Losing fat at Night?

jflaur71
jflaur71 Posts: 26 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
While eating at a deficit does fat loss happen while you are sleeping or just an ongoing process throughout the day? My thought is If I am eating at a deficit my body would have to use fat stores to continue to function while I am sleeping.

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  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    It's an ongoing thing. Your body can use fat for fuel at night or during the day. That's what fat stores are for.
  • kristen6350
    kristen6350 Posts: 1,094 Member
    If it happened while I was sleeping I'd sleep ALOT more. That would be much simplier than not eating that piece of cake! LOL

    Nope, it's an ongoing thing. It doesn't happen while you are sweating, moving, siting, eating, etc, it just happens.
  • Kevalicious99
    Kevalicious99 Posts: 1,131 Member
    Your body does most of its homework over night ... that is when you really primarily lose your fat. It is converted to carbon dioxide and you breathe it out.
  • TimothyFish
    TimothyFish Posts: 4,925 Member
    I think what confuses people is that people have emphasized that the body continues to burn calories at night, so it is assumed that night must be when fat is lost. There are a lot of steps involved in converting fat to what actually leaves the body. It leaves as carbon dioxide and water, so most of it will leave when you are the most active. During times you aren't as active, fat being converted into things your muscles can use more readily. So, for as much as any of us care, we lose fat when we move.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Your body is constantly cycling between fat storage and oxidation depending on energy needs of the moment. The net effect of an energy (calorie) deficit is that you will ultimately oxidize more than you store.
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