How Long for Fat to Appear?

[jayawhite]

I've always wondered--how long (hours/days) does it take from the time you have an excess of calories until the fat tissue actually "appears?" I'm guessing it's different for different people.

For example...let's say it's the end of one 24 hour period. During that period, you took in 3,000 calories and expended only 2,000. How long does it take for those extra calories to turn into fat?

 

[Chillen]

I've always wondered--how long (hours/days) does it take from the time you have an excess of calories until the fat tissue actually "appears?" I'm guessing it's different for different people.

For example...let's say it's the end of one 24 hour period. During that period, you took in 3,000 calories and expended only 2,000. How long does it take for those extra calories to turn into fat?

This can very person to person, and the diet trend leading up to eating over MT (as in your example, 3,000c, and a surplus of 1,000c). Some persons can be more tolerant to a reasonable surplus with a deficit trend previously. However, if the trend was a surplus leading up to your "example" the fat can be stored accumulatively as time passes. If the surplus is reasonable, there "may" be some water gain, and increase in feces storage (etc), but "usually" it wont manefest itself over night, but if the process continues (as the body is biologically processing things all the time), its like putting a puzzle together, it begins to form a picture, and fat accumulates.

There are far too many personal and individual variables (history of the person, genetics, biological efficiency, whether one does fitness activities, etc, etc,) to "acurately" depict "when" it will occur, IMO.



This is assuming healthy individual with no biological function problems.


ROCK ON!

A short post to give a general idea.


Chillen

 

[jayawhite]

Thanks! I had a feeling there really wasn't a definitive answer. The reason I asked is because I just got back from vacation and, while I didn't go overboard, I know I had a calorie surfeit each day. I also ate some junk food (ice cream, soda, chips, etc.). Before leaving, I had done quite well for five weeks, counting calories, eating 4-6 small, healthy meals a day, and exercising regularly. I had lost nine pounds (and I'm lifting too, so I figure all, or most, of that was fat). I was just trying to figure out how much of that nine pounds I was going to gain back because of those seven days on vacation. Oh well...it doesn't matter. I'm back on track and am just going to put that behind me and move forward with attaining my goals.

Thanks again for the reply.