Where does it go?
Okay. Dumb question from the Queen of dumb questions. Serioulsy, I ask the most inane questions…but I honestly wonder about these things….so here goes another one for the hall of fame.
Where does the fat go?
I know you “lose” weight…but where does it go? And I’m not be facetious here…I’m really curious as to what happens to it. I thought maybe someone here might know. Is it left behind in the bathroom? Does it come out in sweat? A little hard for me to believe that I sweat fat out my pores, but hey, if that’s it, then okay. When we “burn” fat….where does it go? Is it like gas for the car and you put a whole bunch in (aka the extra bits of me on my rear), and the car goes vrrooooom, and the gas dissapears…except for what comes out the tail pipe? (I won’t even go there, don’t worry! :) )
Something I’ve always wondered about but never asked. So…now I’m asking. :) Any answers? What happens to the fat? How do we lost parts of ourselves and not even see them go?
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I read this article a couple weeks ago that said you are actually born with a certain amount of fat cells. When you gain or lose weight, you are not gaining fat cells, just changing the amount of fat that is stored in those cells. Your body will use those stores of fat as energy, which you burn off during the daily grind and by doing exercise, but only after using all other forms of energy - food, sugar, etc…
I’m not a doctor, but it seems like a good explanation? If someone has a better answer please let me know! :0)
Ahhh, it is so good to have you back! I’m wiht the idea that it um, comes out the tailpipe, but I have no scientific backing for that, lol! Missed you, missed you, missed you! Gotta go email you now!
Yup, your body uses the fat for energy not only in exercise, but regular metabolic activity. It turns it into energy to help keep our blood flowing, digest food, and all that stuff that makes us stay alive. That’s why you make a calorie deficit - say your body needs 2,200 calories to keep you alive, and you eat 1,200 - it goes and grabs 1,000 calories of fat from somewhere, and after a few days of doing that (3,500 calories later) 1 lb of fat is gone! Yaaay!
Ok sorry for the nerd talk, but you know I like math! 
I always wondered that too…after reading a couple of the responses I guess I now know I did not leave my fat behind somewhere in the basement with all my exercise stuff.
I was worried I would be cleaning aq cupboard and find it sitting in the back stinking the place up.
