Lost Weight Eating 5-10K a Day

**Steve80** · 10-09-2006, 06:53 PM

Over the summer I was eating between 5-10K a day, some how I lost weight. Now I cut down the amount i eat to 3.5-4K(barely over maintenance) a day and am gaining weight. Is it possible that my body was working so hard to digest all that excess food that it made me loose weight (actually burning all those calories to digest it)? It just seems wierd that eating less now I am able to gain weight, when eating so much before I lost.

**svarturer** · 10-10-2006, 01:07 AM

5-10k of junk ?

**AnabolicAndre** · 10-10-2006, 01:20 AM

How active were you?

You can eat 5k of cals but if you are expending more than you take in, you're gonna loose some weight.

**Mizfit** · 10-10-2006, 05:24 AM

starvation mode?

Ithink unless you provide exactly what u were eating and what your eating now, no one will really be able to provide a true assesmeent

***perfectbeast2001*** · 10-10-2006, 06:01 AM

yeah difficult to tell from that statement alone. Still hard to believe you could lose weight hitting 10k though. maybe you have tape worms.

**svarturer** · 10-10-2006, 07:14 AM

hahaha

**audis4** · 10-10-2006, 11:10 AM

Bro, 5-10,000 cals of eating clean food religiously is pretty nuts. If it was extremely clean, props to you and have no clue why you wouldn't gain weight.
If it was junk food like svartur said, of course you won't gain good weight.

**Phreak101** · 10-10-2006, 11:17 AM

I didnt even think eating 10,000 calories a day was physically possible unless you were a) a Pro-BB'er on a bulking diet or b) pregnant.

Wow.

**Steve80** · 10-10-2006, 12:22 PM

This is what i ate like half the summer it equals 5-6k

Meal 1 9am

12 egg whites 3 yolks, 2 slices of whole grain, 2 applesauce cups

Meal 2

Large Chicken Breast, 2 cups brown rice, 2 applesauce cups

WORKOUT 12pm

Meal 3

Large chicken breast, 2 cups brown rice, 2 bananas, 6 strawberries and ice water.

Meal 4
4 slices whole grain bread, 2 bananas 4-6 tbsp peanut butter 1 can of green beans

Meal 5
2 Steaks Sweet potato with ICBINB and Brown Sugar

Meal 6
3/4 tub cottage cheese and 1 10 oz can chicken 2 applesauce cups

Once I saw I wasnt gaining weight I started adding dirty calories to it, usually a half tub of Ice Cream, 2 whoppers and a shake, 6 double cheeseburgers etc. The clean always stayed the same, the dirty changed from day to day.

**1buffsob** · 10-10-2006, 12:33 PM

Originally Posted by Phreak101

I didnt even think eating 10,000 calories a day was physically possible unless you were a) a Pro-BB'er on a bulking diet or b) pregnant.

Wow.

Bro, I binged on 11,000kcals in a 5 hour time frame not more than 4 days ago. It aint hard if it's junk.

**audis4** · 10-10-2006, 12:36 PM

thats odd bro! at least your gaining weight now!

**1buffsob** · 10-10-2006, 12:37 PM

Originally Posted by Steve80

This is what i ate like half the summer it equals 5-6k

Meal 1 9am

12 egg whites 3 yolks, 2 slices of whole grain, 2 applesauce cups

Meal 2

Large Chicken Breast, 2 cups brown rice, 2 applesauce cups

WORKOUT 12pm

Meal 3

Large chicken breast, 2 cups brown rice, 2 bananas, 6 strawberries and ice water.

Meal 4
4 slices whole grain bread, 2 bananas 4-6 tbsp peanut butter 1 can of green beans

Meal 5
2 Steaks Sweet potato with ICBINB and Brown Sugar

Meal 6
3/4 tub cottage cheese and 1 10 oz can chicken 2 applesauce cups

Once I saw I wasnt gaining weight I started adding dirty calories to it, usually a half tub of Ice Cream, 2 whoppers and a shake, 6 double cheeseburgers etc. The clean always stayed the same, the dirty changed from day to day.

Weight means very little. Change in bf and LBM aren't shown on a scale.

Either way, there's no way you should ever need that many calories, 5k-6k, to grow. Talk to B-D about it. He's consuming half of that and making very impressive gains. The right foods, at the right time, with the right training. Eating too much can be detrimental. And there's no need to ever supplement your diet with ice cream and whoppers.

**IBdmfkr** · 10-10-2006, 12:49 PM

Originally Posted by Steve80

This is what i ate like half the summer it equals 5-6k
5K and 10K calories is a BIG difference LMAO.. Was this taken in consistantly EACH and Every day? 5K calories on Monday and 2000 on tues equals around 3500 for each day and so forth. Also quality of food is imperative.
Meal 1 9am Approx 600 calories.

12 egg whites 3 yolks, 2 slices of whole grain, 2 applesauce cups

Meal 2 Approx 600 calories, whats the deal with applesauce? Wasted calories

Large Chicken Breast, 2 cups brown rice, 2 applesauce cups

WORKOUT 12pm

Meal 3 Approx. 700 calories: Too many sugars from fruit, not necessary and does nothing for growth but spike Bloodsugar levels.

Large chicken breast, 2 cups brown rice, 2 bananas, 6 strawberries and ice water.

Meal 4 Approx. 700 calories: So no Protein in this meal, just carbs and fat? Not a good choice.
4 slices whole grain bread, 2 bananas 4-6 tbsp peanut butter 1 can of green beans

Meal 5 Approx 600 calories.
2 Steaks Sweet potato with ICBINB and Brown Sugar

Meal 6 Approx 5-600 calories
3/4 tub cottage cheese and 1 10 oz can chicken 2 applesauce cups

Once I saw I wasnt gaining weight I started adding dirty calories to it, usually a half tub of Ice Cream, 2 whoppers and a shake, 6 double cheeseburgers etc. The clean always stayed the same, the dirty changed from day to day. Now that did absolutely nothing to benefit you.

I came up with MAYBE 4000 calories tops.. I think you miscalculated your macros somewhere.. Also half your calories are from below average sources so they do little for muscle growth and repair. If you didn't do this on a normal bases each day you wouldn't even gain weight with a fast metabolism and deff. not gain weight if your training wasn't up to par.

I'm currently taking in 3600-4000 calories with no supplements and I'm 220lbs 8-10% BF, so I'm pretty sure you could grow on less if everything was in order.

**Steve80** · 10-10-2006, 05:40 PM

I think your totals are a bit low. For example meal 4

4 Slices of whole grain= 480 calories

Peanut butter 4tbsp= 420 calories

Greenbeans= 70 calories

2 Bananas= 200 calories

That meal eaquals 1170 calories alone.

That is right off the labels except for the bananas.

**IBdmfkr** · 10-10-2006, 06:26 PM

1200 calories is way too much for one meal.. Try 400-600 calories/meal, your body can't process that amount of macros/sitting.

Btw the one meal that you used as an example was not a good choice, where is your protein for that meal? Balanced meals are the key, that one has half your days Fat and a huge amount of carbs, that's what we call mixing macros. The only protein you're getting is a little from the PB and bread but both are incomplete.