorption begins in
    the mouth, continues in the oesophagus, and then in the
    stomach…so even if you vomit up all the contents of
    your stomach, many of the calories will have already
    been absorbed.

    Something does not make sense.

    So the food is absorbed while in your mouth. I suppose that's why bulemics are so fat?

    I mean, look at Nicole Scherzinger, she's like a whale.
  • QuietBloom
    QuietBloom Posts: 5,413 Member
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    According to this your body starts to consume calories while the food is in your mouth.

    http://www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/docs/vomiting.pdf

    Fact: Research has shown that, contrary to popular
    belief, vomiting does NOT get rid of all the calories
    ingested, even when done immediately after eating.
    Even the most successful vomiter will only be able to
    purge 60% of calories eaten…which means that you’re
    probably only vomiting up 30% of calories most of the
    time. Think about it – if you binge on 2,000 calories and
    vomit up 30%…which is 600 calories…this means that
    you’re absorbing 1,400 calories from your binge, even
    with your vomiting. This is because absorption begins in
    the mouth, continues in the oesophagus, and then in the
    stomach…so even if you vomit up all the contents of
    your stomach, many of the calories will have already
    been absorbed.

    Something does not make sense.

    So the food is absorbed while in your mouth. I suppose that's why bulemics are so fat?

    I mean, look at Nicole Scherzinger, she's like a whale.

    Plenty of bulimics are normal or over even overweight.
  • D_squareG
    D_squareG Posts: 361 Member
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    It sounds like you are flirting with an eating disorder.
  • Alyssa_Is_LosingIt
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt Posts: 4,696 Member
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    According to this your body starts to consume calories while the food is in your mouth.

    http://www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/docs/vomiting.pdf

    Fact: Research has shown that, contrary to popular
    belief, vomiting does NOT get rid of all the calories
    ingested, even when done immediately after eating.
    Even the most successful vomiter will only be able to
    purge 60% of calories eaten…which means that you’re
    probably only vomiting up 30% of calories most of the
    time. Think about it – if you binge on 2,000 calories and
    vomit up 30%…which is 600 calories…this means that
    you’re absorbing 1,400 calories from your binge, even
    with your vomiting. This is because absorption begins in
    the mouth, continues in the oesophagus, and then in the
    stomach…so even if you vomit up all the contents of
    your stomach, many of the calories will have already
    been absorbed.

    Something does not make sense.

    So the food is absorbed while in your mouth. I suppose that's why bulemics are so fat?

    I mean, look at Nicole Scherzinger, she's like a whale.

    It says that calorie absorption BEGINS in the mouth. You don't absorb ALL of your calories in your mouth. If you threw up everything that you ate, I'd assume that you could very well be skinny due to lack of nutrition.

    If you were sick one time, just log your calories as normal. If you feel like eating again, then eat again, and start worrying about calories again tomorrow. One day is not going to de-rail your weight-loss. No need to delve so deeply into this, unless you are:

    1) Chronically sick and are vomiting daily for some medical reason. If this is the case, consult your doctor.

    2) Bulimic yourself, and you're trying to get people to tell you what you want to hear so that you can justify your binging and purging.

    3) A troll.
  • Aaron_K123
    Aaron_K123 Posts: 7,122 Member
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    If you are sick enough to vomit you should probably just eat in a way that supports your recovery and stop worrying about your diet for that period of time. Can get back to your diet when you feel better.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,134 Member
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    you'd have to measure the weight and volume of the vomit to estimate how many calories it represents (gross)

    That's kind of hard...even if you're dedicated, how do you know what is what?
    Taste it. The vomit will have a bile aftertaste.



    So riddle me this - I just purged and it tasted like chorizo. Do I eliminate the chorizo from my diary or count half of it?
    :huh:

    I think you are waaaaaay to concerned about this. If you vomited the first time because you are sick, go lay down and forget about logging cals. Seriously.

    If you purged the first time, and/or are so consumed with logging cals that you feel the need to purge just to taste your vomit and determine how digested it was - seek professional help.

    I'm just curious if the calories from my dinner are gone or not.

    I felt sick so I used my toothbrush. I want to know if anything I eat are added further to my calories or if those last ones ar eliminated

    http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/
  • ew_david
    ew_david Posts: 3,473 Member
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    :frown:
  • Mykaelous
    Mykaelous Posts: 231 Member
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    I log all the time, even when I am sick or injured. When sick I simply eat when I am hungry, but continue to eat healthy foods, which means I tend to hit my goals or be a little under because when I am sick I don't feel like eating. I just make sure to drink lots of water.
  • delicious_cocktail
    delicious_cocktail Posts: 5,797 Member
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    DO NOT EAT BACK YOUR VOMITED CALORIES.
  • MB_Positif
    MB_Positif Posts: 8,897 Member
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    All I pictured was a human being vomiting and then leaning down to eat it like a dog because you said, "eat back those calories." Gag. More than likely if you are sick enough to vomit you probably won't want to eat more food afterwards
  • BigGuy47
    BigGuy47 Posts: 1,768 Member
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    My guinea pigs eat their poop!
    They eat it because it's gluten free.
  • BlueBombers
    BlueBombers Posts: 4,065 Member
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    If I'm sick I will eat what I can hold down and not worry about calorie counting until I'm better

    ^ THIS
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