Where does the fat go that you lost?

etoiles_argentees

You pee it out.

Exactly. This has been covered before.

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...

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DoriGaga

I'd just like to throw it out there that when you gain fat, you create fat cells. These cells do not disappearwhen you lose weight, they just shrink. The presence of these cells makes it easier to regain weight that you have lost.

That's seriously depressing, isn't it?

Generally you stop producing new fat cells in adolescence. After that your cells just start getting bigger (storing more fat), until a point where they become too full, in which case new fat cells will form, but that is much more rare, and generally in cases of people who become super morbidly obese in adulthood.

The average person has like 30 billion fat cells, but remember you have to have some fat to live, and cells are microscopic. 30 billion sounds like a lot, but just think: the average person has over 100 000 hairs on their head, and it doesn't seem like that much. And cells are not even visible to the human eye.

So, yes, the cells don't disappear, but also someone who is overweight isn't likely to have significantly more fat cells than a person who is normal weight. Any person has the potential to gain weight, because regardless of the size of the cells, they are always present.

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As for the rest of this thread, lot of interesting info, I has never considered where the fat went. But I think it's important to remember that "mass" is not the same as "weight". There has to be an equal amount of mass expelled because matter can't be destroyed, but obviously CO2 doesn't weigh the same as the fat did on your body. Mass measures the amount of matter in an object, whereas weight measures the amount of pull gravity has on that object. Equal amounts of mass in fat as to mass in air are not going to weigh the same.

etoiles_argentees

So, yes, the cells don't disappear, but also someone who is overweight isn't likely to have significantly more fat cells than a person who is normal weight. Any person has the potential to gain weight, because regardless of the size of the cells, they are always present.

Noooo, once you are overweight you gain many more fat cells. Storage.

DoriGaga

So, yes, the cells don't disappear, but also someone who is overweight isn't likely to have significantly more fat cells than a person who is normal weight. Any person has the potential to gain weight, because regardless of the size of the cells, they are always present.

Noooo, once you are overweight you gain many more fat cells. Storage.

That is not true. If you don't believe me, feel free to look it up.

doc800

I have been working on a way to send them to my ex's *kitten*.

etoiles_argentees

So, yes, the cells don't disappear, but also someone who is overweight isn't likely to have significantly more fat cells than a person who is normal weight. Any person has the potential to gain weight, because regardless of the size of the cells, they are always present.

Noooo, once you are overweight you gain many more fat cells. Storage.

That is not true. If you don't believe me, feel free to look it up.

I have, a simple explination. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adipocyte

DoriGaga

So, yes, the cells don't disappear, but also someone who is overweight isn't likely to have significantly more fat cells than a person who is normal weight. Any person has the potential to gain weight, because regardless of the size of the cells, they are always present.

Noooo, once you are overweight you gain many more fat cells. Storage.

That is not true. If you don't believe me, feel free to look it up.

I have, a simple explination. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adipocyte

From the article you cited:

An average adult has 30 billion fat cells with a weight of 30 lbs or 13.5 kg. If excess weight is gained as an adult, fat cells increase in size about fourfold before dividing and increasing the absolute number of fat cells present.

Fat cells swell or shrink but remain constant in number. However, the number of fat cells may increase once existing fat cells are sufficiently full.

The total number is constant in both obese and lean adult. Individuals who become obese as adults have no more fat cell than they had before.

People who have been fat since childhood generally have an inflated number of fat cells. People who become fat as adults may have no more fat cells than their lean peers, but their fat cells are larger. In general, people with an excess of fat cells find it harder to lose weight and keep it off than the obese who simply have enlarged fat cells

Approximately 10% of fat cells are renewed annually at all adult ages and levels of body mass index without a significant increase in the overall number of adipocytes in adulthood.

So basically that backs up everything I said. The number of fat cells is determined in adolescence, and when you gain weight as an adult the cells become larger, but don't increase in number, unless you gain so much weight that the cells become full and new cells have to form. Since it said the cells combined weight about 30lbs, and they can increase fourfold before being full, I take that to mean that you can gain 120lbs before new fat cells emerge (if anyone knows for sure, please correct me, science isn't my strongest point), but that would put you into the range of morbid obesity I think, which is at which point more fat cells generally start forming.

aprmay

Old thread but great read

kcthatsme

bump

Shadowknight137

Under your t-shirt.

Lift it up and you'll find it again.

squatsandlipgloss

I keep mine in a jar and talk smack to it every morning.

MyChocolateDiet

I finally understood this thread! It only took me 4 months and 20 lbs of weight loss! It shrinks like ashes. Expels energy like a fireplace. And byproducts go out in the potty. So easy. Duh!

FaerieCae

When you lose weight it magically appears on my bum. My bum is like a lost fat magnet.
Nothing to do with the cupcakes I may eat.

Awesome, ill mail you mine when I eat my cupcakes :laugh:

1ConcreteGirl

It's magic, like this thread is also magic.

Cait_Sidhe

There was once a thread where someone suggested that you pee out your fat. That was my favorite explanation ever.

jonnyman41

At night it becomes one of these, and walks away.

you beat me to it.

thebigcb

The fat goes the same place that a piece of wood goes when its burnt.

rbeckner711

At night it becomes one of these, and walks away.

This is the visual that I needed for my bio-feedback! Otherwise I'm stuck with the little exercise atoms making fires of fat to burn it off! :laugh:

pauline251

huskergirldc

Technically speaking, it doesn't go ANYWHERE. You're equipped with a certain amount of Fat cells....these cells "shrink" in size of storage but you still keep these cells. When you breakdown fat, you're only breaking down the amount of storage per cell.

thejubster1

Someone on MFP has this quote on their ticker (and apologies for stealing it - but I love it)..


............... "Sweat is fat crying "...............................

And I should have read the post 2 up before submitting this :ohwell:

nytefalle

Came for the Adipose reference, was not disappointed.

I always picture those cute little blobs walking out the cat door (if I had a cat door).

cayadear

I like to think it goes off into outer space as little marshmallow bits of baby fat to its home planet where its mom and dad is waiting, and then The Doctor--

Oh wait.

CarmenSRT

It's released as heat energy into the environment. We're making global warming worse. :bigsmile:

ShyCush6

That information is classified by the federal government. You do not have proper clearance for that information.


Actually, it's MAGIC! TaDaaa!!!

Love it!! That's awesome! Way to go on your weight loss too!

thelovelyLIZ

Fat cells actually shrink and expand as you gain weight, so as you loose weight the cells shrink. Some researchers think this is why people who were obese as children are more likely to be obese as adults, since as a child you're still growing and developing cells. Basically, people who were fat kids might simply have more at cells.

etoiles_argentees

There was once a thread where someone suggested that you pee out your fat. That was my favorite explanation ever.

That's what I was quoting! Lol

newdaydawning79

At night it becomes one of these, and walks away.

This little thing is amusing me so much. Too cute! What's it from?

etoiles_argentees

So, yes, the cells don't disappear, but also someone who is overweight isn't likely to have significantly more fat cells than a person who is normal weight. Any person has the potential to gain weight, because regardless of the size of the cells, they are always present.

Noooo, once you are overweight you gain many more fat cells. Storage.

That is not true. If you don't believe me, feel free to look it up.

I have, many times.


Adults can grow new fat cells after all, study shows

By TOM NORDLIE • Published: January 13th, 2011
Category: Health in a Heartbeat

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In 2008, a study published in the journal Nature said adults don’t grow new fat cells.
That was nice to hear.

The battle of the bulge might seem a little more winnable if we know there won’t be any new enemy troops.
Now, a study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences says
adults can develop new fat cells.

And that revelation could provide insight about the risk of Type 2 diabetes.
The study investigated the location and composition of newly acquired body fat.
It involved about thirty healthy young adults.
For two months, they overate at every meal. They were also given supplemental treats to boost weight gain.
The participants put on an average of ten pounds.
Eight-and-a-half pounds of it was fat.

They also developed two-point-six billion new fat cells in the lower body.
New fat cells usually didn’t appear in the abdominal area. There, existing cells just got larger.
That’s not good.

Oversized abdominal fat cells are a predictor for insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes.
So the people who added most of their new body fat around the middle were at greater risk for those conditions.
The researchers suggested that the tendency to develop new fat cells in the legs and hips may be a protective mechanism against metabolic disorders.

The only problem is, not everyone gets the same amount of protection.
So for people with pot bellies, this study contains new field intelligence.
It says winning the battle of the bulge is more important than we previously thought.

Fortunately, you have allies. They’re diet, exercise and regular doctor’s visits.
Those three fat-fighters belong on any slim-down squadron.
And if you need them, they’re always ready for recruitment.
In 2008, a study published in the journal Nature said adults don’t grow new fat cells.
That was nice to hear.

The battle of the bulge might seem a little more winnable if we know there won’t be any new enemy troops.
Now, a study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences says
adults can develop new fat cells.

And that revelation could provide insight about the risk of Type 2 diabetes.
The study investigated the location and composition of newly acquired body fat.
It involved about thirty healthy young adults.
For two months, they overate at every meal. They were also given supplemental treats to boost weight gain.
The participants put on an average of ten pounds.
Eight-and-a-half pounds of it was fat.

They also developed two-point-six billion new fat cells in the lower body.
New fat cells usually didn’t appear in the abdominal area. There, existing cells just got larger.
That’s not good.
Oversized abdominal fat cells are a predictor for insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes.
So the people who added most of their new body fat around the middle were at greater risk for those conditions.
The researchers suggested that the tendency to develop new fat cells in the legs and hips may be a protective mechanism against metabolic disorders.

The only problem is, not everyone gets the same amount of protection.
So for people with pot bellies, this study contains new field intelligence.
It says winning the battle of the bulge is more important than we previously thought.
Fortunately, you have allies. They’re diet, exercise and regular doctor’s visits.
Those three fat-fighters belong on any slim-down squadron.
And if you need them, they’re always ready for recruitment.

livelaughlovecrazy

Fat cells actually shrink and expand as you gain weight, so as you loose weight the cells shrink. Some researchers think this is why people who were obese as children are more likely to be obese as adults, since as a child you're still growing and developing cells. Basically, people who were fat kids might simply have more at cells.

Interesting, thanks for the info!