What form is fat in when you lose weight and it leaves your body?
Sep 08, 2010 in
Health FAQs
Does it liquefy and go out as urine? Does it just evaporate when it’s burned off during exercise? I’ve always wondered this.
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3 comments
Cringger on September 8, 2010 at 2:22 pm
It doesn’t go away- once the fat cells are there they are there forever. When you lose weight you simply shrink the fat cells. That is why a lot of people who were really fat (or women who had babies) have all the lose skin after losing weight. The only way to really get rid of it is surgery- tummy tuck or lipo.
One of the reasons we have fat cells is to store energy. It’s a pretty cool survival asset, because the more fat you have, the longer you will be alive in case of a famine. Anyway, when your body has used up carbohydrates for energy, it starts to use fat cells for energy. This is when you lose weight. Fat cells never go away. They change size, but never disappear. So when you gain weight, the cells get larger. And when you lose weight, the cells get smaller. The placement of the fat cells on your body is mostly a genetic thing; if you notice, people’s shapes often resemble their parent’s shape. So even if you get down to your goal weight, and you still have a roll here, an extra chin there, or some flab here, it can be a hereditary thing and nearly impossible to get rid of.
Glen H on September 8, 2010 at 2:22 pm
mosty it leaves in waste products (faeces). The term ‘burned’ off is quite misleading!
mansionghost on September 8, 2010 at 2:22 pm
try the lil jack workout http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKCGe2Ezris
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