1 Day of Going Over Calories A LOT

Yes, I had this yesterday. I just started OMAD, and unfortunately yesterday I went waaaaaaayyyyy over on my one meal a day.. 5 slices of Papa John's pizza. I don't know what damage it will do and if I think about the damage it will do it will hurt my forward progress.. so I'm chalking it up as a lesson learned and moving on.

One day over, no matter how much over, means nothing long term. Yes, with that overage, you'll gain some fat, and a lot of water weight. Nothing going back on a deficit won't fix.

Are you eating 3500 calories above maintenance today? If yes, you're likely to put on an lb of fat. If no, you're likely to put on water weight.

It really depends, honestly. I eat at a deficit to lose about 1lb a week, so I've had the odd day where I went way over and then spent the next week trying to get down to the weight I was pre-crazy day. I've also eaten like 1000 calories over my maitenence, stepped on the scale the next day and lost like half a lb.

It depends on your body, it's needs, how long you've been under eating, if you typically at least eat to your BMR, the sodium and fat contents of the food, how much water you drank, etc.

Basically, if you're okay with the scale stalling for a week or so while you get rid of either the fat or water weight, go for it. It's a marathon, not a sprint. Or, re-work today so that you'll have healthier choices on hand. Really, it's up to you.

Sorry... I'm still amazed! LOL!

I just looked again at your diary today and what stands out the most to me is that in that 11,000 calories there are only 180 grams of protein... Talk about empty calories.

So to answer your question. Yes. I think you can expect some fat gain from today's gorge. And a couple of weeks to get back on track from it as well... :drinker:

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I don't think he's trolling... so he drank a bunch of beer and then ate 20 cookies. This probably happens a lot more than people admit.
Anyway ,OP, I don't know the effect this will have on your weight this week, but I do know that you should NOT use this as an excuse to fall off the wagon or just start over on Monday, etc. You did a great job logging and owning up to your setback. Now put it behind you and move on.

please be a joke.

you shouldn't PLAN ahead of time to have 28 alcoholic beverages in one day. :huh:

and if you're really worried about it, why PLAN to eat 20 cookies? log 6 or 8 and make yourself stick to it, and 8-12 drinks if you must, but not 28!

There are plenty of places where you could still enjoy the foods you logged while cutting the calories in half.

I can shenanigans lol

It really depends, honestly. I eat at a deficit to lose about 1lb a week, so I've had the odd day where I went way over and then spent the next week trying to get down to the weight I was pre-crazy day. I've also eaten like 1000 calories over my maitenence, stepped on the scale the next day and lost like half a lb.

But it means you probably lost less that week than you would have otherwise.

The effect isn't immediate (short of water weight). You won't turn 9000 calories in fat overnight. It will take a few days.

I wasn't saying that it doesn't affect you, I was just saying that even one persons body can react differently to over-eating, so really it's a guessing game how his would react.

I didn't realize we were talking about an 11000 calorie day; yes OP, you are going to put on weight (fat) from that, and depending on the type of deficit you create, it's likely to take you a week or two to get back to the weight you last weighed in at before you'll be able to progress forward.

I don't think he's trolling... so he drank a bunch of beer and then ate 20 cookies. This probably happens a lot more than people admit.
Anyway ,OP, I don't know the effect this will have on your weight this week, but I do know that you should NOT use this as an excuse to fall off the wagon or just start over on Monday, etc. You did a great job logging and owning up to your setback. Now put it behind you and move on.

he didn't eat it. it's pre-logged as a plan for later today.

he's not "owning up to a setback", it is planned and intentional.

please be a joke.

you shouldn't PLAN ahead of time to have 28 alcoholic beverages in one day. :huh:

and if you're really worried about it, why PLAN to eat 20 cookies? log 6 or 8 and make yourself stick to it, and 8-12 drinks if you must, but not 28!

There are plenty of places where you could still enjoy the foods you logged while cutting the calories in half.

I can shenanigans lol

while i might end up having a few less cookies, i am just going by past experience knowing i get drunk and have cookies avalable is a bad thing, but the cookies will be here, and they already look soooo good.

As for the alcohol, that's possibly an underestimate, sadly when i drink, i dont do it for a buzz, i do it knowing i will wake up tomorrow and be like whoa what happened last night!

If you're planning on getting black out drunk, I think we can both agree that your run tomorrow is not going to happen.

Your day just makes me worry that you haven't developed a sustainable, healthy relationship with food during this process. There are plenty of cuts to your day that you could make that would allow you to not be going over your goal by 9000 calories.

Realistically, you could get (responsibly) drunk on far less alcohol than you're planning to consume. You could exert some self control and maybe skip something like the 700 or so calories in sauces you're planning for your lunch, or order something else at the other restaurant that's not going to include something like two FULL avocados which are obviously high in calories and not really a healthy serving of. Instead of planning to have multiple snacks (20 cookies, raisonettes etc) give yourself a reasonable limit for even drunk you to abide by.

I know that this is special event of sorts, but this is going to impact your journey and doing this even once a month for the rest of your life could keep you at your current weight. Even if you don't change it for today, maybe consider in the future how to stop a cheat day like this from snowballing to the point that it could impact your entire months worth of weight loss.

Obviously, your body, your decisions, just trying to point out that you could be a lot closer to your calorie goal today if you actually wanted to be.

You know, I really wonder about it since I am a regular overeater/binge eating and never gained as quickly as I might have expected. However, that is definitely a lot of food in one day. If you eat like that or close to that with any regularity, I'd really suggest getting to the bottom of why. What messages are you giving yourself about eating?

You consumed nearly 11,000 calories and only managed to get 57 grams of fiber and 183 grams of protein?