WEBVTT - How Does Fat Actually Leave Our Body? 

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<v Speaker 1>Hi, and welcome back to Bounce Forward with me, Tiff Hall.

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<v Speaker 1>I'd like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land

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<v Speaker 1>on which I'm recording this podcast, the wrendry people of.

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<v Speaker 2>The cooler Nation.

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<v Speaker 1>I pay my respects to elders past and present. Stephanie

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<v Speaker 1>DMed me high Tiff Loving Bounce Forward.

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<v Speaker 2>My question is how do we actually lose fat?

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<v Speaker 1>Because if I know about how I'm losing fat, I

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<v Speaker 1>think I will be really more motivated. Some people say

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<v Speaker 1>fat converts to muscle.

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<v Speaker 2>Is this true?

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<v Speaker 1>Or is it that fat gets replaced with muscle? What

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<v Speaker 1>becomes a fat? Am I sweating or peeing it out?

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<v Speaker 1>I know my trainer says sweat is fat crying. That's funny.

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<v Speaker 1>A sweat is fat crying. One of the most obvious

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<v Speaker 1>questions raised by all this fat fixating is never really addressed.

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<v Speaker 1>When it leaves our bodies, where does the fat actually go?

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<v Speaker 1>And you know, it'd be good to know, because it

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<v Speaker 1>does motive invate you a little bit more, but you

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<v Speaker 1>might be surprised at the answer. A twenty fourteen studies

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<v Speaker 1>showed that when it comes to fat loss, even health professionals.

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<v Speaker 2>Are confused and out of one hundred and.

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<v Speaker 1>Fifty doctors, dietitians and personal trainers asked, only three gave

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<v Speaker 1>the correct answer. Some believe fat turned into muscle as

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<v Speaker 1>you mentioned, or that it left the body via the colon,

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<v Speaker 1>both of which would earn a fail in the exam. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>so others surveyed believe fat was converted into energy and

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<v Speaker 1>lost as heat, no doubt, based on the energy in

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<v Speaker 1>equals energy out assumption kind of thing. But the trouble

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<v Speaker 1>is this would disobey a fundamental law of chemical reactions

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<v Speaker 1>known as the conservation of matter or mass, which states

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<v Speaker 1>that the same amount of matter comes out of a

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<v Speaker 1>reaction as goes into it.

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<v Speaker 2>It doesn't simply vanish.

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<v Speaker 1>Put simply, fat tissue is full of lipids compounds that

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<v Speaker 1>saw energy. Even if those compounds are broken down and

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<v Speaker 1>generate heat, you're still left with the same number of

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<v Speaker 1>atoms you started with.

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<v Speaker 2>So after all that, where does the fat go?

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<v Speaker 1>The answer is, well, it's actually happening to you right now.

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<v Speaker 1>And the truth is fat is converted into carbon dioxide

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<v Speaker 1>and water, and you literally breathe most of it out.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the answer.

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<v Speaker 1>So when you begin to run low on fuel, you

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<v Speaker 1>produce a hormone that, when mixed with oxygen, breaks down

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<v Speaker 1>fat to use it as energy. And when fat is metabolized,

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<v Speaker 1>it needs to go somewhere once converted to CO two

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<v Speaker 1>and water. Over eighty percent of each measurement of fat

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<v Speaker 1>leaves the body as CO two. The rest is released

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<v Speaker 1>as sweat and urine. So there's a little bit of

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<v Speaker 1>truth as to yes, your fat is crying, and that

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<v Speaker 1>is a bit of sweat and a bit of urine,

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<v Speaker 1>But really most of it is just when you're huffing

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<v Speaker 1>and puffing, you're breathing out the fat. So that's really motivating,

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<v Speaker 1>isn't it. When you're on those last reps and it's

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<v Speaker 1>just you think this is going to break me.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't do it. I can't do it.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm losing my breath, my lungs are burning, and you're breathing.

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<v Speaker 2>Just think, oh, I'm breathing out fat.

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<v Speaker 1>That's going to be totally motivating to finish that set,

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<v Speaker 1>isn't it. The only way to consciously increase the amount

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<v Speaker 1>of fat your body converts SO two is by moving

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<v Speaker 1>your muscles. So simply standing up and getting dressed more

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<v Speaker 1>than doubles your metabolic rate. So you can only imagine

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<v Speaker 1>the effect of a good workout. That's just an incredible

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<v Speaker 1>stat Studies show that the disposal of CO two is

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<v Speaker 1>greatly elevated during exercise due to increased breathing and sweating,

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<v Speaker 1>So a high intensity workout will produce more huffing and puffing,

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<v Speaker 1>more energy burn, more converted fat expelled, which is just great.

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<v Speaker 1>So now that you know your fat is actually leaving

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<v Speaker 1>body via the lungs, you can use it as really

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<v Speaker 1>great motivation and you know that next set of burpies.

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<v Speaker 1>You just feel so exhilarated knowing that all that exhaustion

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<v Speaker 1>is just coming down to huffing and puffing and eliminating

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<v Speaker 1>that fat. So fat storage and usage. Fat requires energy

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<v Speaker 1>in your body, and after depleting immediate resources like blood

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<v Speaker 1>glucose and stored glycogen, it turns these into fat stores.

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<v Speaker 1>So enzymes break down trigglocides into glycerol and fatty acids,

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<v Speaker 1>which are then released into the blood stream, and that's

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<v Speaker 1>how fat is sort of stored and used conversion to energy. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>once in the blood stream, cells take up the fatty

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<v Speaker 1>acids and transport them into mitochondria. The cells powerhouses and

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<v Speaker 1>mitochondria is where energy is.

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<v Speaker 2>They're just it's so important.

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<v Speaker 1>And here there's a bit of a process where the

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<v Speaker 1>fatty acids are broken down in this series of reactions

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<v Speaker 1>and this creates ATP, really important, and this is the

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<v Speaker 1>energy currency of the cell. And ATP is what we're

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<v Speaker 1>all wanting. We all want more energy, we want more ATP.

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<v Speaker 1>How do you create more ATP? Energy creates energy, So

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<v Speaker 1>the more you exercise, the more ATP you create, the more.

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<v Speaker 2>Energy you feel. That's pretty much how you get it.

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<v Speaker 1>And looking after that mitochondria of the cell, the powerhouse

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<v Speaker 1>is really important. Through good nutrition, through exercising, through metabolism,

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<v Speaker 1>you want to look after those cells. The breakdown of

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<v Speaker 1>fat eventually leads to the production of carbon dioxide, which

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<v Speaker 1>is a waste product which you just expel through the lungs.

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<v Speaker 1>There's a bit of water in that as well, and

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<v Speaker 1>that's a byproduct of fat metabolism, which you excrete through urine,

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<v Speaker 1>sweat or exhaled vapor like water through breath. So, if

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<v Speaker 1>you're thinking about energy balance, to mobilize and burn stored fat,

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<v Speaker 1>the body must be in a caloric deficit, which is

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<v Speaker 1>something I always talk about, meaning you consume pure clat

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<v Speaker 1>calories than what you burn, and this state encourages a

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<v Speaker 1>body to use those fat stores. Okay, then you've got

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<v Speaker 1>hormones as well, which are really important in burning fat.

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<v Speaker 1>Several hormones regulate fat metabolism, including insulin, cortisol, and things

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<v Speaker 1>like adrenaline. Insulin promotes fat storage when you eat, especially

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<v Speaker 1>with carbohydrate rich meals, by reducing fat breakdown and increasing

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<v Speaker 1>fat storage. In contrast, adrenaline and things like that and

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<v Speaker 1>cortisol increase during stress or exercise, promoting fat breakdown. So

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<v Speaker 1>hormones are really really important, and keeping those hormones balance

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<v Speaker 1>are really really important. So, in essence, fat is not

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<v Speaker 1>physically expelled out of the body. It is metabolized to

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<v Speaker 1>CO two and water, which is then sort of leaves

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<v Speaker 1>a body through mostly your breath and then a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit through sweat and urine and the weight loss as

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<v Speaker 1>fat effectively leaves a body through the lungs, which is

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<v Speaker 1>just amazing and crazy and understand this process. Can you know,

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<v Speaker 1>really emphasize the importance of balanced diet. Regular physical activity.

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<v Speaker 1>Huffing and puffing is all good. There's some exercise where

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<v Speaker 1>it's good to maintain a conversation. You want to be

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<v Speaker 1>in like zone two when you're working out, and then

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<v Speaker 1>other types of hit and things like that, you cannot

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<v Speaker 1>maintain a conversation, and that's usually a sign that yes,

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<v Speaker 1>there are going to burn more fat. This workout is

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<v Speaker 1>going to burn more fat because you're more huffy and puffy.

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<v Speaker 1>So if you go for a walk, make sure you're

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<v Speaker 1>either singing really loud to your best playlist ever, you're

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<v Speaker 1>talking to a friend, or you're calling a friend and

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<v Speaker 1>you're trying to get that huffy, puffy out of breathness

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<v Speaker 1>by talking and moving at the same time, because you're

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<v Speaker 1>just going to burn more fat. Test your friends ask

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<v Speaker 1>them do you know where fat goes?

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<v Speaker 2>And they'll say, oh, it turns.

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<v Speaker 1>Into muscle or it's you know, we sweat it out

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<v Speaker 1>and you'll say aunt, wrong, it leaves with the lungs

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<v Speaker 1>and they will be shocked.

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<v Speaker 2>They will be shocked, and you will be yeah, really smart.

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<v Speaker 1>I just love I just love that all the huffing

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<v Speaker 1>and puffing actually comes to a head in losing fat

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<v Speaker 1>and it's the biggest motivator for me. And now you

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<v Speaker 1>can be motivated to by knowing just simply the act

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<v Speaker 1>of breathing is burning fat.

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<v Speaker 2>It's great.

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