My One Day Snickers Bar Story
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9 snickers in a day is admirable but 3 liters of water, well I really bow to you on that!
I'm partial to Big Hunk candy bars which are really hard (for me) to find. They are 25% fat.
Here's a web page with the nutrition for a whole bunch of candy bars:
http://candy-bars.findthebest.com/
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Snickers really satisfieslibbydoodle11 wrote: »Some of you here on MFP know me, but most of you don't. I've lost 192 pounds, and have maintained that weight loss since March of this year. I lost this weight through diet and exercise alone. I know, just as many of us here know, what it takes to lose this kind of weight, and keep it off. I've had many weak moments along the way, cheat days, whatever. I'm a firm believer that all food can be consumed in moderation, and the key to losing weight, or maintaining it, is to stay focused MOST of the time.
A little less than a year ago, I saw one of these things at a party...
I was intrigued by its size, and just had to read the nutrition label. 2250 calories. Or, 9 servings of 250... which is the calorie count for a regular sized Snickers bar. After reading the label, I joked about how interesting it would be, to eat nothing other than an entire Snickers Slice n' Share in one day. I mean, my maintenance calories is 2226 a day, and this enormous candy bar would only be 24 more calories than that.
Yesterday, I turned this joke into a reality. While I didn't have an actual Snickers Slice n' Share bar, I did what I could, and bought 9 regular ones...
With the exception of the 3 liters of water I drink in a day, 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar, and my normal amount of coffee, nothing else went in my mouth yesterday, other than 9 Snickers candy bars.
Believe it or not, this was not entirely a bad experience. I ate 1 bar at 7am, and repeated this process each hour, until 2PM. At 5:45PM, I ate my last bar. While I felt pretty hungry though the main part of the day, by the time I was ready to go to bed last night, I felt no hungrier than I normally do, when I'm eating normally.
The last half of the day, I definitely felt... off. Not terrible. Not sick. Just off. When I went to bed, the only side effect of all those Snickers bars, was that it took about 20 minutes longer for me to fall asleep.
As far as nutrition is concerned, it wasn't nearly as bad as you might think. The fat content was nearly on par with a normal day's consumption. The sodium level was far less than an average day, as was the cholesterol. And, believe it or not, the sugar level wasn't even twice of what I normally consume daily. The only serious negative, was that those bars didn't even come close to meeting a day's worth of protein.
My final thoughts? I'm not going to recommend this idea to anyone, but I wouldn't discount it, either. Have fun once in awhile, y'all. I did. And, not only did I satisfy my Snickers bar cravings for the next year, I also lost 1.8 pounds yesterday, too.
No matter how you slice it....
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There is this thing called the "mono" diet. Lots of people with eating disorders do it. You eat one food (e.g. a snickers bar or plan choc or peanut butter or nutella or whatever) for some reason you loose weight when you do this. Dramatic amounts. But, you get ill. The amount you lost is parallel to what the girls lost. Mono is extremely dangerous. The reason you were losing weight is to do with your body not being able to digest. Thats one day without all those glorious nutrients you need.
Cool experiment but, if you want to continue this for weight loss purposes: don't.
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Interesting story! "Have fun once in awhile" YES! Getting and being healthy isn't about being paranoid all the time about what goes through your mouth. I might just try this one day lmao0
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Lol. I love this.0
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^^This.There is this thing called the "mono" diet. Lots of people with eating disorders do it. You eat one food (e.g. a snickers bar or plan choc or peanut butter or nutella or whatever) for some reason you loose weight when you do this. Dramatic amounts. But, you get ill. The amount you lost is parallel to what the girls lost. Mono is extremely dangerous. The reason you were losing weight is to do with your body not being able to digest. Thats one day without all those glorious nutrients you need.
Cool experiment but, if you want to continue this for weight loss purposes: don't.
why so serious???
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Thanks for all the wonderful pics and gifs, y'all. These are awesome.0
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Good job and thansk for the read. Im sure I used to do this a lot before the diet or a combination of sweets or chips.
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Finally someone that gets it! I've maintained a 100 pound loss for 7-8 years now and I always say everything in moderation. I have one cheat day a week but mostly it is a cheat meal and that day I don't log my calories, every other day of the week is on point! I know who never veer from their plan until they do and it ends up being a full on binge. Deny yourself anything you really want for too long and a binge is very likely. As for the giant Snickers, I saw these the other day and thought OMG that thing is huge LOL That much sugar and I'd be bouncing off the walls. Congrats on the amazing loss and keeping it off
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This story just made my day! Thanks for posting!0
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Nine Snickers does nothing for me, but here's a gif.
p.s. - nine dark chocolate truffles...now that's another story.0 -
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I want to do this with Wunderbars or Crispy Crunches.0
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Love this! A Twix or a Ferrero Rocher diet would be my dream.0
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This just made my day! I'm convinced snickers bars and arby's sauce are going to be like currency in the zombie apocalypse
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Of all the candy bars out there, Snickers is hardly my favorite. The only reason I chose it, is because I had mentioned doing this with that Snickers Slice n' Share I saw that day at the party.0
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Lol, wow. I don't think I could have done it. For what it's worth, it doesn't make me feel any different when I eat more 'junk' than usual.0
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Of all the candy bars out there, Snickers is hardly my favorite. The only reason I chose it, is because I had mentioned doing this with that Snickers Slice n' Share I saw that day at the party.
It's my favorite. By a landslide. Followed far behind by Payday, Kit Kat, Reese's, and Peanut M&M's.0 -
So completely awesome!!! Loved reading this 0
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There is this thing called the "mono" diet. Lots of people with eating disorders do it. You eat one food (e.g. a snickers bar or plan choc or peanut butter or nutella or whatever) for some reason you loose weight when you do this. Dramatic amounts. But, you get ill. The amount you lost is parallel to what the girls lost. Mono is extremely dangerous. The reason you were losing weight is to do with your body not being able to digest. Thats one day without all those glorious nutrients you need.
Cool experiment but, if you want to continue this for weight loss purposes: don't.
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I vote Whatchamacallit.
mostly because I don't care for kits kats myself- but I shouldn't be so narcissistic- this isn't about me.
regardless- Whatchamacallit for the win.0 -
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I've had plenty of days where my entire diet consisted of swiss rolls and ice cream. So I guess the Snickers Bar experiment, done for only one day, doesn't impress me much. How is that much different than somebody spending a day eating nothing but other similar "junk" food?
Now if he did a four week experiment, tracking weight, blood sugar, cholesterol, etc and posted the before and after results that would be very interesting to witness.1
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