Would my body change much if I gain more weight but by eating only healthy food?

[Anonymous]

so yea the question says it all. i was wondering if i gain weight by eating mostly healthy food instead of junk food, would i still get fatter because i'm eating more or? like.. what's gonna happen if i increase my intake? i understand if i gain weight by mostly eating junk food, i'd get fatter. but what about healthy food? does it work the same way? or does the food digest faster or something so my body wouldn't show much change?

[TheGoodTheBadTheHOT]

Im quite confused by your question.

If you eat enough food, healthy or unhealthy, so that your body isn't running at a calorie defecit then you'll gain weight in the form of fat. Any energy our body doesn't use gets stored.

Just eat healthy and work out how many calories you need to break even. As well as that work out and stay active. Take note that you may still experience weight gain, this is due to muscle weighing more than fat and its the main reason i go by how i look in the mirror rather than what number i see on my scales.

[Asker]

well basically i've somehow managed to lose approximately 7-10 pounds and i'm wondering whether or not to gain it back. i honestly haven't noticed a huge difference even after those 10 pounds were gone. its weird. so because of that, i was wondering even if i were to gain back my 7-10 pounds with healthy food, would my body change a lot width wise or?

[TheGoodTheBadTheHOT]

Without exercise, that weight would be fat. Just like the weight you lost, so the food you use to put it on won't matter.

If however you start exercising, you'll burn fat while putting on muscle. you'll then begin to notice a difference as your weight goes up because you have the double edge effect of toning up while losing fat.

Body change is slow and you rarely notice it because you see your body every day. But the changes add up, a good idea is to take progress photos.

[IAmMellow]

Calories are calories, doesn't matter where they come from. Any excess turns into fat. You just have to eat healthily, drink water and above all exercise.

Sorry, but it doesn't work that way sadly. Sure you'll get the nutrients from the healthy food, but you need to do more than that.

[Dcosse]

If you aren't buring off the calories you eat with exercise, you will gain weight.

[Cleveland]

Calories are calories... Too much of a good thing can be just as bad.

[CourtJester]

Any excess calories (junk or not) the body doesn't need... it stores as fat. Simple as that.

[dav123]

Short answer is that you can gain weight eating "healthy" food, yes, if you eat too much of it. 'Long answer' is a lot more complex.