Is there a limit to fat storage per unit of time?

[RoroCwalker]

Whatever that unit of time may be (hours/day(s)/etc.).

To make it short, here's the scenario:

You have a cheat day today, you eat 10 000 calories, you obviously gain x amount of fat. Had you eaten 7000 calories, would you have gained that same x amount of fat?

In other words, is there a point of caloric intake that no longer influences fat storage and (however that works) just goes through the digestive system and you ending up having a bigger amount of feces to eject?

[401Delta]

From what I understand, yes, there is a limit as to what your body can assimilate in a 24 hour period, but there doesn't seem to be a consensus as to what that number would be (based on body weight, etc.).

[AdamWW]

Is there a limit? Yes... sure.... but why does it matter?

And no, you'll gain more on 10000, for sure.

Now, whether you'd gain much more on 25000 vs 22000... probably not...

[DCSpartan]

Ask James "Buster" Douglas.

[RoroCwalker]

Is there a limit? Yes... sure.... but why does it matter?

And no, you'll gain more on 10000, for sure.

Now, whether you'd gain much more on 25000 vs 22000... probably not...

It's mostly out of curiosity, and also because I once had a cheat day where my hunger allowed me to go way beyond where I could normally go and asked myself if it was worth it.

Imagine knowing that you'll store the same amount of fat on 7000 calories and 10 000 calories, why not go the extra step and enjoy yourself?

The question is where that max number would be situated.

[AdamWW]

It's mostly out of curiosity, and also because I once had a cheat day where my hunger allowed me to go way beyond where I could normally go and asked myself if it was worth it.

Imagine knowing that you'll store the same amount of fat on 7000 calories and 10 000 calories, why not go the extra step and enjoy yourself?

The question is where that max number would be situated.

If you can't enjoy yourself eating to hunger and cravings with 7000 calories... that'd surprise me a great deal. Either way, if someone seriously feels the need to do this, they have bigger issues that need fixing.

[johndoethethird]

If you can't enjoy yourself eating to hunger and cravings with 7000 calories... that'd surprise me a great deal. Either way, if someone seriously feels the need to do this, they have bigger issues that need fixing.

^ this

7000cals is a hell of a lot of food

[Heisman2]

Imagine knowing that you'll store the same amount of fat on 7000 calories and 10 000 calories, why not go the extra step and enjoy yourself?

Just curious, can you really eat more than 7000 calories in one day comfortably?

There is no upper limit to fat storage to my knowledge. That said, it won't be linear; as the volume consumed increases the amount that undergoes splanchnic sequestration, the increase in NEAT, the saturation of small intestine transporters, the impact of the ileal brake, etc are all going to be in flux.

[RoroCwalker]

Just curious, can you really eat more than 7000 calories in one day comfortably?

There is no upper limit to fat storage to my knowledge. That said, it won't be linear; as the volume consumed increases the amount that undergoes splanchnic sequestration, the increase in NEAT, the saturation of small intestine transporters, the impact of the ileal brake, etc are all going to be in flux.

No. My personal limit is maybe 4000 calories at most and I'd probably be on the verge of puking at that point. It was just out of curiosity.

Thanks for the info., but can you vulgarize what you just explained?

[401Delta]

Just curious, can you really eat more than 7000 calories in one day comfortably?

I could, lol. Central Market in Austin used to sell packages of 10 cookies and each cookie had 350 calories. I could eat the whole package in one night no problem, in addition to my usual meals (I probably could've eaten 30 of the cookies ).