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Where does the weight go?
I'm not asking this question to be funny or to play stupid, but I'm actually really curious. I've been wondering for a while, when you lose weight, where does it actually go? Does that make sence? Thank you.
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The question does sound a bit funny, but it's actually a very interesting way of looking at it.
When you lose weight, it is because you use up your body fat in metabolism. The fats are broken down to other chemicals such as ketones, and energy is released. Most of the byproducts are removed when you go to the toilet.
The body also produces carbon dioxide when generating energy, and that is breathed out.
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It has to leave the body somehow and mostly it is through simple elimination. The only vessel which anything in our body can travel in to be eliminated is in water and that is why for dieters especially water is crucial. Excess sources of energy stored as bodyfat from carbs and fats are utilized and the rest of whatever elements we could not use is excreted through urine and feces.
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it comes out of the sweat glands as SWEAT
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That's a very interesting question you've got there. I'll try my best to answer it but I may not be correct. I pieced this simple and basic answer together from various sources like from my biology books and from the newspapers. So if it seems ilogical, you can choose to ignore my answer.
When you lose wieght, it means you lose your fats. There are many outlets for fat loss which includes your pores(that's why you have oily skin or pimples from eating too much fat).
Excess carbohydrates (carbos that are not used) will be stored as fat. So when you work out or lose weight, you utilise the carbo that you have in your body and thus prevent yourself from chalking up on excess carbos. So when you lose wieight, the carbos that affect your wieght will be cut down as it is broken down to give you energy during your work out. That is another way in which fat is indirectly lost.
When we exercise we build muscle because
our body "notices" that we are now using our muscles so begins to send
energy there. The muscles are built directly from the calories we
consume.
So if you eat less (assuming you didnt work out), no muscles will be built up and your body just stores fat as fat.
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