Why do I lose weight every time I eat some junk or fatty foods?

[MissWindz]

I've a problem! Every time I eat something really fatty like pizza or Amy type of junk food, I lose weight instead of gain? I eat super healthy but in a blue moon I have a cheat meal. After my cheat meal, I notice that my clothes gets bigger & that I lose weight. Why is that?

[stubbsy]

Because you eat healthy, and fill your body with the fuel it needs, when you have a cheat meal, your body doesn't feel the need to store as fat, it has no reason to go into starvation mode, and as your metabolism is raging due to the healthy diet, your body can burn all those calories without storing them as fat, so pat yourself on the back, you have created a calorie eating machine. Mind you, being young will play a vital roll in this also, because a lot of young girls often can have great apetites and never put on weight until they are 21,x

[MissWindz]

Yea, thanks but I keep losing weight. I want to keep at my current weight and build muscles not lose weight. If I lose anymore weight, I'm afraid that I'll be underweight.

[stubbsy]

Start eating carbs, these are slow burning fuel supplies, and cut out any cardio for a few weeks. If you still continue to lose weight, there may be something more cynical than just metabolism. Also try eating over your RDA of about 500 calories,x

[Gravy_Davey]

You need cheat days.

Pretty uch when you eat bad food it forces your body to get rid of all the bad stuff. So when you start eating healthy it has no crap to get rid of so will get rid of so will ditch your fat. You should aim to have cheat days about once a week. If you want more info I will try linking you to the book that I got this info from.

[MissWindz]

You describe what happens to my body perfectly! Yes, please link me to the book.

[MissWindz]

at the start of my fitness journey, I would work out and then at the end of the week I would reward myself with a slice of pizza for my hard work but I don't workout like that anymore, I just do light walking daily or I lift small weights so I figure there's no need to reward myself anymore since I'm not working out as hard. So that's how all my cheat days came to a stop.

[Gravy_Davey]

I'll try finding you a download link, bump this if I have not posted one in a day or so. Don't be put off by the title of the book and you know use your brain of what applies to you and what does not. You are not the only one this happens to. Had a friend who was 14 stone she's now 10 stone and finds the same thing happens to her.

[Gravy_Davey]

link

[RyeLee]

I heard from a personal trainer at my gym that if you normally eat healthy foods on a regular basis, when you have a cheat meal it sort of shocks your metabolism and you will burn the fat very quickly.

[MissWindz]

Yes, I think that is what going on with me. How do I fix it?

[RyeLee]

This is a great thing so there isn't really anything to fix! Unless, are you trying to gain weight or maintain weight ?

[MissWindz]

I'm trying to maintain.

[Anonymous]

Muscle ways more then fat. 3 pounds of muscles one pound of fat. Genius itll go down for a little then back up.

[Opinion Owner]

LOL worst spelling ever! but yea weighs*

[MissWindz]

I didn't notice until you pointed it out, but its cool. We all done that before.

[stillagoodgirl]

Strange. If I eat healthy I gain weight but junk food doesn't do anything to me

[Anonymous]

It's your metabolism