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How much weight if any will you gain during holidays

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I've gained about 6-7lbs since my wedding in April. Bout 3 have been in the last month. However, wife and I started a workout challenge this week (sat ends week 1). Work out 5 days a week. There is a low bar for working out, basically some (15mins?) of meaningful activity. Don't get to 5 and you have to put $100 from your monthly discretionary budget in the kitty... Least in the kitty last week of fab gets the whole shebang.
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Yeah right, you are married now. What goes in the kitty ends up where she wants it. Mr.M confirmed?? Good luck in the challenge!
 
I'm sure that's true. And since our finances are mixed it's really just pushing money around. But hey, it motivated me to work out 5 times last week... Though I guess I could still gain sicnr all I've been eating is trash...
 
Just dared to step on the scale. Lost a pound. I give up trying to understand. When exactly do the calories hit you? I have never understood this. 3500 calories to a lb. Let's say you ate a really calorically dense food. ....one that allowed you to take in 7000 calories without getting full (don't know when this would be) When do the 2 lbs show up? I mean initially isn't it just the weight of the food?
 
I dunno. I always have my weigh-ins under as similar conditions as possible. For me that is Monday morning, after the nights sleep but before I start eating/drinking anything. Exactly the same conditions every time. I can pretty much judge the cause and effect of the past week and there are seldom any surprises.
 
IAG
Just dared to step on the scale. Lost a pound. I give up trying to understand. When exactly do the calories hit you? I have never understood this. 3500 calories to a lb. Let's say you ate a really calorically dense food. ....one that allowed you to take in 7000 calories without getting full (don't know when this would be) When do the 2 lbs show up? I mean initially isn't it just the weight of the food?
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Interesting question. Yep, initially you'd have the weight of the food, which doesn't really matter.

I did a little research. It takes about 24 hours for the food to go through the digestive tract. The various ways your body temporarily stores sugars and starches for energy usage only last for about a day.

So, we're interested in how long to go from food to actual body tissue, and the answer seems to from a little under a day, to a maximum of about 2 days.
 
MrX
Interesting question. Yep, initially you'd have the weight of the food, which doesn't really matter.

I did a little research. It takes about 24 hours for the food to go through the digestive tract. The various ways your body temporarily stores sugars and starches for energy usage only last for about a day.

So, we're interested in how long to go from food to actual body tissue, and the answer seems to from a little under a day, to a maximum of about 2 days.
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That sounds logical to me. It just never seems to work that way for me. Maybe my digestive tract is slower than the average persons? Seems to be that way both ways. But on the other side of the coin, if you are dieting, would that body weight change then be in real time if it's just caloric intake versus energy output? If you are calorie deficient is the result immediate? So if you have a net gain from the weekend, and then calorie deficit today of equal value will it never show up?
 
IAG
That sounds logical to me. It just never seems to work that way for me. Maybe my digestive tract is slower than the average persons? Seems to be that way both ways. But on the other side of the coin, if you are dieting, would that body weight change then be in real time if it's just caloric intake versus energy output? If you are calorie deficient is the result immediate? So if you have a net gain from the weekend, and then calorie deficit today of equal value will it never show up?
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Now you're getting into very complicated territory, I would guess. There are probably lots of ways your body could react to this scenario.
 
IAG
Just dared to step on the scale. Lost a pound. I give up trying to understand. When exactly do the calories hit you? I have never understood this. 3500 calories to a lb. Let's say you ate a really calorically dense food. ....one that allowed you to take in 7000 calories without getting full (don't know when this would be) When do the 2 lbs show up? I mean initially isn't it just the weight of the food?
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The cookie and gelato calories caught up as of 8 am. :(
 
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