where do those calories go??

[Jerboy]

I eat, eat eat and eat all I want, slack off all I want and don't gain a single pound. Sometimes I choose to skip a few meals during a week just because I don't want to get up early enough to have a breakfast and that will shave off a few pounds from me, but I usually make up for it in a few days.

I know theres people who eat alot less than I do and have more activity level than I do such as jogging everyday, yet they gain weight.

So with those people, the excess energy is converted to fat and stored in their body. Make sense.

but where is my caloric intake going? Passing through unused or heat?

 

[kami]

Did you post this to taunt the less fortunate people or something?

Don't act stupid...and don't tell me you don't know everyone has different metabolisms.

 

[Alligator]

felching takes a lot more energy than you think

 

[Keego]

neffing takes a lot of fat out of you

 

[Jerboy]

<< Did you post this to taunt the less fortunate people or something?

Don't act stupid...and don't tell me you don't know everyone has different metabolisms. >>




I am fully aware of the fact everyone has a different metabolism rate consuming energy at different rate, but never really knew what happens to all the energy. My body temp isn't that high and I don't feel like I'm generating that much heat. I just wanted to know what exactly happens to those calories.

Either converted to heat or passed through undigisted(unlikely) not resulting in any energy.

 

[gopunk]

i have no idea, just make sure you don't get stranded anywhere without food...

 

[Zim Hosein]

<< i have no idea, just make sure you don't get stranded anywhere without food... >>



Maybe this might help Jerboy: http://www.physlink.com/Education/AskExperts/ae420.cfm

 

[Jerboy]

<<

<< i have no idea, just make sure you don't get stranded anywhere without food... >>



Maybe this might help Jerboy: http://www.physlink.com/Education/AskExperts/ae420.cfm >>




Thanks.. but that still doesn't explain why some people can eat so little and gain weight and some people can't gain weight. if their energy usage is so low and surface area of the skin is about the same, I'd think they'd have difficulty maintaining body heat.

 

[trmiv]

Wait until you turn about 25, things will change.

 

[gopunk]

jerboy - i have no idea, but i would guess that it's because for different people, different bodily functions take more energy. like some people's body's make more efficient use of the energy.

 

[crypticlogin]

<< Thanks.. but that still doesn't explain why some people can eat so little and gain weight and some people can't gain weight. if their energy usage is so low and surface area of the skin is about the same, I'd think they'd have difficulty maintaining body heat. >>



I think you're forgetting (maybe assuming) that all energy doesn't get converted to heat but is also used in metabolizing proteins, carbos, fats, sugars, etc. In fact, I think that's what you're forgetting about metabolism -- it's everything, not just consumed calories == exerted calories in the form of heat and weight.

 

[Presence]

I love it when people say they eat all the time and never gain weight. What happens is that your body balances itself out. Take your body weight and multiply it by 16 and thats a rough estimate of your daily calories to maintain weight.

Say you weigh 150, multiply that by 16 and thats 2400 calories a day to maintain your weight. What you are most likely doing is eating 3000 calories one day but the next day you eat 1500. To gain weight it is recomended you eat 300 extra calories a day and over a week (so 2700 daily assuming you weigh 150 ) this will result in 1 pound a week any more than 300 extra a day you increase the chance of gaining fat instead of muscle (assuming you work out every so often ). To make sure you are hitting your extra calories try to keep a log of all the food you eat each day and keep track of total calories. Otherwise you will never know where you are and never gain any weight.

 

[GasX]

I was 165 +/- 2 lbs for almost 6-7 years. I am 32 now and 180.