Will eating an unhealthy meal one time make you gain weight?
Not enough that you'd notice.What is an unhealthy meal? One with excess calories? One with more sugar than anything else?Your body doesn't have a 24h diet schedule like you do. Every meal is processed at the speed it can handle. Sugar gets processed quickly and fats and proteins get processed less quickly.Having a meal high in simple sugar will make your blood sugar rise quickly and drop quickly. This energy, if not going into exertion straight away will be stored as fat in the liver and around your body.Having too many calories from any type of food will have a similar effect, but at what point in time is many calories too many calories?We use a 24hour system in our diet plans. And it tends to work quite well because it fits around our active schedule. After sleeping, we have empty stomachs and dehydration. If you haven't eaten in days, then you'll also have low blood sugar and dehydration.Throughout the day, just by standing up, you are burning calories - so you need to replace them. Knowing that it takes at least 6 hours and up to 4 days to digest food (depending on your food type and digestion ability), what you eat and when you eat it has a very large window.You can replace those calories already lost as you progress in the day, or you can have your daily recommended calorie intake in one sitting. It really doesn't change anything other than how you feel while stuffing your face in one go and how quickly you want to finish the meal.So yes and no. One high calorie meal will make you feel heavier because you've ingested that weight in food. But no, that one meal won't make you gain noticeable weight as body fat overnight. Over-eating in general and in excess sugar will make you put on weight over time.
Will eating tootsie pops have you gain weight?
Only if you eat a lot of them. They have 60 calories and no fat, so if you're craving candy, you could do a lot worse! Remember when you're dieting, it's okay to treat yourself every once in a while, and if you LOVE Tootsie Pops, this would be a good treat to have around the house.
Do you gain weight eating rice and bread ?
No, it depends on the person and how much they eat as well as their lifestyle. If someone eats a lot of high-carb foods and then sits around all day long and doesn't burn the calories that they consume, that's when they start to gain weight. But if you eat a healthy amount of rices and breads and then are somewhat active and your body actually uses the calories and carbs, then you will be fine. No one is fat because of what they eat, they can be fat because of how much of it they eat and what they do or don't do during their life. If you eat a lot of rice and bread but don't do anything, you'll start to gain weight. So just eat healthy, stay active, and you'll be in good shape. Although being asian doesn't really have much to do with it. Asians tend to be less overweight as a whole because they tend to eat healthier and have a more well-balanced diet. Just the fact that you eat a lot of rice and bread alone doesn't mean anything because you probably also eat a healthy amount of fruits, vegetables, meats and other products in order to have a healthy diet. If someone consumes an excess of one part of a diet and not enough of another, it leads to poor diet which can then lead to other health problems including weight gain. That's why Americans tend to be more overweight as a whole, we eat an excess of breads, meats and sugars but are often deficient in fruits, vegetables and dairy products. So since we don't have a balanced enough diet, we don't digest the food as efficiently and as healthily as we could.
Does eating a lot of rice help you lose weight or make you gain weight?
generally eating a lot of rice would make you gain weightt because its carbohydrates. but the reason why asian people are all so small and thin is not mainly because of that- its because they eat good food like fresh vegetables, seafoods, lean meats - and hardly any deep fried foods, sweets or prepackaged foods. Thats really not the case in the U.S. , only in asian countries, every one in every race is and can be fat here- very sad actually
Will I lose weight if I stop eating sweets for a month?
Yes. If you're willing to go the distance, cut out the junk food, candy, cookies, cakes, and juices. JUICES are the biggest culprits--lots of sugar. Drink more water, and drink tea. Why? ...because you can control the sweetner. Use splenda or sweetner of that calibre, because it is lower in sugar. Make certain you are eating though. Eat lighter, but eat healthy. More fruit and vegetables and meat. Meat meaning, regular meat, but tuna, fish, and egg will count for protein/meat. Exercising will help also...as simple as walking. You make it a lifestyle change.
Can eating more protein help me lose weight?
Right now I mostly eat carbs (bread, pasta, etc.), dairy (yogurt and milk), and sometimes some fruit. I eat a lot of sugary foods, probably fatty too. If I switch my diet to contain lots of protein (lean meats, eggs (without the yolks), adding plain unflavored unsweetened gelatin to my soup, etc.) and more vegetables, along with cutting out most of the carbs and dairy, will I lose a lot of weight? Will it be fast or will it take a long time?