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Weight Loss Forum / General Topics / July 2004Binge Eating vs Overeating
Assume Person "A" and Person "B" eat the exact same food for a week. Person "A" consumes an entire gallon of ice cream in a single day, whereas Person "B" takes his time and consumes his gallon over the course of a week. At the end of the month, who is more likely to have gained some weight? For some reason, I have always assumed that a person gains less weight if he heavily overeats on a single day, as opposed to slightly overeating over the course of many days. I guess I'm thinking that the digestive system isn't all that efficient... that it can only process so much junk food at a time, and someone who eats a gallon of ice cream in a single day will likely have a large chunk of calories go straight to the toilet. Am I wrong about this? > Assume Person "A" and Person "B" eat the exact same food for a week. > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Am I wrong about this? I think you're right at a certain level, but wrong in imagining that the calories even out over the week. The actual reality is that you're hungry again soon (maybe even sooner) after binging on junk food than if you'd eaten a healthier, more nutritious, better fueling meal that tends to have more moderate calories. So I'm guessing here that the binger who ate a gallon in one sitting ended up eating just as many calories the rest of the week as the non-binger, plus they've got that load from the binge day sitting on their thighs. Dally > Assume Person "A" and Person "B" eat the exact same food for a week. > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Am I wrong about this? There's probably no hard evidence, but I think this may be true to a certain extent. However, the type of person that is a binge eater will have difficulty sticking to a weight loss diet. IMO, the binge eater uses food to self-destruct. Sort of like committing long-term suicide. They have some other issues that underly this compulsion that should be dealt with. Phil M.  SignatureIf you can empty your own boat Crossing the river of the world, No one will oppose you, No one will seek to harm you. -Chuang Tzu opticreep@yahoo.com (Opticreep) wrote: > Assume Person "A" and Person "B" eat the exact same food for a week. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > At the end of the month, who is more likely to have gained some > weight? End of the week you mean? You said a week. Both are having ice cream binges, and both gain weight. One of them is eating four and a half servings (more than a pint) per day. Signaturejamie (jamiemck@newsguy.com) "There's a seeker born every minute." > Assume Person "A" and Person "B" eat the exact same food for a week. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > At the end of the month, who is more likely to have gained some > weight? I have seen nothing indicating that one would gain more weight than the other. Both would be eating about one pound of ice cream per day. > For some reason, I have always assumed that a person gains less weight > if he heavily overeats on a single day, as opposed to slightly [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Am I wrong about this? I think that you are thinking a lot about a non-consequential issue. Which is your right, I just don't think that it is going to lead to any useful conclusions. i > For some reason, I have always assumed that a person gains less weight > if he heavily overeats on a single day, as opposed to slightly > overeating over the course of many days. I guess I'm thinking that > the digestive system isn't all that efficient... I've (naively) thought so too, that it was possible to overload the system and just have stuff pass through. Maybe, maybe not. > Am I wrong about this? Does it matter either way? Even if this were the case stuffing one's face isn't exactly a winning strategy for health maintenance. It's possible to just eat moderately and maintain, so that is what I will do. Heywood 232/188.2/182 > Assume Person "A" and Person "B" eat the exact same food for a week. > For some reason, I have always assumed that a person gains less weight [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > ice cream in a single day will likely have a large chunk of calories > go straight to the toilet. No, I think mine would go straight to my waistline, especially with a double whammy of high carb and high fat. My body type is very efficient at storing calories, and my nutritionist (Ph.D. from Tufts University School of Nutrition) explained that within 7-12 hours, the body can start making fat out of excess calories, no matter where they come from. So someone eating thousands of excess calories in one day shouldn't expect them to go "straight to the toilet." I'd have been thin all my life if that were true. Mary M 325-160-148 |
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