Will eating 12000 calories in 1 meal make me 1.5 kg heavier

rankinsect wrote: »

jontywontytong wrote: »

Just done a food challenge at my local restraunt had 2 whole chickens 2 large fries 20 onion rings 2 large strawberry milkshakes 2 large chocolate cheesecake the waiter said it comes to 12000 calories in total I finished it all but took twice the alloted time will I really be 3 lb heavier tomorrow because of it

You'll probably be far more than 3 lb heavier tomorrow, but a lot of that will be water weight. You'll store a lot of the excess as glycogen, rather than fat, which means your body must retain water to balance it. Plus, of course, until you move your bowels, all of the non-digestible mass of that food is still inside you.

But yes, you're likely to gain a couple of pounds of fat / slow your progress on fat loss due to your body using up some of the glycogen it stored before it burns more fat.

Uhh, unless his glycogen stores were depleted due to intense aerobic/anaerobic activity, it's likely his glycogen stores were fine to begin with. The body only stores around 120g of glyocogen in the liver and a small amount in the muscles themselves, and an even tinier amount in the kidneys and tiny bit in the brain and blood. So unless he ate all of that food and then went out and did a bunch of exercise, most likely none of that got stored as glycogen. It's mostly going to be excreted as waste or stored as fat. Eating that much food spikes insulin which is inhibitive on lipolysis and stimulates the creation of new fat.

A portion of it is not going to be absorbed and is likely to be excreted as waste as the body is simply incapable of absorbing that much energy content in that short amount of time.

That was a very large amount of sodium though and a large amount of fat. As others have stated, it's very likely increased water retention is happening as well. What does get absorbed will in this case most likely get stored as new fat.

Not feeling hungry for an extended period of time is normal because the body is still digesting that food for up to 48 hours.

kommodevaran wrote: »

I don't think you're supposed to participate in eating contests while trying to lose weight.

lol! This physically gave me a chuckle!

I'd just like to say wow, to the OP! You put all that away? "2 whole chickens 2 large fries 20 onion rings 2 large strawberry milkshakes 2 large chocolate cheesecake". I feel ... questionable... even if I've put away more than 2000 more than my maintenance on a "cheat day", I'm in the UK. GO YOU! This reminds me of Man Vs Food, TV Show.

GaleHawkins wrote: »

jontywontytong wrote: »

Just done a food challenge at my local restraunt had 2 whole chickens 2 large fries 20 onion rings 2 large strawberry milkshakes 2 large chocolate cheesecake the waiter said it comes to 12000 calories in total I finished it all but took twice the alloted time will I really be 3 lb heavier tomorrow because of it

Yes if CICO applies to humans.

I don't mean this confrontationally, but are you saying CICO doesn't apply to humans? Or am I missing what might have been very obvious sarcasm?

Wicked_Seraph wrote: »

GaleHawkins wrote: »

jontywontytong wrote: »

Just done a food challenge at my local restraunt had 2 whole chickens 2 large fries 20 onion rings 2 large strawberry milkshakes 2 large chocolate cheesecake the waiter said it comes to 12000 calories in total I finished it all but took twice the alloted time will I really be 3 lb heavier tomorrow because of it

Yes if CICO applies to humans.

I don't mean this confrontationally, but are you saying CICO doesn't apply to humans? Or am I missing what might have been very obvious sarcasm?

We will find out tomorrow hopefully.

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