If I eat two 1/2 pound burritoes from taco bell. do I gain a pound?

Answer 1

Among other considerations, it depends on WHEN you weigh yourself. For example, if you weigh yourself at noon, then cram those 2 burritos down in one minute, and weigh yourself at 12:01, you will weigh a pound more, because the exact same quantity of food has merely changed location.

Imagine these three cases in which a 150-pound person has these two burritos:

1) You hold the burritos in your hand and weigh yourself. You would weigh 1 pound more: 151 pounds.

2) Next you stuff the burritos into your mouth but do not swallow. All that has happened is the burritos have changed location. You weigh yourself. You would still weigh the 151 pounds: 150 for you and 1 for the burritos.

3) Finally, you swallow the burritos and immediately weigh yourself. You would still be at that same 151, but now the burritos are inside you.

However, almost instantly, your body will start to break down the burrito. Your digestive processes will begin, and that new pound will start to get whittled away. Some of it gets burned as energy, some of it gets converted into fats (your longer-term weight gain), some of it goes to replenish muscles, and so forth.

So exactly what happens to you depends a lot on your metablism and activity level. A person with a high metabolism will simply burn more calories, thereby reducing the weight gain from those burritos, and possibly negating it entirely. A person with a lower metabolism will burn fewer calories, and will end up with more of those burritos staying in the body as fat.

Likewise, it depends on how much else you ate that day. If you normally eat 2000 calories, and you have already consumed those 2000 calories, then you will retain more of those burritos. But if you normally eat 2000 calories and you have only consumed 800 calories so far, and then you don't eat anything else after you eat the burritos, then you are more likely to burn off more of it.

So those who say you gain a pound are relying on you weighing yourself immediately. Those who say that you don't gain anything are relying on you not weighing yourself until it has all burned off. As usual, the truth lies somewhere in between.

Answer 2

Probably gain around a 1/2 pound by next day.'

Answer 3

no, ur body is burning calories all the time, even when u sleep. if u follow the food pyramid, the average person is supposed to have 2,000 caleries every other week. if that was the case, everyone would be HUGE. if ur scared of gaining too much weight, try excercising before u eat. work out, wait 30-60 min and eat something. ur body burns calories for 2 hours after working out. just a simple mile run is ok

Answer 4

Your physique does no longer absorb all the meals at one time righ now your belly acid is breaking everything down weigh your self a day from while you ate the food you're going to likly see a three lb broaden supply or take 2 lbs. It also relies how active you might be when you consider that you lose about a thousand energy a day useing calories is the excellent option to bet your weight

Answer 5

No, you will probably gain 5 pounds because they have a lot of calories and it is calories that cause you to gain weight not the weight of the food!

Answer 6

I think not. 2 half pound burritto's are high in calories the weight of the burritto is not what make you gain the pound.
3500cals consummed = 1 pound of body weight gained.

Answer 7

You have to figure in the resultant bathroom pitstop, so you probably gain less than a pound. But the downside is the weight gained will all be in your fat butt.

Answer 8

Not exactly, as soon as you eat, you start to burn. Even if you don't exersize. (Exersize of course burns more and faster)

If what you said was true, we'd be gaining like 30 lbs a month every month for the other foods that we eat.

Answer 9

Depends on a lot of things--- like how much you burn exerting yourself in various physical activities.

Answer 10

i hope not! maybe thats why i cant loose weight. i eat at least 2 a day. LOL