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[fit-fanatic-2025]

question is what is the theory being eating 1800 to 2000 calories a day and losing weight by eating lean proteins, veggies, fruits and healthy carbs versus eating 1800 to 2000 calories of creme filled donuts (very good by the way) why would we not lose weight? or would we still its just not healthy for us? I do realize that sugarry filled donuts (i love creme filled so i thought i would use it as an example) don't fill you and may make you crave more sugar and raise your blood sugar. But say you don't eat anything else but have 1800 calories of creme filled donuts would you still lose weight doing the same exercise. I hope i make sense.

[cassiegose]

question is what is the theory being eating 1800 to 2000 calories a day and losing weight by eating lean proteins, veggies, fruits and healthy carbs versus eating 1800 to 2000 calories of creme filled donuts (very good by the way) why would we not lose weight? or would we still its just not healthy for us? I do realize that sugarry filled donuts (i love creme filled so i thought i would use it as an example) don't fill you and may make you crave more sugar and raise your blood sugar. But say you don't eat anything else but have 1800 calories of creme filled donuts would you still lose weight doing the same exercise. I hope i make sense.

Ohhhh the famous "are all calories the same" question. Some will argue that a calorie is a calorie is a calorie and it doesn't matter if you eat it in the form of a cream filled doughnut or a piece of grilled chicken... its still a calorie. I disagree and agree. If I were to eat 3000 calories each day in the form of chicken breast, fruits, veggies, healthy fats, legumes, and oatmeal I would probably put on weight but very very slowly (and I'd be building some crazy muscle and having some killer workouts in the gym). I would be putting on weight because 3000 calories is more than maintenance level caloric intake... however I wouldn't be gaining very quickly because the body has a hard time storing things like veggies and chicken as fat. Soooo now lets say I was eating 3000 calories a day in the form of white bread, candy, cookies, chocolate, twinkies, and ho hos.... Well lets just say that I would most likely be putting on atleast a pound of fat a week with that many calories worth of junk. The body can easily use things like protein for muscle and tissue growth and and fruits, veggies, and legumes all have fiber which makes it more difficult to store those foods as fat. However, with foods that are processed all the fiber is stripped out so they are more easily stored as fat. I always picture a twinkie and body saying "well i don't know what the hell to do with this thing so I'll just store it as fat for later". Not only do processed foods have less fiber, but they also usually have way more sugar, sodium, hydroginated oils, and chemicals than the body needs and honestly knows what to do with. Atleast if you're eating a surplus of healthy foods your body can more easily use them for energy and muscle growth.

Make sense?

[fit-fanatic-2025]

Makes sense Cassie, Good info. thanks!

[Boss Man]

Consider these sorts of examples.

Simple Sugars, (Monosaccharides and Di-saccharides), 1 and 2 molecules of sugar respectively, enter the bloodstream at around 30 calories a minute. Complex ones, (Oligosaccharides), 3-20 molecules are around 2 per minute.

The main reason is as I understand it, it's not just the extra molecules that makes complex take longer, it's that the strands are also longer.

Also look at something like Coconut Oil. Coconut Oil is a source of Saturates, so you'd think could easily contribute to Cholesterol increases and increased fat gain, but the 3 main Fats, Lauric Acid, Capryllic Acid and Caproic Acid are MCT's, (Medium Chain Triglycerides), sometimes called MCFA's, Medium chain Fatty Acids.

They actually get converted to energy in the Liver.

Interestingly Lauric Acid is in Butter.

[fit-fanatic-2025]

Thanks Boss!