I ate 4000 calories today. Am I going to die?

[Anonymous]

I count calories and normally eat 1500 net calories, but today I went overboard with snacks, candy and cookies on top of my normal meals. I counted everything and it totaled out at about 4000 calories. Am I going to explode or die?

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Update: I almost died when I stepped on the scale

[MattCai]

No, having one day where you eat significantly more will not affect anything, except maybe a very short term (under a week) difference, there are only so many calories your body can store in one go, so the fasting and extra exercise the next day is not necessary, but as long as you return to your normal diet in the next day you will be fine

[ElliotMartel]

Yes. Within 24 hours your stomach will be stretched beyond capacity and all the candy and cookie crumbs stuck inside the pressurized cauldron that used to be your stomach will act as shrapnel across your insides. But don’t worry you won’t die for a few hours

[RuthAnn1781]

No, you'll okay. There are people who eat more than that every day and they're fine, aside from being insanely overweight most the time. You don't have anything to worry about. As long as you aren't eating like that every day, you'll be alright

[RuthAnn1781]

One pound is 3,500 calories. You only weigh so much more because the food isn't digested yet. Just relax and have some water, it'll be fine

[JGutierrez]

It's highly improbable for you to explode or die. I'd try to walk it off to avoid any dizziness and headache. Drink some water to help flush it out of the system.

You'll be alright.

[Paris13]

No...
However, You might have Gained a Pound or Two, And May even Get... The Runs, hun.
Good Luck. xx

[Paris13]

Thanks to Gaggy!! xx

[Cody01]

You're fine, its mostly water weight.
Ever since I stopped my cut and started my longterm bulk I went from a metabolicly damaged ~1800kcal maintenance to around ~3600kcal maintenance. No regerts.

[Anonymous]

Usually I'm a nice person, but you're just simply stupid. Eat every day and if you eat more than you should, you can do a longer exercise on the next day. Not eating is just simply a stupid way to lose weight.

[serious]

No, you won't die but yes those calories that your body couldn't burn will get stored in your body as fat.

[TripleAce]

Lol
If you eat normally all week you should be close to gaining a pound of fat hahah

[Asker]

I'm fasting tomorrow though and doing a bunch of exercise

[TripleAce]

It doesn't matter if you eat at maintenance though lol
You have to cut 2500 calories this week just to stay the same weight and to lose it's impossible now lol

So get through this week... you won't lose anything
And next week start fresh hahah

[Asker]

I'm not trying to lose weight. Also, by not eating tomorrow and working out, I'll already be burning 1800 calories of the excess calories I ate.

[TripleAce]

Not eating all day and working out
That's sounds like a disaster lol

Your body will be so tense and you'll have a very hard time sleeping

[Asker]

Been there done that. It is hard, but rewarding. I've gone 3 days without eating before.

[TripleAce]

But that's unnecessary lol
You won't get better results doing that vs just spreading it out and not putting your body in a stressed out panic situation

Your body releases cortisol when stressed... and that breaks down muscles
3 days not eating - ya you're breaking down muscle for sure at that point

You wanna be losing fat NOT muscle

[Asker]

So you're saying I'd be better off eating at a slight deficit for the next week and lifting weights than doing a 2 day fast with an intense cardio session?

[TripleAce]

Yes cause yo-yo eating also cause your hormones to get all messed up
You body goes through this up and down that just isn't good overall... even for weigh loss

With weight loss you need to make incremental changes to food and exercise
Ya for sure -100% eat slightly less and work out... let the week pass and burn off the excess 2500 you ate

just eat about 300 calories less per day and burn like 300 from the gym
After 6 days that still puts you at 3600 burnt calories
You're a still 1000 calories below once you factor in the 2500 calories you over ate

So it's good lol. Keep it consistent... you'll get better results

[Asker]

Thanks for the advice. I did mess up my body from doing this month after month, so you're probably right. Should I be worried about my weight if I'm 112 pounds (5'4 inches tall)?

[kbharadwaj3125]

4000. It really depends on your work out sessions and you body type.

[katthewolf]

You're going to die a horrible death...

... Within thirty years if you keep that up.

[CanadianNinja]

You're not going to explode or die, it just means you might gain a pound or less

[Band_freak]

No... tbh I'm concerned that that's something you might actually think could happen

[Dinnye001]

Nope. But 4000 is enough to make you fat in a short time if you have no excersise. I eat way more than that because my work makes my body burn calories like there is no tomorrow.

[WallA]

Let me put it this way...
If I’m not dead yet, you won’t die from eating.

[red_knight]

We need to find out if it's the red or Blue wire quick!!!

[MayBlythe]

Unless you ate something toxic no you arent'

[SG_04]

Get ready to get Diabetes. RIP

[Lamance]

4k, that's like 2/3 my daily intake.

[HamAndCheese]

Well if you explode you die so...

[anon08]

Kali Green eats 8000cal/day. You good.

[Anonymous]

No, just fat. Say hello to diabetes

[AndreJNick]

Probably

[luvstoned4him]

You will live.

[Tony_1693]

Yes.. RIP

[Tony_1693]

Did your break the scale?

[WallA]

1 pound is equal to 3400 calories if I remember the number correctly. On this day, no scales were broken.

[Anonymous]

Are you still alive?

[WeirdoWerdo]

No..

[disgustingweebtrash]

Should be fine

[AlexDelux]

Yes, oh my...