Poll- When you lose weight

[hermosabeach]

We all know that Diet, Exercise and a moderate reduction in bacon consumption can lead to weight loss.


So here is the Question- When you lose weight, how does the human body lose the weight?

 

[clcustom1911]

A calorie is a measure of heat energy...... so, we'll call that a clue.

 

[Vodoun daVinci]

It takes "X" amount of calories/energy for your body to live. If you take in more calories than you burn your body stores the excess as fat...when you burn more than you take in the body burns that fat to get the energy it needs to keep you alive.

when you lose weight it it because you are burning more than you take in and so you are depleting your fat stores.

So..."other" about covers it.

VooDoo

 

[E. Bryant]

Saw this question coming from a mile away after the tree mass thread

 

[Maggot]

When you do drugs, alcohol, and other toxic stuff, and kill millions of brain cells, where do those cells go?

-Little cell graveyards?

-Little cell crematoriums?

-Mom's basement?

-They just 'go away' ?

-Into George Soros asshole?

 

[Basher]

So in on this one!

 

[hermosabeach]

Science YO

Great questions to ask people who believe science is settled


The answer to the poll

 

[hlee]

I’m typically 2 lbs lighter in the morning (after I morning leak) than I am before bed. Where did that weight go? Sweat and exhalation. Yes, we calories are a measure of energy, but they are associated with molecules with actual mass. Your metabolism converts sugars into H2O and CO2- yes there are some other products, and yes, your are converting fats and proteins into molecules than can enter the tca cycle too. But, ultimately, the majority of your weight loss is through loss of water and carbon dioxide. Assuming you are not “cutting weight” for a short term goal (gotta make weight for a fight, for example) you lose weight through your breath.

 

[Matches Malone]

Yep ^

 

[mdmp5]

It’s certainly not from doodie, as there is no significant secretion of anything into the colon. Pee to a small extent, since it is possible to pee out ketones, which are essentially water soluble fats. But fat is metabolized and ultimately broken into CO2 which is exhaled. I once calculated the amount of breaths it would take to exhale a pound, based upon an assumed tidal volume based on weight, ~4% CO2 in an exhalation, the molar mass of CO2 and assuming a mole of CO2 is 22.4 L. When we exercise, we breathe harder and more frequently, leading to increased minute volume and ultimately more mass exhaled.

 

[HeavyAssault]

Too many variables to answer a simply worded question. Anything you excrete from the body can be weighed, so that could be considered weight loss.

 

[supercorndogs]

Fat is broken down into CO2 and water.