Comment on When a person gains weight and keeps the weight on for a long time, is that old fat in your body, or does the fat get replaced over time?

• mushroommunk@lemmy.today ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Kind of? The cells, called adipocytes, primarily store triglycerides and a few other things in a liquid form. When you lose weight that liquid gets squeezed out and used as energy, to build other chemicals your body needs, or peed straight out.

  So less a shower and more getting rung out like a sponge.

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  • roguetrick@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Most of the weight is carbon that is breathed out actually, but metabolic water isn’t insignificant.

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  • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    My brain has to readjust to all this, very strange.

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  • homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    *wrung*

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