How Do You Lose Weight... I Mean.. Where Does It Go? Pee It Out? Sweat It Out?

[WLJourneyJ 89]

this seems like an odd question... but where does the weight go? Do you poop/pee it out? does it just shrink? Do you lose weight when you pee? I know the philosophy of 3500 ca. = a pound.. BUT where does the fat/weight go?

[lollyfidy1965 402]

If you're doing high protein/low carb, you should go into, and stay in, ketosis...burning fat for energy, as long as you keep your carbs below 30g/day, give or take. I've been in ketosis for 9 weeks now, without dropping out once....and its working beautifully.

[TinaMari 75]

If you're doing high protein/low carb, you should go into, and stay in, ketosis...burning fat for energy, as long as you keep your carbs below 30g/day, give or take. I've been in ketosis for 9 weeks now, without dropping out once....and its working beautifully.

Does Ketosis mean your dropping weight quickly?

[UTGal99 327]

How do you know you are in ketosis? What are the signs, symptoms? Is there a test for that?

[SunnyCox 245]

How do you know you are in ketosis? What are the signs, symptoms? Is there a test for that?

Some people can tell they are in ketosis based on a taste in their mouth or breath or the smell of their urine.

There is a test for it. You can buy ketosis test strips or ketone test strips from a drug store or probably even from Wal-Mart. You dip the stick in your urine. They are not expensive (50 strips for ~$10). You can test your urine once a day preferably the first time you go to the bathroom in the morning.

[SunnyCox 245]

this seems like an odd question... but where does the weight go? Do you poop/pee it out? does it just shrink? Do you lose weight when you pee? I know the philosophy of 3500 ca. = a pound.. BUT where does the fat/weight go?

Think about putting gas in your car. You burn the gas in order to fuel your car. Fat is basically fuel or stored energy. You burn fat to meet the metabolic demands of your body. There are a complex set of metabolic reactions which convert fat into energy to fuel your muscles and other processes which causes your fat cells to shrink. This conversion also generates heat which helps to maintain your body temperature. (Your car gets hot when your run it, and burning a log is just a conversion of energy as well). The conversion also generates waste products (water and carbon dioxide) which are excreted through your urine, sweat and lungs (exhalation).

For a more complex, scientific answer that may bore you, but I find it to be very fascinating, I'll try to type up a brief explanation.

[WLJourneyJ 89]

but then where does teh weight go? just vanishes? how does your body rid itself of weight?

[WLJourneyJ 89]

AHhhh! So we do pee and sweat it out then

got it!

[giraffequeen 10]

Ok so I tested high for ketones but still not losing a lot of weight in my opinion!! I'm 5 weeks out and only 20 lbs since surgery! Most of which (13) was the first week!!!!

[sassypants 673]

Your body uses the stored fat as energy, think of it like this your body breaks down the stored fat cells as its needed by our little intake of food this goes into your blood stream for your body to extract and use as the fuel it needs to run.

It breaks it down and uses it as your blood pumps everywhere you’re taking the fat in it and processing it in the relevant parts.

If you eat the wrong things like high sugar and carbs your body keeps the stored fat or uses less because its running off the sugar/carbs and doesn’t need to use your storage for energy.

We still eat and we still drink so we are using the bathroom but stored fat isn’t used like food, stored fat has already been processed by your body broken down and stored into basic energy cells so most of the waste and junk was already taken out of you in the form of waste.

Back in the day people would naturally gain weight in colder months leading up to winter so over winter when food was harder to come by the body used the stored fat to run off that’s what we are doing now with this sleeve.

[KikiCC 83]

Ok so I tested high for ketones but still not losing a lot of weight in my opinion!! I'm 5 weeks out and only 20 lbs since surgery! Most of which (13) was the first week!!!!

That is EXACTLY me. Sleeved July 9th, lost 20 lbs, and most of that was from the first week!!!