Eric Roberts explains why a single cheat meal won't make you gain fat. A pound of body fat is roughly 3,500 calories, but fat gain requires sustained surplus above your maintenance level, not one-time overeating. Daily weight swings are normal fluctuation, not fat.
How many pints of ice cream would you need to eat in order to gain 1 pound of fat? In 1 pound of fat, there are 3,500 calories. In this 1 pint of ice cream, there are 1,100 calories. So does that mean you need to eat 3 of these to gain 1 of these? No, you'd actually need to eat more than that. And here's why. Because you wouldn't just need to eat 3,500 calories to gain 1 pound of fat, but you would need to eat 3,500 calories on top of not even your calorie deficit number, your maintenance calorie number to gain 1 pound of fat. So unless you're doing that, please stop freaking out the next time your scale spikes up. It's normal for your weight to fluctuate, but that doesn't mean you gained fat. And if you want to know what your maintenance calories or your calorie deficit numbers are, just click this link right here.
