So, where exactly does the fat go?
According to a British study last year, we pee, crap, sweat, bleed, cry, breathe, spit, and (ahem) sex it out.
http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/where-does-your-fat-go-when-you-lose-weight
http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/where-does-your-fat-go-when-you-lose-weight
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I agree @flyingtanuki, every time I am chubby, my brother is skinny and vice versa. We just switch off weight.0
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No wonder my girllfriend and I cant lose weight together... Damn0
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flyingtanuki wrote: »Lrdoflamancha wrote: »No wonder my girllfriend and I cant lose weight together... Damn
Further Empirical evidence in support of my theorem!
Love this... I do believe!!!
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I read on MFP that it was the white stuff floating in the toilet after you pee and it looks like chicken fat.0
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Can I choose who my fat goes to? Coz that would be nifty.0
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Your body uses it up in the form of energy??? Sounds right0
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nickycat73 wrote: »Your body uses it up in the form of energy??? Sounds right
WARNING: CHEMISTRY LESSON
Kind of, but not exactly. The Law of Conversion of Mass dictates mass is neither created nor destroyed during a chemical reaction. In laymen's terms, that means nothing in the universe ever disappears; it simply changes into something else. For example, ice melts into water which evaporates and turns to air, gasoline burns in your car and is released into the atmosphere through in the form of carbon (which is where the whole Global Warming thing comes in since it means we're adding additional carbon dioxide into the atmosphere faster than nature can convert it into oxygen through photosynthesis). When your body metabolizes fat, the chemical bonds breakdown and all that's left is carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen molecules. They then hookup to form two other chemicals: carbon dioxide (CO2, which you release when you exhale) and water (H2O, which your body either gets rid of or uses). You are using fat for energy, but that process only means your body has changed it into something else.
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Alatariel75 wrote: »Can I choose who my fat goes to? Coz that would be nifty.
I have a few people in mind already. Hmmmm *as she rubs her chin in thought*
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Breath it out as Carbon Dioxide, and water out in all the ways you may lose water.
About 84% to 16% ratio of those 2.0 -
flyingtanuki wrote: »Untrue!
According to The World Fat Theorem, of which I am the creator and sole adherent, the total fat in the world is conserved. In other words, fat is not created nor destroyed, rather it is simply moved around from person to person. So, when you lose a pound, another person gains it and vice-versa. This is also why so many people report yo-yo dieting.
Totally true. I swear.
Definately!! Every lb being lost by my pals hide in my closet at night and attach themselves to me thighs and belly when I am sleeping......Sooooooo true....!0 -
So, if I go visit an anorexic treatment facility, can I give them about 40 lbs. of my fat and a few of them will look normal again -- seems like a win-win trade to me....0
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Haha this is brilliant I need to stop hanging around with skinny people because I'm obviously keeping all the fat to myself...0
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Exhalation, Perspiration, Urination, Defecation0
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flyingtanuki wrote: »Untrue!
According to The World Fat Theorem, of which I am the creator and sole adherent, the total fat in the world is conserved. In other words, fat is not created nor destroyed, rather it is simply moved around from person to person. So, when you lose a pound, another person gains it and vice-versa. This is also why so many people report yo-yo dieting.
Totally true. I swear.
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malevolentmuse wrote: »nickycat73 wrote: »Your body uses it up in the form of energy??? Sounds right
WARNING: CHEMISTRY LESSON
Kind of, but not exactly. The Law of Conversion of Mass dictates mass is neither created nor destroyed during a chemical reaction. In laymen's terms, that means nothing in the universe ever disappears; it simply changes into something else. For example, ice melts into water which evaporates and turns to air, gasoline burns in your car and is released into the atmosphere through in the form of carbon (which is where the whole Global Warming thing comes in since it means we're adding additional carbon dioxide into the atmosphere faster than nature can convert it into oxygen through photosynthesis). When your body metabolizes fat, the chemical bonds breakdown and all that's left is carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen molecules. They then hookup to form two other chemicals: carbon dioxide (CO2, which you release when you exhale) and water (H2O, which your body either gets rid of or uses). You are using fat for energy, but that process only means your body has changed it into something else.
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Saw this a while ago: Mathematics of Weight loss0
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Alatariel75 wrote: »Can I choose who my fat goes to? Coz that would be nifty.
"I now place my excessive Fat onto my skinniest, uppity Enemy"
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malevolentmuse wrote: »nickycat73 wrote: »Your body uses it up in the form of energy??? Sounds right
WARNING: CHEMISTRY LESSON
Kind of, but not exactly. The Law of Conversion of Mass dictates mass is neither created nor destroyed during a chemical reaction. In laymen's terms, that means nothing in the universe ever disappears; it simply changes into something else. For example, ice melts into water which evaporates and turns to air, gasoline burns in your car and is released into the atmosphere through in the form of carbon (which is where the whole Global Warming thing comes in since it means we're adding additional carbon dioxide into the atmosphere faster than nature can convert it into oxygen through photosynthesis). When your body metabolizes fat, the chemical bonds breakdown and all that's left is carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen molecules. They then hookup to form two other chemicals: carbon dioxide (CO2, which you release when you exhale) and water (H2O, which your body either gets rid of or uses). You are using fat for energy, but that process only means your body has changed it into something else.
Ooiiyyy in other words METHANE GAS. so really, its not the Cows who are breaking the ozone layers, its all us MFP'rs farting out the methane gas.
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Yep.TheRoadDog wrote: »Exhalation, Perspiration, Urination, Defecation
Triglyceride (the predominant fat in your body) is C55H104O6+78O2
drop the chemical bonds (courtesy of your workin' out) and you're left with 55CO2+52H2O (aka, exhale & water)
So when some tells you to sweat it out (take a deep breath) they're encouraging your workout ethic.0 -
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You people are blowing my mind!!!0
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I did a lot of sweating and breathing earlier working in the yard. So I my fat is out there somewhere, making some other poor chap miserable.0
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I read on MFP that it was the white stuff floating in the toilet after you pee and it looks like chicken fat.
If this is happening to you it is one of a couple things:
1. sex with a male partner
2. you shook it one too may times (males only)
3. You need to go seek medical help, you should not be peeing chicken fat.
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Monkey_Business wrote: »I read on MFP that it was the white stuff floating in the toilet after you pee and it looks like chicken fat.
If this is happening to you it is one of a couple things:
1. sex with a male partner
2. you shook it one two may times (males only)
3. You need to go seek medical help, you should not be peeing chicken fat.
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One theory is: when you work out really hard, you create a really small black hole. Once the black hole is created it will suck in the random fat molecule being displaced by any additional the energy you create. The random fat molecules are transported through a worm hole to another being. If you stop working out, the black hole collapses and random fat molecule return the original individual. It is just a theory though.0
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