Where does the fat go that you loose when you loose weight?

Answer 1

they use it to make marshmellows

Answer 2

The fat is contained inside fat cells that stay there, but like a balloon being emptied they shrink (the fat is processed as your body uses its stored energy).

That's the big problem with liposuction: they are removing the fat cells, so the fat cells that remain try to compensate for the ones that are lost and you gain weight someplace else.

Answer 3

If you are losing weight you are burning more calories than you are consuming. The stored fat is metabolized into energy.

Answer 4

Your body breaks it down and uses it for fuel. By taking in less calories than your body needs, you force it to pull from its food storage which is fat.

How Your Body Breaks Down Fat
When you are not eating, or you are exercising, your body must draw on its internal energy stores of complex carbohydrates, fats and proteins. Your body's prime source of energy is glucose. In fact, some cells in your body, such as brain cells, can get energy only from glucose.
The first line of defense in maintaining energy is to break down carbohydrates, or glycogen, into simple glucose molecules -- this process is called glycogenolysis. Next, your body breaks down fats into glycerol and fatty acids in the process of lipolysis. The fatty acids can then be broken down directly to get energy, or can be used to make glucose through a multi-step process called gluconeogenesis. In gluconeogenesis, amino acids can also be used to make glucose.


Figure 3. How a fat cell breaks down fat.


In the fat cell, other types of lipases work to break down fats into fatty acids and glycerol. These lipases are activated by various hormones, such as glucagon, epinephrine and growth hormone. The resulting glycerol and fatty acids are released into the blood, and travel to the liver through the bloodstream. Once in the liver, the glycerol and fatty acids can be either further broken down or used to make glucose.

Answer 5

If you lose weight the right way, through proper diet and exercise, it is "burned": Your body uses it to make energy.

If a person loses fat by starving themselves, technically your body is still turning it into energy, but it is also sapping energy from your muscles and the rest of your body as well.

Answer 6

In a sense, it is "burned off', as you use the energy stroed int he fat cells to operate throughout the day

Answer 7

When you consume fewer calories than your body needs, your body turns to fat for energy. Body fat is broken down through a series of complex metabolic processes. Your body uses the energy produced by these processes. The waste products from these processes are water and carbon dioxide. You excrete water primarily through urine and sweat, and carbon dioxide by exhaling.

Answer 8

The body uses it for fuel. Which is why the more active you are, the faster you burn it (the fat).

Answer 9

You don't loose weight. You lose it.

Answer 10

o.k. i suspect u may get some funny answers so i'll try to be quick

it just gets 'burnt off', that is absorbed into the body or passed out of it.

too late, i saw the marshmallow joke coming !!

Answer 11

Yuppers.