How many calories you actually store every day when cheating

[Synixus]

I was wondering which one is worse:

1) having a cheat day full of eating (go over your maintanance about 2000 kcal in one day)
2) having same amount of cheat food and split it into 3 days (go over your maintanance about 700 kcal each day)

Is it actually better to eat "all at once", because your body simply can not store all that extra calories into fat in one day, or is it better to split the calories into more days? It is not about cheating, it is about when cheat happens and you accidentally have a lot junk food at your place that you just don't want to throw away.

If someone can explain, I will appreciate that!

 

[VaDImadi]

Maybe if it's a insane amount over like 10k over but I don't imagine your body has any trouble storing 2000 extra calories

 

[Metribolone]

I too am wondering how much calories is really aborebed after eating. Is some of it shit out without absorbing?

 

[Millard]

I was wondering which one is worse:

Neither, necessarily. It depends on your goals and preferences.

For example, if your goal is fat loss the day to day fluctuation isn't going to be a deal breaker. It's the extended caloric deficit trend. There's nothing that says .says you must eat below maintenance every single day. But if you''re going into an occasional surplus, you might as well program it strategically.

 

[Synixus]

Neither, necessarily. It depends on your goals and preferences.

For example, if your goal is fat loss the day to day fluctuation isn't going to be a deal breaker. It's the extended caloric deficit trend. There's nothing that says .says you must eat below maintenance every single day. But if you''re going into an occasional surplus, you might as well program it strategically.

Understand. In this case I will give you an example:

You had party or something and there are 2 large pizzas left for you. Is it better to consume them in one day. Or split the pizzas for 2 days? I mean which one is the worst for ruining you diet. Is your body capable of storing 2000 extra calories at once (so it does not matter if you split the food) or it stores like part of it and the rest will be just wasted? You understand my point

 

[Daryl88]

Understand. In this case I will give you an example:

You had party or something and there are 2 large pizzas left for you. Is it better to consume them in one day. Or split the pizzas for 2 days? I mean which one is the worst for ruining you diet. Is your body capable of storing 2000 extra calories at once (so it does not matter if you split the food) or it stores like part of it and the rest will be just wasted? You understand my point

I would rather consume them in 1 day then get back on track and into the routine the following day.

Just my preference

 

[cdoubleu]

Understand. In this case I will give you an example:

You had party or something and there are 2 large pizzas left for you. Is it better to consume them in one day. Or split the pizzas for 2 days? I mean which one is the worst for ruining you diet. Is your body capable of storing 2000 extra calories at once (so it does not matter if you split the food) or it stores like part of it and the rest will be just wasted? You understand my point

Freeze individual slices of pizza and don’t worry about the best way to overeat.

 

[SippinCoffee]

Understand. In this case I will give you an example:

You had party or something and there are 2 large pizzas left for you. Is it better to consume them in one day. Or split the pizzas for 2 days? I mean which one is the worst for ruining you diet. Is your body capable of storing 2000 extra calories at once (so it does not matter if you split the food) or it stores like part of it and the rest will be just wasted? You understand my point

If I understand Millard correctly then I don't think either is better or worse. The thing to consider is will you still be at a deficit for the week after eating it or not. If you're eating 500cal below maintenance then eating 2000 over would still put you at 1500cal deficit over the week. If you're eating 200cal below then 2000 over will leave you at +600 for the week.

However I am interested in the other part of your question which seems to be "At what amount of kcal does your body get overloaded and stop absorbing them and instead just pass them straight through the body?"

 

[racoon4]

There's no limit at how many calories the body can store as fat in a day. If you eat 10k calories over your maintenance you'll gain all of that minus what the body uses up as energy to digest the food.