Does sweating make you lose weight?

voodoochild16
voodoochild16 Posts: 5 Member
edited November 18 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi all,
I am just curious as I sweat more when its hot out... do you lose more weight when you sweat more because its hot out?. Thanks in advance for any tips on this.

And I guess you would lose less weight when its cold out and not sunny, because you sweat less?.
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  • PokeyBug
    PokeyBug Posts: 482 Member
    When you sweat, all that you lose is water weight. What will happen is this: You sweat a lot, get dehydrated, step on the scale, and it looks like you lost 2 lbs. But, now you're thirsty, so you have a couple of those bottles of water you keep in the fridge for hot days and go about your normal evening. When you weigh yourself the next morning, that 2 lbs. is back.
  • tattooedmomma93b
    tattooedmomma93b Posts: 101 Member
    Sweat is just water, sugars, salt ect....not fat....when. you sweat you lose a little water weight which you just regain by rehydrating....BUT the actual "fat burn" comes from what you do when you sweat.....if you sit in a sauna for 2 hours you will lose a lot of water weight....good for dropping quick for a weigh in or something but not real weight loss.....but if you sweat a ton because you are outside playing soccer or in a gym doing cardio. Your are actually burning fat.....you burn fat by doing thinks that ellivate (spelling) your heart rate and keep your body moving.
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  • cblue315
    cblue315 Posts: 3,836 Member
    My trainer gave me this article that states when you lose a pound of fat 87% is lost through exhaling carbon dioxide. The other 13% is lost through elimination. If you sweat it is just water. So if you want to lose weight, essentially you have to become a heavy breather. :)
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  • tattooedmomma93b
    tattooedmomma93b Posts: 101 Member
    zack123987 wrote: »
    well my biology teacher said that you lose fat when you sweat so....


    My English teacher taught me I before e except after c.....WEIRD.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    tattooedmomma93b wrote: »
    zack123987 wrote: »
    well my biology teacher said that you lose fat when you sweat so....


    My English teacher taught me I before e except after c.....WEIRD.

    :grin:
  • maidentl
    maidentl Posts: 3,203 Member
    tattooedmomma93b wrote: »
    zack123987 wrote: »
    well my biology teacher said that you lose fat when you sweat so....


    My English teacher taught me I before e except after c.....WEIRD.

    Oh see, the whole thing goes like this: I before E except after C or when it sounds like A as in neighbor and weigh. But sometimes it's just weird. ;)

    Zack, how long ago did your biology teacher give you this info? Maybe your memory is sketchy. :bigsmile:
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    zack123987 wrote: »
    yes cuz the fat goes out with it
    zack123987 wrote: »
    well my biology teacher said that you lose fat when you sweat so....

    Can't tell if trolling or believing
  • tattooedmomma93b
    tattooedmomma93b Posts: 101 Member
    maidentl wrote: »
    tattooedmomma93b wrote: »
    zack123987 wrote: »
    well my biology teacher said that you lose fat when you sweat so....


    My English teacher taught me I before e except after c.....WEIRD.

    Oh see, the whole thing goes like this: I before E except after C or when it sounds like A as in neighbor and weigh. But sometimes it's just weird. ;)

    Zack, how long ago did your biology teacher give you this info? Maybe your memory is sketchy. :bigsmile:

    Hehehehe. Thanks:)
  • PokeyBug
    PokeyBug Posts: 482 Member
    My Biology teacher said that AIDS came from people having sex with monkeys. (Seriously.) I think he was wrong. That happens sometimes. http://www.livestrong.com/article/411095-does-sweating-mean-that-you-are-losing-weight/
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    The answer is YES you can lose SCALE weight by sweating

    Until you drink or eat something
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  • tattooedmomma93b
    tattooedmomma93b Posts: 101 Member


    When I sweated....wow...he needs to pay attention in English more than biology. ....

    You lose weight from sweat. Water weight. The second you take a drink of water. You gain it back....IT'S NOT FAT!!!



  • KristenMarie1181
    KristenMarie1181 Posts: 216 Member
    tattooedmomma93b wrote: »

    When I sweated....wow...he needs to pay attention in English more than biology. ....

    You lose weight from sweat. Water weight. The second you take a drink of water. You gain it back....IT'S NOT FAT!!!



    Seriously be nice. Stop being a grammar nazi!
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  • KristenMarie1181
    KristenMarie1181 Posts: 216 Member
    edited May 2015
    Now this right here I am the same way! Having a learning disability sucks!
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,985 Member
    Oh bugger! And I've been running at close to 100F every second evening! (only joking of course, not about the temperature and running though).
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  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    tattooedmomma93b wrote: »
    you burn fat by doing thinks that ellivate (spelling) your heart rate and keep your body moving.

    Yes, that's pretty much my understanding of it.

    You burn fat by burning energy.

    If you burned fat due to heat, there would be no fat people living in Florida.
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  • praksindiafit
    praksindiafit Posts: 526 Member
    Oh God..how do people read my mind.. i was just thinking of posting this yesterday.. when i was walking a bit in the sun and sweating..yes i knw sweat is all water we loose..but so wished..it was fat.. now that i am on MFP i wish everything i do helps me lose weight..including typing this post...
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  • beakertube
    beakertube Posts: 1 Member
    The fat doesn't 'go out with it' lol.... You lose weight by expending more energy than you eat. That's the ONLY thing that causes weight loss consistently.

    You can sweat while you exersize, or you can sweat while you are hot, but you're never going to sweat the fat out of your pores.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    To be honest, the majority of the fat we excrete from our body is through exhalation (breathing out ).
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