Is it really calories in calories out?

Naomi91
Naomi91 Posts: 892 Member
edited September 25 in Health and Weight Loss
Hey all

I recently have been stuck in my dorm with an injury

My family mailed me a TON of food, some healthy and some not.

Is it really calories in calories out? I was following a low carb diet with a refeed once a week but no longer can job to the store and this is all I have.

Will I still be able to lose?

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  • cacrat
    cacrat Posts: 336 Member
    Yes.
  • MobiusMan
    MobiusMan Posts: 385 Member
    Just like a tank of water. Under fill it it'll eventually go dry. Overfill it and it'll run over. yup exactly
  • Naomi91
    Naomi91 Posts: 892 Member
    So eating healthy say 70% of the time but having some of your cals come from bad stuff like cookies wont hault your progress?
  • britt_fit
    britt_fit Posts: 169
    I noticed you're going into dietetics! I'm graduating next month with the same degree :happy:

    You may have learned about the concept behind low carb diets. I'm not saying you're on a super low carb diet, so bear with me until I get to the main point in my next paragraph :smile: If it's super low (I've heard under 100 grams of carbohydrate), then it causes your body to go into ketoacidosis, which means that there aren't enough carbohydrates and the body has to use primarily fat for energy. Then your body produces toxic substances called ketones that are harmful.

    So generally calories in calories out is the rule, but I would say that super low cal diets mess with your system and may cause weight loss initially because of ketoacidosis.
  • jkestens63
    jkestens63 Posts: 1,164 Member
    I truly believe it is. Eat less, move more is one of my mottos.

    Its like the myth: Don't eat after 7:00 pm. I eat the bulk my calories after 7:00pm. Snack such as a piece of fruit at 7p. Dinner between 8-9pm. Snack such as another piece of fruit or tea with toast at 10-10:30. Finally 8 oz of skim milk and a 100 calorie snack pack right before bed. Doesn't seem to affect me, I've lost a lot of weight. No matter when I eat them, I'm usually right at calorie goal or a little under.

    Good luck!
  • nomex
    nomex Posts: 142 Member
    I disagree. I think calories are different and so are people!
  • Meganne1982
    Meganne1982 Posts: 451
    Idon't think people here will ever agree on this issue- and that's okay, everyone should follow what they believe in. But from experience and from what I've researched and read- no, calories in/calories out is not quite how it works. I suggest the book Why We Get Fat. I;m not saying you'll agree with it or that you need to, but it made a lot of sense to me :)
  • YeaILift
    YeaILift Posts: 580 Member
    I noticed you're going into dietetics! I'm graduating next month with the same degree :happy:

    You may have learned about the concept behind low carb diets. I'm not saying you're on a super low carb diet, so bear with me until I get to the main point in my next paragraph :smile: If it's super low (I've heard under 100 grams of carbohydrate), then it causes your body to go into ketoacidosis, which means that there aren't enough carbohydrates and the body has to use primarily fat for energy. Then your body produces toxic substances called ketones that are harmful.

    So generally calories in calories out is the rule, but I would say that super low cal diets mess with your system and may cause weight loss initially because of ketoacidosis.

    A ketogenic diet is a high fat, moderate protein, low carb diet. You will not enter ketosis simply by luck. You would need to be <30 g of carbs a day. Also, where are you getting that all ketones are toxic? It is just a compound, for example, fructose.
  • YeaILift
    YeaILift Posts: 580 Member
    Hey all

    I recently have been stuck in my dorm with an injury

    My family mailed me a TON of food, some healthy and some not.

    Is it really calories in calories out? I was following a low carb diet with a refeed once a week but no longer can job to the store and this is all I have.

    Will I still be able to lose?


    You obviously haven't read stroutman81's post enough :p
  • Naomi91
    Naomi91 Posts: 892 Member
    Haha so true! I need to set that as a bookmark. Thanks yeaIlift! I forgot about it xD
  • robertf57
    robertf57 Posts: 560 Member
    I noticed you're going into dietetics! I'm graduating next month with the same degree :happy:

    You may have learned about the concept behind low carb diets. I'm not saying you're on a super low carb diet, so bear with me until I get to the main point in my next paragraph :smile: If it's super low (I've heard under 100 grams of carbohydrate), then it causes your body to go into ketoacidosis, which means that there aren't enough carbohydrates and the body has to use primarily fat for energy. Then your body produces toxic substances called ketones that are harmful.

    So generally calories in calories out is the rule, but I would say that super low cal diets mess with your system and may cause weight loss initially because of ketoacidosis.

    Absolute hog wash. Ketoacidosis does NOT occur from simply eating low amounts of carbohydrate. Ketosis does. And ketones are not toxic substances. They in fact are used as fuel in the brain and other tissues. Keto acidosis occurs in type 1 diabetics and in some other unusual metabolic conditions. It is not the ketones that are the problem in these conditions.
  • Meganne1982
    Meganne1982 Posts: 451

    Absolute hog wash. Ketoacidosis does NOT occur from simply eating low amounts of carbohydrate. Ketosis does. And ketones are not toxic substances. They in fact are used as fuel in the brain and other tissues. Keto acidosis occurs in type 1 diabetics and in some other unusual metabolic conditions. It is not the ketones that are the problem in these conditions.

    Thank you for pointing this out. Whenever this comes up it's clear most people are confused. :)
  • WifeMomDVM
    WifeMomDVM Posts: 1,025 Member
    Idon't think people here will ever agree on this issue- and that's okay, everyone should follow what they believe in. But from experience and from what I've researched and read- no, calories in/calories out is not quite how it works. I suggest the book Why We Get Fat. I;m not saying you'll agree with it or that you need to, but it made a lot of sense to me :)

    Yep, I see arguments about this all the time. To me the QUALITY of the calorie counts too. Can you lose weight eating only 1200 calories of pizza and ice cream every day?

    Sure.

    Will you be healthy and have a body that looks like Jillian Michael's?

    Nope.

    Remember food is fuel. You need a balance of macronutrients (carbs/protein/fat) and nutrients and fiber and other things that help your body work efficiently. If you put poor fuel in your body - it will run, but you can trash your insides.
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