This is where fat actually goes when you lose weight
If you think about it, losing weight is a strange concept. One minute you're carrying the extra pounds, but after a stint of healthy eating and regular exercise, you're physically smaller. So where does all the fat go?
"The correct answer is that most of the mass is breathed out as carbon dioxide. It goes into thin air," physicist Ruben Meerman, MD told POPSUGAR. So, essentially, you breathe out fat.
Apparently, it's a rough 80/20 split between fat predominantly being expelled from your body via your lungs, with the remainder being evacuated via your urine, faeces, sweat, and tears.
If you thought that fat was converted into muscle or energy, then you aren't the only one. According to the head of the UNSW School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Professor Andrew Brown, there are plenty of doctors and dietitians who were convinced fat was converted into muscle, or that it turned into either energy or heat and was 'burnt' in that way.
Sadly, if you're now thinking that instead of your next gym workout you'll just cry buckets while furiously breathing, you'll be disappointed. Fat has to go through a metabolic process before it's actually lost - but, having said that, there are plenty of ways to boost your metabolism, and that will speed up your rate of fat loss.
Here's what not to do:
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