Where Does the Fat Go?

My husband and I had been having a discussion about weight loss. This spurred my youngest to ask the question, "Where does all that fat go when you lose it?"

I gave her an answer off the top of my head. I said "Well it comes out when we go potty and it comes out of our pores when we sweat. After a while, I started thinking about that answer. “I forgot about breathing”, I thought as a mentally slapped my palm against my forehead. Geez, you’d never know I studied microbiology in graduate school!

Normally I contemplate these things on my long walks in the morning (sort of meditative power walking) and then forget about them, but her question stuck with me. I decided to look up some answers on the internet. I found some well thought out answers and a whole lot of controversy. It seems that many adults are confused about how their body functions.

Here’s some wonderful answers for questions about fat,
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=57797

Here’s an example of people getting confused,
http://www.funtrivia.com/askft/Question62182.html

Here’s a short sweet answer to where the fat goes,
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/body-fat/AN01327

Here’s a different answer, http://wiki.answers.com/Q/When_you_lose_weight_where_does_the_fat_go


My mom was right “You can’t believe everything you read”. I guess there's hope for me afterall.