Now imagine theres two table one is full with junk food. For one week you decide to eat 1200 calories worth of junk food a day and work out 2 hour a day than the 2nd week you decide to go to the 2nd table that table is full of healthy foods. like fruits,salads… ects and so for a week you decide to eat 1200 calories worth of healthy food a day and work at 2 hours a day. That week you lose 3 pounds. so my question is would you lose the same 3 pounds the first week and would you get the same results as the 2nd week
BTW the only reason im asking this is because i was watching vh1 one day and its was about stars and diets and i don’t remember if it was the star or the trainer but they say you can eat whatever you want it dose not matter the only thing that matter is how much your eating and how many calories you eating so is it true
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1 doan.phuoc // Jan 1, 2010
dunno
2 Southern Girl // Jan 1, 2010
You know what, they say calories in and calories out, but junk food affects your body differently than good food. You’ll look like shit when eating just junk food, your body will not ever be as healthy. Junk has more sugar, sodium, and your body’s water weight and stuff will be affected, too. The type of food does matter even if it’s the same calories.
3 Lauren // Jan 1, 2010
no because something can be 1200 calories and you cant burn that off in one day so if you do that then you will have more fat
4 Due 3/17/10 with Arianna // Jan 1, 2010
Junk food is loaded with carbs and sodium and disgusting preservatives, so no, it’s not true.
5 sabrinamalfoy // Jan 1, 2010
Well, yeah. For me, My rule is eat whatever you want, as long as in the end of the day, I only take in _____ of calories. And my dieting is going pretty good.
6 Huckleberry Sin // Jan 1, 2010
I know this is common thought to many people but I’m going to disagree. I believe that each and every BODY is different and you have to find what works for YOU. I know for my co-worker, a high fat diet keeps her very, very lean. For me, that doesn’t work. Also, if I eat 1200 calories but mostly carbs, I will gain.
I have found that we each have to find the right balance of carbs, protein and fats in order to see what works. There isn’t one formula or diet that works for everyone.
7 robert a // Jan 1, 2010
Technically yes, the thing is junk food doesn’t fill you up or give you proper nutrition. If you eat complex carbs, fruits, vegetables, beans, in general healthy food, it will help stop cravings and keep you satisfied. If you eat junk, you’ll always be hungry and eventually give in to your cravings.
8 perso // Jan 1, 2010
Just a calorie view of diet gives a one sided aspect of losing weight. Weight loss should not be a week to week episode when after a while you will get back to what you were before.
Its alright to eat junk food once in a while though in moderation.
Even though you might have the same level of weight loss in the first week in your case : you would start craving the junk food you ate, next week. This will increase the cycle of eating and you will continue getting used to the junk food. Also your body will start becoming progressively weak as a result of junk food for lack of all the necessary vitamins and fibre.
So its better to change the life style to start on healthy food which even if you splurge you will still stay healthy. Also a well rounded diet should include some comfort food as without that your body might have underlying cravings and you will feel torn between good food and junk food. Keep sprinkling some junk food in your regular well rounded healthy meals.
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9 penguine.soup // Jan 1, 2010
First week you’d lose mostly muscle mass and retain fat….second week you’d probably lose muscle mass but some fat as well.
1,200 calories and 2 hour workouts (regardless of what you eat) will encourage loss of lean tissue….more so when you eat refined sugars, saturated fats and skip protein.
The key is to eat just 500 calories below your maintenance level. For someone that active I’d imagine they were burning over 2000 calories per day and therefore their calorie needs would be at least 1,500. The diets would need to include plenty of lean protein, complex carbs and healthy fats such omega 3 and 6. Strength training is very important for maintaining muscle mass and cardio workouts should not be excessive, high intensity interval training is great for maintaining muscle whilst burning fat.
10 Betty B // Jan 1, 2010
It is true that you can eat WHATEVER you want on a diet, really, who’s gonna stop you?
Even not on a diet, you can eat WHATEVER you want…one pound of fat reserves is 3,500 calories. If you eat 3,500 calories of saturated fat fried food and do not use those, your body will store them as fat reserves for future use and you’ll gain one pound of fat reserves. If you eat 3,500 calories of healthy food and do not use those, the same thing will happen: you will gain one pound of fat reserves BUT you will not gain all the water weight due to the water retention caused by the extra sodium that was in the junk food.
If you eat junk food, you won’t be able to control your hunger, so it will be harder not to eat too much, you will not provide the proper nutrients for your body so your organs won’t work so well (like your skin) and you will be more likely to get some types of cancers. Also the clogging arteries saturated fat of the junk food will put you in the running for a heart attack or a stroke.
So it’s not all about the weight.
10 pounds of feathers are as heavy as 10 pounds of bricks but if I can choose which one will be dropped on my head, I want them to be the feathers.
The example in your question could be an interesting experiment. One of the subject could be a 105lbs, 5’0, 40 years old woman with a Basal Metabolic Rate of 1,206 calories. Anybody heavier, taller or younger could not participate since their BMR would be higher and anybody eating less than their BMR would just get a lower metabolism when their body would adapt to lower caloric requirements and make it very hard for them to use their fat reserves.
Basal Metabolic Rate for a 105lbs, 5’0, 40 years old woman = 1.206 calories
Women: BMR = 655 + ( 4.35 x weight in pounds ) + ( 4.7 x height in inches ) - ( 4.7 x age in years )
655 + ( 4.35 x 105lbs ) + ( 4.7 x 60 inches ) - ( 4.7 x 40 )
655 + 457 + 282 – 188 = 1,206 calories
Now, to lose 3 pounds of fat reserves a week, you need to exercise for 3,500 multiplied by 3 = 10,500 divided by 7 days = a daily average of 1,500 calories of exercising, which is not humanly possible, with only 2 hours a day of exercising, if you weigh only 105lbs, eating only your BMR, especially if your calorie intake falls under your calorie expenditures. Also the experiment would be flawed from the start since you don’t really need to lose that much weight when you weigh only 105lbs.
It is very possible to lose 3 pounds on the scale, when starting to eat healthy and exercising, if you do not eat more than your BMR (whatever that would be, probably more than 1,200 calories). With an average of 2 hours a day of exercise, you could lose one pound of fat reserves a week (3,500 calories of exercising), then the two other pounds would be the loss of water retention, by drinking more water to flush out the extra sodium and not get more sodium because of a healthier diet. Also, some weight loss would be the content of the intestines, which would get a better flow on a healthy diet containing enough fiber to control hunger and achieve regularity.
On the second week doing the same thing (still eating healthy), the weight loss would slow down (since you already would have taken care of the water retention and bowel functions) so you would keep losing that one pound of fat reserves, still doing 3,500 calories of exercising but the weight loss could further slow down, due to the mass muscle gain as you get into better shape (which is very good). At one point, you could even maintain your weight just by losing fat reserves (with aerobics) and gaining muscle mass (with weight training). You’d get thinner, but not lighter.
You cannot really do an effective exercise program, eating junk food. You can barely eat only your BMR with junk food. The BMR is the minimum that your body needs and it’s a low calorie diet that you can only achieve if you eat healthy, so you don’t get hungry and then you have enough energy to do those 2 hours of exercising daily.
Junk food is not only unhealthy, but it’s not satisfying enough, so either you eat more or are hungry all the time. You cannot do a good workout if you’re hungry.
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