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Physiology & Medicine / Does the body gain fat as fast as it can lose it?
« on: 09/12/2009 05:09:21 »
Recently I decided to lose some weight because the doctor made a comment that my BMI is a bit high. This was surprising since I've run triathlons over the last few years. I guess that's what happens when you hit 40.
I started running more, and focusing on my eating. Until now, I've depended entirely on exercise to keep my weight in check. I charted my weight very carefully over a few months. On average I was able to lose 1 - 1.5 lbs per week. I had to be really careful with my diet and exercise in order to break through a few weight barriers. Sometimes no matter what I did, the weight would not drop for over a week. In fact, sometimes it would go up.
My question is: does the body store excess energy as fat as easily as it does consume fat. For example, say I decide to eat too much one day. Will the body turn it into fat within 24 hours, or will it stay in a more easily burned form for longer so that the next day I can eat less and easily burn it off?
I started running more, and focusing on my eating. Until now, I've depended entirely on exercise to keep my weight in check. I charted my weight very carefully over a few months. On average I was able to lose 1 - 1.5 lbs per week. I had to be really careful with my diet and exercise in order to break through a few weight barriers. Sometimes no matter what I did, the weight would not drop for over a week. In fact, sometimes it would go up.
My question is: does the body store excess energy as fat as easily as it does consume fat. For example, say I decide to eat too much one day. Will the body turn it into fat within 24 hours, or will it stay in a more easily burned form for longer so that the next day I can eat less and easily burn it off?