will your body stop burning fat if it is busy flushing out s

Stupid question--your liver is what burns fat?

Your liver turns the fat into energy. You get rid of sodium with your kidneys. One doesn't interfere with the other. Keep eating well, working out and drinking your water it will all work out.

No, it just means your body retains more water to keep the sodium/water balance good. The liver doesn't burn fat. The liver helps turn fuel (food) to glucose which get used by the body. What is doesn't use gets stored as fat. The fat burning process involves a number of organs and systems.

Your body burns fat/carbs 24/7 (sometimes if you aren't careful it will also burn off lean muscle mass - this can happen with calorie restrictions and too much cardio activity).

the only thing that interferes with fat burn is alcohol. your body stops burning fat until it gets all that out of it's system... sad huh?

also ingesting too much sugar and fast digesting carbs (the bad carbs).

http://www.hussmanfitness.org/html/TPAdaptation.html

The law of unintended consequences

Your body is an amazing feedback system aimed at balance and survival. Humans are at the top of the food chain because they are able to adapt to their environment. Every action produces a reaction. Every change in its environment triggers a survival response. It's important to keep that in mind when you plan your fitness program. If you treat your body as an enemy to be conquered, you'll produce unintended results.

For example, if you severely cut off the supply of food to your body, it will defend itself by slowing down its metabolism to survive starvation. The body will shed muscle mass the same way that you would throw cargo from a plane that was low on fuel, and it will reduce its thyroid activity to conserve energy. The body will also actually defend its fat stores. In anorexia, muscle loss can be so profound that fat as a percentage of body weight actually rises. Extreme carbohydrate restriction also causes muscle loss, dehydration, and slower metabolism, which is why even successful Atkins dieters can have a significant rebound in weight after they stop the diet (don't worry – the advice on this site will prevent that from happening).

As another example, if you put your body under stress through overexertion and lack of sleep, it will respond by slowing down, reducing muscle growth, and increasing your appetite for junk food, carbohydrates and fat. If you feed your body excessive amounts of sugar and quickly digested carbohydrates, and it will shut off its ability to burn fat until those sugars are taken out of the bloodstream.

This website will show you how to work with your body to quickly produce the changes you want. In order to do that, you need to take actions that push your body to adapt – to build strength, burn fat, and increase fitness. You need a training program, not an exercise routine. You need a nutrition plan, not a diet. You need a challenge, not a few good habits you usually try to follow except when you don't.
Setting the right goal

John Dewey once said that a problem well-stated is half-solved. If you want to reach your goal, you have to define it correctly. See, a lot of people say “I want to lose weight.” Well, if losing weight is your goal, go on a no-carb diet. You'll lose a lot of weight – some of it will be fat, a lot of it will be water, and a dangerous amount will be muscle tissue. You'll lose weight quickly, but you'll slow your metabolism and gain fat more quickly once you go off the diet. Trust me on this. I've been there, done that.

The problem is that you've set the wrong goal. If you want to look better, have more energy and enjoy better health, the goal is not simply to “lose weight.” The goal is to improve your fitness level and body composition. That means losing fat, improving your aerobic capacity, training your strength and defending your muscle tissue. You can't do that with a no-carb diet. You will do it using the approach you'll learn on this website. Trust me on this one too. I know what it's like to feel fat, tired and helplessly out of shape. The whole point of this site is to help others avoid that, by sharing lessons that I had to learn the hard way.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/130545-the-real-effect-of-alcohol-on-your-waistline - this explains the effect of alcohol.

Drinking 10-12 cups of water is not "Flushing" but many on here believe that it is. Remember, when you are doing all of this "peeing" and sweating" you are ALSO stripping your Body of much needed nutrients...Potassium, B Vitamins and any other Vitamins that are Water soluble. Sometimes you just have to take your "hit" and just get back on track without doing EXTREME things, like drinking 10-12 cups of water. Also, remember, we get at least 1/3 to 1/2 of our water from what we eat. Just get back on track and avoid Extreme Measures.

I get confused with a lot of this stuff, I still haven't grasped the whole thing with calories, calories net, deficit, Calories burned. Like I have my HRM, and I barely know how to use it. lol I can't set it all up cause i don't understand it all. I tend to be a bit slow in some areas. lol

not a stupid question:)) I fel dumb putting that because I really don't understand:)) I read that your liver burns fat and if you try to lose too much weight too soon then that is hard on your liver....I dunno:embarassed:

I am learning as I go....If I look stupid in between...oh well:)) I am still gonna ask away:)) someone on here knows something lol!!!

Both your liver and kidneys are used in the process of converting fat into energy. Fat gets broken down into usable energy and the byproducts, water and carbon dioxide, are released through urine and breathing respectively. If your liver and kidneys are busy using other sources for energy, like carbs/sugars and consumed fats you will not burn body fat for energy. Sodium should not affect the body's fat burning processes, but it's possible that there is only so much your body can do at one time. Getting rid of excess sodium would take priority over burning fat. And what a poster said above about how "flushing" sodium with extra water can actually flush necessary electrolytes is true. Drink the amount of water that your body is used to and the excess sodium will and resulting water weight will come off on its own in a way that is healthy for your body.