When you lose weight where does the fat go?

SO....i can get slimmer by breathing MORE often

good to know...

Lupf said:

This is written as a chemical process:
(C55 H104 O6) + 78 O2→55 CO2 + 52 H2O + energy,
but you can ignore this formula. The correct proportions of trygliceride (C55 H104 O6), oxygen (O2), carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H2O) are however relevant and required if you want to make the following calculation yourself.

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Think I’ll stick to counting carbs, thanks.

Lupf said:

@jjraak in principle you are correct. The conclusion of the papers says:
Our calculations show that the lungs are the primary excretory organ for fat.

Of course you also need to restrict intake of calories, but this is not easy as the human body is not a combustion engine. Calories are not all equal. Our metabolism is driven by hormones which regulate hunger and base metabolic rate (BMR). Eating less of the same does not work. it lowers your BMR and leaves you hungry. This is why most diets fail.

Thanks for the link to the very informative paper 12 points of evidence for LCHF
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0899900714003323#!

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I was of course, taking a liberty and being rather flip ...my apologies

I read back on your early posts, great success, congratulations

Have to agree,. I had noticed on my journey, that some foods seemed to have more "value' keeping hunger at bay then others.

I ate the Eatwell diet for 8 weeks after DX, and like many was almost too worried to enjoy eating
I actually got worse which is when I searched and found this forum

So I can categorically agree with your summation about diets
I felt wretched, depressed and constantly hungry.
Not something I ever feel since changing diet.

Reading up, Dr Fung was an eye opener, and then the piece you mention stuck in my head.


While we're talking links ..

THIS
https://www.livingloud.org.uk/single-post/2018/12/14/International-Diabetes-Summit-2018

Was the most influential post I read that year.
I was able to watch the video, ( can't find it now)
And he had me cheering him on
SO spot on.

....Above all I am with the growing tide of thousands quietly getting on with saving their own lives.

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Absolutely NAILED it for me

Worth a read

bulkbiker said:

Global warming obviously..

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No that's due to the cows blowing gasses in the fields whilst munching the grass

My fat often ends up transmogrified into ketones which go whizzing round and round in my brain until all dizzy and worn out with all that mental activity they end up being breathed out in the form of acetone - which is more environmental friendly I think than snorting out carbon dioxide!

When you lose weight where does the fat go?

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I believe it is going down the gurgler in to the sewerage system, where it is causing part of the fatberg problem.

Don’t care where it goes as long as it goes

It’s funny my mom just asked this question of me yesterday. She said what happened….you had fat, then it‘s gone….to where?

Personally, I don't think learning 'Eat less, move more. Keep breathing' is the answer to the obesity epidemic.

It is interesting though. The idea that with the - 20% of effect of exercise on losing weight? - is down to how much you breathe out when you are physically active!

And maybe 'Eat less ultra processed food' rather than the 'eat less' might be way more helpful? And how important oxygenating your blood and your muscles is to cardio vascular health. And keep in mind that you need to be 'fueled up' on good wholesome food in order to move well and keep up the breathing!