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Understanding the calorie-energy cycle ?

stuartadair1
stuartadair1 Posts: 46 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Hello all
Can someone explain to me about the calorie to energy conversion process? We tend to work on a 24 hr counting cycle but is this right? Let’s say that my body breaks even at 2000 calories so when I eat 1500 calories over a sustained period of time I lose weight. Then, one day I consumed 3000 calories – What happens to the energy produced by the surplus 1000 and how long does this impact? Is it similar to the glycogen cycle where it takes your body up to 3 days to get rid of excess body sugars?

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  • Anayalata
    Anayalata Posts: 391 Member
    Your body works on a long-term average.

    If your maintenance was 14000 calories in 7 days (2000 a day), your body couldn't care less if you ate 1500 for 6 days and then ate 5000 on the 7th day.

    It's only when you're consistently eating over/under your maintenance calories that you start to gain/lose weight. (muscle or fat)
  • stuartadair1
    stuartadair1 Posts: 46 Member
    Ah, so it is a longer term average and not a 24 hr cycle. In which case its important I focus on my longer term net-calories.
    Thanks for the reply
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