How can the human body process such huge quantities of calories? Like, if I normally eat 2,200 calories a day and one day decide to eat 20,000 calories how could my body not be overloaded and let most of those calories get pooped out?
I think it would make sense if I slowly increased it or increased it for a long time, but if I went out tomorrow and slammed 15 candy bars and 5 burgers how could my body be like, “okay, 20k calories coming right up”?
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You would never be able to eat 20000 calories even Olympic athletes who train vigorously all day long usually can only put down 15k calories.
I used to be on a strict workout regiment:
Monday: (morning) 500 pushups, 400 dips, 100 pullups, 1000 situps (10 sets in a circuit) then immediately head put for a 3 mile run.
(Night) I’d do legs for weight (deadlift squat calves etc and then when finished do a 2 mile swim
Tuesday: (morning) 5 mile run
(Night) chest for weight and then 2 mile swim again
Wednesday: (morning] monday circuit again and 3 mile run
(Night) back and 2 mile swim again
Thursday: (morning) 5 mile run
(Night) shoulders and 2 mile swim
Friday: (morning) Monday circuit again then 3 mile run
(Night) arms and then two mile swim
Saturday I did accessory muscles like forearms and crap like that and then i rested the rest of the day and sunday as well
Even while I was doing all that I would struggle to eat 6k calories a day. It was a nightmare and I hated food. Food became a chore and I no longer looked forward to eating.
But anyway what would happen is that your stomach would stretch to a ridiculous size and you would become fat as shit in a matter of a month and probably diabetic because the only way you could even come close to 20kcal is by eating a primarily sugar based liquid diet. Honestly you would probably die. So if you want to call that overload then you can.
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