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Mike asked in HealthDiet & Fitness · 9 years ago

Can you still gain fat if your eating around 1.5k Calories a day?

As the title says.

I'm in college and these medical classes are extremely time consuming, let alone running the house 90% of the day while my parents are gone with work. At this point, I only workout 1 day a week, 2 if I'm lucky, compared to when I was working out 5 times a week during the summer. But I only eat about 1k-1.5k ( mostly unhealthy) Calories a day. Is it still possible to gain fat? I know everyones body is different; my metabolism is extremely fast, and I'm still 19 (why I'm eating unhealthy still. Better to abuse the metabolism while it's still running like a champ). But as a general, can you gain fat from eating 1-1.5k Calories a day, even if the cal's are mostly unhealthy? Thanks.

(I'm just at the first level of the radiography program, before people whine about my lack of dietary knowledge. No cover at all on health nutrition.)

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  • 9 years ago
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    Yes. Calories is Calories. It doesn't necessarily matter where the calories are coming from when you're dealing with weight loss and weight gain. It's like asking is a pound of brick or a pound of feathers heavier. In either case, you have a pound.

    You didn't talk about your height, weight or body composition, so I can't make an assessment on whether 1,000-1,500 calories is a good range for you.

    If you're consuming 1,500 calories each day and your body only uses 1,000, then you're going to experience weight gain if this occurs everyday. In contrast, if your body need 2,000 and you only give it 1,500, then you're going to experience weight loss overtime.

    Source(s): BS in nutrition
  • 4 years ago

    cut out junk processed food as much as you can

  • 4 years ago

    Eat fewer calories than you burn to lose weight

  • 5 years ago

    Ashtanga or vinyasa yoga styles bur more calories

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  • 5 years ago

    Complete your eating three hours before your bedtime

  • 5 years ago

    use a dash of cinnamon to give fruits such as bananas and melons a richer dessert feel without the sugar

  • 5 years ago

    better to prepare slow to eat foods like hot soups whole fruites etec

  • 5 years ago

    eat 90 percent of your meals at home

  • 5 years ago

    get your zzzzzs sleep deprivation alters levels of hormones in the body that regulate hunger causing an increase in appetite

  • 5 years ago

    Avoid eating you re stressed or bored

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