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?

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TheRealKuni@piefed.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

When you gain weight your fat cells grow, and when you lose weight they shrink. You don’t actually gain and lose fat cells the way people think.

But as my doctor explained to me, if they get big enough, they divide. Then even if you lose weight, you have fat cells hanging around who think they should be holding onto more fat than they are. So your body will want to be fat, and will enforce that with cravings.

It’s why it’s extremely hard to lose a large amount of weight and leave it off. I’m on my third major attempt now.

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