When is a pound lost and where does it go?

DebSM2

Z

Every time I lose a pound, I look for it everywhere. My pants pockets, the bottom of my purse, under the bed! And I never do figure out where the heck it goes!

Couch cushions. Always the couch cushions.

juliemouse83

bumping for laughs later.

fitchickarw

You are correct in your thinking . . . what people mean when they say they "lose fat" is that they are actually shrinking the size of the fat cells. If you lose 20lbs of fat, that doesn't mean you lost the cells (unless you did it through surgery)... it means you shrunk the fat cells by 20 lbs.

ANNAvsANNA

you're all wrong. you fart it out and it goes into space. that's how new planets are formed.

americangirlok

And that's why most of them have the methane clouds that make them uninhabitable?

foofoobunny12

I haven't read this whole post yet, but from what I have read some of the answers are ridiculous. There's a TED talk on this very subject. The man in the TED talk claims to have spent a lot of time researching this very question. He says that fat is broken down into H2O and CO2. H2O may be expelled through sweating or urine and CO2 is a bi-product of breathing. I'm not an expert but it makes sense to me. Most people tend to breathe heavier and sweat more when they engage in physical activity, and many people who engage in physical activity are either trying to lose weight or maintain their current weight.

michikade

I haven't read this whole post yet, but from what I have read some of the answers are ridiculous. There's a TED talk on this very subject. The man in the TED talk claims to have spent a lot of time researching this very question. He says that fat is broken down into H2O and CO2. H2O may be expelled through sweating or urine and CO2 is a bi-product of breathing. I'm not an expert but it makes sense to me. Most people tend to breathe heavier and sweat more when they engage in physical activity, and many people who engage in physical activity are either trying to lose weight or maintain their current weight.

Agreed, came here to say this, and to also point out that the energy this breaking down releases is the energy the body needs (and also heat energy). Eat less, move more, and keep breathing.

But then I laughed way too dang hard at this thread.

alyssamaryw

nutmegoreo

Z

Every time I lose a pound, I look for it everywhere. My pants pockets, the bottom of my purse, under the bed! And I never do figure out where the heck it goes!

Couch cushions. Always the couch cushions.

Every time I think I lose a pound, it hunts me down and reattaches. :sad:

radmack

So when you lose weight do you eventually have fewer fat cells, or do you have the same number of cells but smaller in size?

tuckeychicken

It goes to the Land of Misfit Pounds

That is too cute. I sure hope it finds some friends soon.

Liftng4Lis

well you can stay at maintainance at burn 500 cals a day n you will lose a pound every week.
2nd ques when you are burning fat look for when thing when you go to toilet to pee you will notice something white in your pee is like chicken fat thats how some of your fat comes out n some as a sweat. because when i did a diet few years back when the white thing came in pee i got scared that its something serious but found out its nothing just fat so a doctor knows best.

Honey, if this were me I would be afraid, on SO many levels. Your doctor sucks.


Thanks for the laughs, I got my ab workout for today!

Alluminati

MY FAVORITEST THREAD OF ALL TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


OF. ALL. TIME.

_runnerbean_

So when you lose weight do you eventually have fewer fat cells, or do you have the same number of cells but smaller in size?

I'm a bit scared to answer this with so many science experts hanging around on this thread but here goes. It is my understanding that you always have the same number of fat cells, but when you lose weight they shrink. The only way to lose fat cells is to have them removed surgically.

_runnerbean_

I'm just off to pee into a sieve to see if I can spot any white lumps coming out... Back soon.

Veil5577

I found mine under the bed where the cat hid it.

Pipsg1rl

Are there any "I Survived the Lost Pound Thread!" tshirts.

Does it come with a free beer? (Guinness of course for the vitamins).

tiffanyagee2003

you're all wrong. you fart it out and it goes into space. that's how new planets are formed.

This Made me fart laugh when I read it LOL!

Barbellarella_

firstsip

So when you lose weight do you eventually have fewer fat cells, or do you have the same number of cells but smaller in size?

I'm a bit scared to answer this with so many science experts hanging around on this thread but here goes. It is my understanding that you always have the same number of fat cells, but when you lose weight they shrink. The only way to lose fat cells is to have them removed surgically.

Don't be scared! The good news is that more recent studies have found that you actually CAN lose fat cells... but it takes years of maintaining a lower weight before these cells eventually go away.

Also, so glad someone bumped this. I had forgotten all about that classic MFPism on page 1.

JustFindingMe

I wonder what FAT breath smells like?

AvonBell

There's is no fat breath. You're not exhaling fat, you're exhaling carbon dioxide. You're always exhaling carbon dioxide.

JustFindingMe

There's is no fat breath. You're not exhaling fat, you're exhaling carbon dioxide. You're always exhaling carbon dioxide.

Kevalicious99

The 3500 calorie thing .. is not really truth.

http://www.drsharma.ca/obesity-myth-1-the-3500-calorie-rule.html

Here is the real article from a recognized .. medical journal.

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa1208051

By re this thread .. it is converted to carbon dioxide and your body releases it.

Meerataila

In case no one posted this, it's an excuse for me to. Neat TED talk video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGKLpYtZ19Q

The mathematics of weight loss: Ruben Meerman at TEDxQUT

alyssamaryw

Bumpety Bump

Cc215

How has this not be made a sticky? Best thing on MFP by far!

Oscarinmiami

I think every pound you lost in December was found by my thighs.

Lmao!!

riirii93_

Someone in the UK finds it and spends it

Holla4mom

I went from tired and deflated on this couch, not feeling well, to a laughing hyena.

Best. post. ever!