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First off, I'm not looking for advice on how to lose weight.
Last night I just started wondering, when you lose weight, how does it get off of your body? It's not like you walk around and chunks of you start to fall off. So where does the weight go? Do you pee it out? Do you poop it out? I roughly understand the whole calorie/energy thing, but does that mean that calories/energy actually have weight? And when you burn them, do you just breath out the extra weight? I'm confused. I did a quick Google and couldn't find anything and then it dawned on me that this would be a good place to ask because there are a couple of smart people here, and a bunch more who think they are. Do you know where children get all of their energy? - They suck it right out of their parents! |
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I don't know. My ass fell off once.
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Basically, all four kinds of excretion (peeing: urination; sweating: perspiration; pooping: defecation; exhaling: respiration). As you exercise your body, the energy you gained from eating gets put into use at a faster pace, and the superfluous components are excreted through the above four methods more quickly as well. |
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So, yes. Just not much. |
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Keep in mind that fat is just another fuel source. When you "lose weight", your body is actually breaking down the fat molecules in a process called lipolysis and reusing the constituent parts: fatty acids and glycerol. These chemicals simply travel through your blood to your liver to be used in other metabolic ("energy-producing") processes.
Eventually, as the molecules are broken apart and reused in other ways, they will make their way out of your body through excretion as chucker explained. It's not an immediate transfer from fat to feces, though. The quality of this board depends on the quality of the posts. The only way to guarantee thoughtful, informative discussion is to write thoughtful, informative posts. AppleNova is not a real-time chat forum. You have time to compose messages and edit them before and after posting. |
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I have a feeling that this one is going to die very quickly, kinda like that other silly thread.
However, when you excercise, your body burns fuel which is converted into solid and liquid wastes that are given off as you know what. The burn process also converts fuel into energy which is given off as heat. The body removes this through sweating to cool the body. - AppleNova is the best Mac-users forum on the internet. We are smart, educated, capable, and helpful. We are also loaded with smart-alecks! :) - Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. (Mat 5:9) |
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But really, this whole notion intrigued me, and I think it's a valid question so thanks to everyone for all the info. Now if only those smart people I mentioned in the OP would show up and chime in..... Do you know where children get all of their energy? - They suck it right out of their parents! |
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metabolism.
Fat and glycogen get metabolized to the same products that burning wood gets converted into -- CO2 and H2O, we literally breathe out and piss most of our fat and glycogen away. Proteins get broken down into various amine containing compounds which we piss away. The body has ways of converting the energy content of fat, glycogen and muscle into more useful forms WHILE breaking it down -- i could go more in depth but it would require quite a bit more background in chemistry than most people have. I seriously cannot believe that people don't know this. |
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The process is somewhat comparable to the way a log of wood looses weight when burning. Only much more complex.
The fire itsself is comparable to the energy you spend when exercising; the gasses leaving the chimney to the CO2-rich air you exhale and the ashes left behind by the wood to excrement and urine. Beaten by bb |
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I suppose breath has more weight via. moisture than I realized at first, so that makes sense. Of course, some of this weight re-collects on my teeth, but that's easy enough to get rid of. Sorry, chem just isn't my thing. I never thought of the burning log scenario. But then again, I can actually see chunks of the log floating off while it burns, but I can't see chunks of energy in my breath - unless it's cold out. Do you know where children get all of their energy? - They suck it right out of their parents! Last edited by zippy : 2007-05-23 at 13:12. Reason: Posts merged |
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Can you really? Most of the log's weight is lost in formation of CO2 and H2O.... you really cannot *see* that...
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The coolest thing about fat cells is that you never lose them. They grow and shrink in size, but never naturally leave your body.
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My god.
What a bunch of noobies. This is so not how you lose weight. You would lose weight in those following ways: 1) Jump off the building 2) Take the elevator down 3) Ride a rollercoaster with loops 4) Go swimming 5) Orbit Earth as astronauts do. I expected more from you guys. Surely you know what weight is? right? |
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weight= mass * acceleration, if my I remember my high school physics well enough. That was about 8 years ago though |
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Sure, smoke is filled with tiny particles of ash, and I can see that. And you usually have larger chunks of ash floating away and burning out too. OK, so I may not be seeing the CO2 and H2O specifically, but I can see bits and pieces.
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Buncha fuckin' geeks. Like anyone would ever say "I'm tring to lose a little mass."
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Not really. Weight = Mass * Gravity (as opposed to acceleration though gravity itself is accerlation, but only in a particular direction) so slowing down the car wouldn't affect your weight at all. OTOH, if you drove it over the cliff...
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How about loosing weight though breathing?
In goes O=O out comes O=C=O, that's a carbon atom less in your body mass! |
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If you want to lose weight, go to the moon! But this thread is about what happens to that weight.
The discussion really is more about "mass" rather than weight, as mass is a measure of the amount of material within a given object. Weight is the measure of gravity's affect on mass. Fat cells are not very dense (as compared to muscle) and thus contain less mass, but they make up for it in quantity. - AppleNova is the best Mac-users forum on the internet. We are smart, educated, capable, and helpful. We are also loaded with smart-alecks! :) - Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. (Mat 5:9) |
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In other words, a person with mass of 100 kilogram would weigh 981 Newtons. Alternatively, a person weighing 100 pounds would have a mass of 3.11 slugs.
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