Eating a Cake without Gaining Weight

I recently ate an entire cake.

I typically watch what I eat. More specifically, I spent about a little over a year counting my calories. That latter part of my time counting calories, I actually kept track of my calories on the macronutrient level--my macros. I knew how many calories I consumed on a daily basis down to the grams of carbohydrates, grams of protein and grams of dietary fats.

The outcome: there were a couple of diet-related issues I was able to address more specifically after I was more aware of the connection between what I was eating versus how I was feeling.

I eventually gravitated to a point where I was able to limit my carbohydrate consumption to ensure that I would limit the numbers of daily insulin spikes.

By counting my macros, I was to be able to adapt my metabolism to be able to minimize my carbohydrate intake and maximize the amount of dietary fat I was able to consume. The interesting thing: some vitamins are fat-soluble, and I can be in a better place to make use of the healthful benefits of fat-soluble nutrients.

Now.
I am developing this theory, and it seems to be working well. Whenever I feel sick, I increase the number of carbohydrates I consume with hopes that my metabolism will speed up and help my body rid itself of pathogens.

Recently, I was not feeling great, and I decided to eat a cake to help me get over feeling sick. So, throughout one day, actually, in a few hours, I consumed a coconut-lemon cake I purchased from a local grocery store.

The outcome: I got significantly better in one day. What was more significant, though, I did not gain a single pound; my morning weigh-in read 195 lbs--the same as it was the day before.

I did this once before (with a different type of cake), and the outcome was the same.

I feel the fact that I have adapted to be able to use dietary fat for energy is part of the reason.

The other reason is likely due to the regular 6-minute high-intensity interval training workouts that I have been doing for the past 3 to 4 years. Before the HIIT Cardio I used to do, I used to exercise once a week for about 90 minutes. Now I feel I get better results from working out 36 minutes per week (a 6-minute HIIT Cardio session every day for six days--resting on the seventh).

Now, I can even take a day (or two or three) off per week while maintaining the same relative level of fitness.

I am not saying that I could eat an entire cake every day and maintain the same level of fitness, but every once in a while is perfectly OK (once or twice a year when I am feeling sick or when I feel I really need to recover from strenuous exercise).