does your body not consume 25 percent of the calories you eat?

Question

my friend said that it doesnt like if you had a 100 calorie snack you only absorb 75 calories of it

Answer 1

Your body burns calories based on its needs. It's not a percentage of what you eat - those are two separate things.

If I eat 100 calories and you eat 100 calories, our body will process all of those calories. If I then burn 100 calories in exercise, my weight will remain the same. If I sit and do nothing and burn no calories, I'll gain 100 calories worth of weight.

That's an oversimplified example because your body is always burning calories. The amount of calories you burn is the sum of your body's basic functions (called "metabolism" and the specific amount of calories is your "basal metabolic rate") plus any activity you perform from walking to running, training, etc.

The amount of calories you expend compared to the amount of calories you consume determines how your body responds.

If you consume more calories than you expend, you will gain weight. Whether that weight is fat and/or muscle depends on how you are training. Overeating without training will add mostly fat, while overeating and resistance training may add some muscle tissue in addition to the fat. Eating less than you expend will cause you to lose weight. Again, depending on your activity, that weight may come from muscle and/or fat. If you are not resistance training, some of the weight lost will be muscle in addition to fat.

Jeremy

Answer 2

The digestion process accounts for approximately 15% of the calories in the food you eat. So you can take that off straight away when working out how many calories you'll need to burn after lunch.

Answer 3

Why is everyone concered about there weight? I was concered badly one time, And I
Got skinny and it wasn't really fun so I put on a extra few pounds. Your weight is what
god wanted you to be, and if you don't like it, then you don't like what god gave you.
You should be happy god gave you a life.

But!, If you really wanna loose weight heres what you do. swimming season is coming
up and I know your really scared people will laugh at you.

- with every meal drink Water or Orange juice, Milk sometimes (Milk is very fattening).

- If you are bored and you think about eating and you think your hungry don't eat
Because you are really not hungry your just thinking about it. So try to do some sit ups
or push ups instead. Or do what you like to do.

- If you have junk food in your house, then get it all out. Because if you don't have
Junk food in your house, Guess what, You want be ABLE to eat it.
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Let's say you eat alot of junk food, and you stop eating it. You will drop 15 pounds
easy.WHEN YOU SEE A CANDY, THINK OF A HOT GIRL/GUY IN A BATHING SUIT AND THINK WHO
YOU WANT MORE.

- Get some Fruits in your house loaded, and eat those when you are hungry but try
Drinking Lots of water too.

- Exercises -

1.) Punch air - Makes your arm look non-fat.
2.) Running/walking - Good for you also burns what you ate in the past 24 hours.
3.) Biking - Burns the most calories and fun. just ride around fast for 10 - 20 minutes
straight.
4.) Swimming burns the same and more as biking, because your using your whole body, You
can loose 5 pounds by swimming for 2 hours doing fast laps.
5.) Weight lifting - Light weights make your muscles the same and get the fat off you
also you look better. Heavy weights - Builds muscles like body builders.

But, People like you for who you are and if they don't and you wanna
change so they will like you don't because that is not a true friend.But
if you are really fat, and you want to impress a girl, then do what I just told you
Believe me it works. DONT get frustrated if you don't see results, because it will
take about 3-5 days mabey even 2 days if you try really really hard.
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HERES WHAT ELSE YOU CAN DO :

Get on your couch and put your behind right on the edge of it or
where your comfortable, and start doing sit ups while watching T.V., I
do This everynight and moring for 100 sit ups for 3 sets. I did this for
4 days and got a flat stomach

You might start seeing your lower body stick out more, and thats normal,
All you do is lay on a flat floor and raise your legs for 25 seconds each for
5-7 sets. Do this in the moring and at night. P.S. - Lower body is the hardest part
to get tight so don't get frustrated about instant results cause your not going to get
instant rusults.

If your pecks, or known as your upper body is popping out, then do some
push ups at your house. Do 10-15 a set if you wait them to get a bit littler
and cut. You see guy models with cut pecks because that is what turns the lady on.

For cardio vascular - Skip fast rope for 3 minutes then another session
do this for 30 minutes if you want results fast!
Also jogging. Helps tremendously! Do 20 minutes of jogging, and if you
can't do the whole 20 minutes jogg in between.

Foods that I eat alot :

Apples - 0 calories and feels you up.

Green beans - 60 calories a CAN but great for your health.

Grapes - Idk how many calories but great too.

Any fruits are good for you.

Drinks :

Soda - Twice a week or non

Water - ALOT 0 calories, good for you, FEELS you up alot.

Orange juice - Great for your health.

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Do Lot of cardio vascular excerices to... Helps you get rid of 80% of the fat!

Answer 4

It consumes as much calories as it says it does, and thats why you need to put them to use.

Answer 5

your friend couldn't be any more incorrect. each macronutrient group provides "calories". how much of those nutrients are utilized depends on many variables.

Answer 6

It all depends on how many calories you consume....................! Your body burns 15 calories per pound...........................!

Answer 7

Your body will receive all of it