So, where exactly does the fat go?

GeekDadCS
GeekDadCS Posts: 153 Member
edited November 18 in Chit-Chat
According to a British study last year, we pee, crap, sweat, bleed, cry, breathe, spit, and (ahem) sex it out.

http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/where-does-your-fat-go-when-you-lose-weight
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  • Unknown
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  • angeltilo
    angeltilo Posts: 44 Member
    I agree @flyingtanuki, every time I am chubby, my brother is skinny and vice versa. We just switch off weight.
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  • Lrdoflamancha
    Lrdoflamancha Posts: 1,280 Member
    No wonder my girllfriend and I cant lose weight together... Damn
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  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    flyingtanuki wrote: »
    Lrdoflamancha wrote: »
    No wonder my girllfriend and I cant lose weight together... Damn

    Further Empirical evidence in support of my theorem!

    Love this... I do believe!!!
  • Alluminati
    Alluminati Posts: 6,208 Member
    I read on MFP that it was the white stuff floating in the toilet after you pee and it looks like chicken fat.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,346 Member
    Can I choose who my fat goes to? Coz that would be nifty.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,346 Member
    OdesAngel wrote: »
    I read on MFP that it was the white stuff floating in the toilet after you pee and it looks like chicken fat.

    .... If there was white chicken fat type stuff floating in the toilet after I peed, I'd be very darn concerned...
  • nickycat73
    nickycat73 Posts: 61 Member
    Your body uses it up in the form of energy??? Sounds right
  • GeekDadCS
    GeekDadCS Posts: 153 Member
    edited May 2015
    nickycat73 wrote: »
    Your body uses it up in the form of energy??? Sounds right

    WARNING: CHEMISTRY LESSON

    Kind of, but not exactly. The Law of Conversion of Mass dictates mass is neither created nor destroyed during a chemical reaction. In laymen's terms, that means nothing in the universe ever disappears; it simply changes into something else. For example, ice melts into water which evaporates and turns to air, gasoline burns in your car and is released into the atmosphere through in the form of carbon (which is where the whole Global Warming thing comes in since it means we're adding additional carbon dioxide into the atmosphere faster than nature can convert it into oxygen through photosynthesis). When your body metabolizes fat, the chemical bonds breakdown and all that's left is carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen molecules. They then hookup to form two other chemicals: carbon dioxide (CO2, which you release when you exhale) and water (H2O, which your body either gets rid of or uses). You are using fat for energy, but that process only means your body has changed it into something else.
  • Sharon_C
    Sharon_C Posts: 2,132 Member
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    Can I choose who my fat goes to? Coz that would be nifty.

    I have a few people in mind already. Hmmmm *as she rubs her chin in thought*
  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
    Breath it out as Carbon Dioxide, and water out in all the ways you may lose water.
    About 84% to 16% ratio of those 2.
  • dufus12
    dufus12 Posts: 393 Member
    flyingtanuki wrote: »
    Untrue!

    According to The World Fat Theorem, of which I am the creator and sole adherent, the total fat in the world is conserved. In other words, fat is not created nor destroyed, rather it is simply moved around from person to person. So, when you lose a pound, another person gains it and vice-versa. This is also why so many people report yo-yo dieting.

    Totally true. I swear. o:)

    Definately!! Every lb being lost by my pals hide in my closet at night and attach themselves to me thighs and belly when I am sleeping......Sooooooo true....!
  • kjm3579
    kjm3579 Posts: 3,974 Member
    So, if I go visit an anorexic treatment facility, can I give them about 40 lbs. of my fat and a few of them will look normal again -- seems like a win-win trade to me....
  • Sammie262
    Sammie262 Posts: 18 Member
    Haha this is brilliant I need to stop hanging around with skinny people because I'm obviously keeping all the fat to myself...
  • MommysLittleMeatball
    MommysLittleMeatball Posts: 2,064 Member
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  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
    Exhalation, Perspiration, Urination, Defecation
  • fr3smyl
    fr3smyl Posts: 1,418 Member
    flyingtanuki wrote: »
    Untrue!

    According to The World Fat Theorem, of which I am the creator and sole adherent, the total fat in the world is conserved. In other words, fat is not created nor destroyed, rather it is simply moved around from person to person. So, when you lose a pound, another person gains it and vice-versa. This is also why so many people report yo-yo dieting.

    Totally true. I swear. o:)

    Love this!
  • fr3smyl
    fr3smyl Posts: 1,418 Member
    malevolentmuse wrote: »
    nickycat73 wrote: »
    Your body uses it up in the form of energy??? Sounds right

    WARNING: CHEMISTRY LESSON

    Kind of, but not exactly. The Law of Conversion of Mass dictates mass is neither created nor destroyed during a chemical reaction. In laymen's terms, that means nothing in the universe ever disappears; it simply changes into something else. For example, ice melts into water which evaporates and turns to air, gasoline burns in your car and is released into the atmosphere through in the form of carbon (which is where the whole Global Warming thing comes in since it means we're adding additional carbon dioxide into the atmosphere faster than nature can convert it into oxygen through photosynthesis). When your body metabolizes fat, the chemical bonds breakdown and all that's left is carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen molecules. They then hookup to form two other chemicals: carbon dioxide (CO2, which you release when you exhale) and water (H2O, which your body either gets rid of or uses). You are using fat for energy, but that process only means your body has changed it into something else.

    Ohhhhh.
  • doktorglass
    doktorglass Posts: 91 Member
    Saw this a while ago: Mathematics of Weight loss
  • allaboutthecake
    allaboutthecake Posts: 1,535 Member
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    Can I choose who my fat goes to? Coz that would be nifty.

    "I now place my excessive Fat onto my skinniest, uppity Enemy" >:);)

  • allaboutthecake
    allaboutthecake Posts: 1,535 Member
    edited May 2015
    malevolentmuse wrote: »
    nickycat73 wrote: »
    Your body uses it up in the form of energy??? Sounds right

    WARNING: CHEMISTRY LESSON

    Kind of, but not exactly. The Law of Conversion of Mass dictates mass is neither created nor destroyed during a chemical reaction. In laymen's terms, that means nothing in the universe ever disappears; it simply changes into something else. For example, ice melts into water which evaporates and turns to air, gasoline burns in your car and is released into the atmosphere through in the form of carbon (which is where the whole Global Warming thing comes in since it means we're adding additional carbon dioxide into the atmosphere faster than nature can convert it into oxygen through photosynthesis). When your body metabolizes fat, the chemical bonds breakdown and all that's left is carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen molecules. They then hookup to form two other chemicals: carbon dioxide (CO2, which you release when you exhale) and water (H2O, which your body either gets rid of or uses). You are using fat for energy, but that process only means your body has changed it into something else.


    Ooiiyyy in other words METHANE GAS. so really, its not the Cows who are breaking the ozone layers, its all us MFP'rs farting out the methane gas. :o
  • RunTimer
    RunTimer Posts: 9,137 Member
    TheRoadDog wrote: »
    Exhalation, Perspiration, Urination, Defecation
    Yep.
    Triglyceride (the predominant fat in your body) is C55H104O6+78O2
    drop the chemical bonds (courtesy of your workin' out) and you're left with 55CO2+52H2O (aka, exhale & water)

    So when some tells you to sweat it out (take a deep breath) they're encouraging your workout ethic.
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  • Becka4Real
    Becka4Real Posts: 1,527 Member
    You people are blowing my mind!!!
  • fr3smyl
    fr3smyl Posts: 1,418 Member
    I did a lot of sweating and breathing earlier working in the yard. So I my fat is out there somewhere, making some other poor chap miserable.
  • Monkey_Business
    Monkey_Business Posts: 1,800 Member
    edited May 2015
    OdesAngel wrote: »
    I read on MFP that it was the white stuff floating in the toilet after you pee and it looks like chicken fat.

    If this is happening to you it is one of a couple things:
    1. sex with a male partner
    2. you shook it one too may times (males only)
    3. You need to go seek medical help, you should not be peeing chicken fat.

  • fr3smyl
    fr3smyl Posts: 1,418 Member
    Monkey_Business wrote: »
    OdesAngel wrote: »
    I read on MFP that it was the white stuff floating in the toilet after you pee and it looks like chicken fat.

    If this is happening to you it is one of a couple things:
    1. sex with a male partner
    2. you shook it one two may times (males only)
    3. You need to go seek medical help, you should not be peeing chicken fat.

    :D
  • Monkey_Business
    Monkey_Business Posts: 1,800 Member
    edited May 2015
    One theory is: when you work out really hard, you create a really small black hole. Once the black hole is created it will suck in the random fat molecule being displaced by any additional the energy you create. The random fat molecules are transported through a worm hole to another being. If you stop working out, the black hole collapses and random fat molecule return the original individual. It is just a theory though.
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