FAT!

StevenHaley
StevenHaley Posts: 76
edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
When we burn fat, where does it go? What does it turn into, and how does it leave our bodies?
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  • HealthyBodySickMind
    HealthyBodySickMind Posts: 1,207 Member
    "Fat" is long chain hydrocarbon molecules. When you "burn" it or oxidize it, those molecules are converted into smaller molecules (eventually, in its simplest form breathed out as carbon dioxide). The energy given off when breaking chemical bonds to make those smaller molecules is used by your body as mechanical and heat energy.

    Disclaimer: This explaination is so oversimplified, it's almost not true.
  • anthemforagirl
    anthemforagirl Posts: 81
    Magic!
  • DrMAvDPhD
    DrMAvDPhD Posts: 2,097 Member
    "Fat" is long chain hydrocarbon molecules. When you "burn" it or oxidize it, those molecules are converted into smaller molecules (eventually, in its simplest form breathed out as carbon dioxide). The energy given off when breaking chemical bonds to make those smaller molecules is used by your body as mechanical and heat energy.

    Disclaimer: This explaination is so oversimplified, it's almost not true.

    You, my friend, rock. +1 to the whole statement.
  • Bumdrahp
    Bumdrahp Posts: 1,314 Member
    You poop it out.
  • nicolio8699
    nicolio8699 Posts: 141 Member
    you do NOT poop it out, lol, that i do know!
  • Bumdrahp
    Bumdrahp Posts: 1,314 Member
    you do NOT poop it out, lol, that i do know!

    fat turns into solids that you then poop out. Lmaoooo. I can't type it without laughing.. Hi, I'm 3 today.
  • emnk5308
    emnk5308 Posts: 736
    You poop it out.

    I know someone that took Alli. She at too much fat. I have to disagree with this. Seeing as she described what it was like to me (though I REALLY did NOT wanna hear). That is NOT how it happens.
  • rexzmumu
    rexzmumu Posts: 95 Member
    man, i read this story about it and she ^^^(healthybodysi) pretty well nailed it, its hard to explain but a few things i got out of it are fat cells are like balloons inside of another balllon of water, its easier to shrink those fat cells when your not retaining water and those cells never disippate, they only shrink. Unless you use lypo to remove them completely.
  • swat1948
    swat1948 Posts: 302 Member
    Is that why I burn up when I exercise I get hot and I have to have two fans running and turn down the a/c? :laugh:
  • YouAreTheShit
    YouAreTheShit Posts: 510 Member
    Once stored fat is converted to energy, your body uses it to fuel activity and metabolic functions in much the same way it uses immediate energy from food. Waste material produced during the conversion of body fat into energy, specifically water and carbon dioxide, leaves your body through urine, sweat and exhaling.
  • lyrical_melody
    lyrical_melody Posts: 242 Member
    I have wondered the same thing. Where does it all go?

    I find myself still confused even after reading the comments here lol.. ok..energy...so where does that energy go?

    #superconfusedandhatescience
  • rexzmumu
    rexzmumu Posts: 95 Member
    like fuel in a vehicle it burns...
  • Bumdrahp
    Bumdrahp Posts: 1,314 Member
    You fart it out.
  • UncleMac
    UncleMac Posts: 13,919 Member
    In the darkest part of the night while you're lying in bed, exhausted from your work-out and deeply in REM sleep, the tiny Fat Faery slides into your room and quietly liposuctions away your fat...
  • Dub_D
    Dub_D Posts: 1,760 Member
    You poop it out.

    She's right.
  • aallegri
    aallegri Posts: 41
    In the darkest part of the night while you're lying in bed, exhausted from your work-out and deeply in REM sleep, the tiny Fat Faery slides into your room and quietly liposuctions away your fat...


    I *knew* the Fat Faery was real, UncleMac! :laugh:
  • UncleMac
    UncleMac Posts: 13,919 Member
    In the darkest part of the night while you're lying in bed, exhausted from your work-out and deeply in REM sleep, the tiny Fat Faery slides into your room and quietly liposuctions away your fat...


    I *knew* the Fat Faery was real, UncleMac! :laugh:
    After doing a sanitary homogenization on the collected fat (safety first), the Fat Faery delivers it to unbelievers. We're safe.
  • secretlobster
    secretlobster Posts: 3,566 Member
    You poop it out.

    You actually believe that fat goes back into your digestive system?
  • secretlobster
    secretlobster Posts: 3,566 Member
    JESUS TAKES IT AWAY

    BUT ONLY IF YOU PRAY HARD ENOUGH
  • Angie_1991
    Angie_1991 Posts: 447 Member
    Once stored fat is converted to energy, your body uses it to fuel activity and metabolic functions in much the same way it uses immediate energy from food. Waste material produced during the conversion of body fat into energy, specifically water and carbon dioxide, leaves your body through urine, sweat and exhaling.

    WOW
  • funkyspunky872
    funkyspunky872 Posts: 866 Member
    It turns into these cute little creatures, and they climb out your window while you are sleeping!!

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  • crimznrose
    crimznrose Posts: 282 Member
    With all the biology and anatomy classes I went through, I'm still going to put my money on the Fat Fairy. :laugh:
  • RedHeadDevotchka
    RedHeadDevotchka Posts: 1,394 Member
    So, is that true you can never get rid of the fat cells? They just shrink?
  • morgansmom02
    morgansmom02 Posts: 1,131 Member
    It comes out in your pee. That's what I read on MFP so it must be true
  • crimznrose
    crimznrose Posts: 282 Member
    It turns into these cute little creatures, and they climb out your window while you are sleeping!!

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    ^^^That's just plain creepy-looking.
  • secretlobster
    secretlobster Posts: 3,566 Member
    It turns into these cute little creatures, and they climb out your window while you are sleeping!!

    Adipose!!
  • AllonsYtotheTardis
    AllonsYtotheTardis Posts: 16,947 Member
    "Fat" is long chain hydrocarbon molecules. When you "burn" it or oxidize it, those molecules are converted into smaller molecules (eventually, in its simplest form breathed out as carbon dioxide). The energy given off when breaking chemical bonds to make those smaller molecules is used by your body as mechanical and heat energy.

    Disclaimer: This explaination is so oversimplified, it's almost not true.

    Science is bloody awesome
  • AllonsYtotheTardis
    AllonsYtotheTardis Posts: 16,947 Member
    It turns into these cute little creatures, and they climb out your window while you are sleeping!!

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    WHOVIANS FTW!
  • MissyMissy18
    MissyMissy18 Posts: 315 Member
    In the darkest part of the night while you're lying in bed, exhausted from your work-out and deeply in REM sleep, the tiny Fat Faery slides into your room and quietly liposuctions away your fat...


    I *knew* the Fat Faery was real, UncleMac! :laugh:
    After doing a sanitary homogenization on the collected fat (safety first), the Fat Faery delivers it to unbelievers. We're safe.

    UM NO. Do you even have scientific proof to back this up?? It's GARDEN GNOMES who cart it away in wheelbarrows and use it to fertilize the lawn. Get your facts straight before you start spreading dangerous misinformation!!
  • dfborders
    dfborders Posts: 474 Member
    So if you believe in the Fat Fairy she comes at night and removes fat - I believe! I believe! I believe! I believe! If someone says clap if you believe in the Fat Fairy I will clap like a maniac (and get some exercise in too boot) LOL :smile: :wink: :laugh: :happy: :tongue:
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