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Ever wonder where our weight goes when we lose it?
It becomes air and water, and we breathe most of it away.
When we're using our fat stores, breathing in 29 kg of oxygen releases 10 kg of fat, and the combination comes out as 28 kg of carbon dioxide and 11 kg of water.
All we have to do to lose weight, then, is breathe, and take in less mass that can be incorporated into fat stores than the amount we get rid of by breathing.
Exercise increases the metabolism of fat stores (assuming an intake deficit) in conjunction with an increase in breathing.
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/amp/articles/287046
Eat less, move more. It really is the most basic answer. The difficulty is often in doing it. Get your steps in to breathe more, and get your protein and your non-starchy vegetables to support your nutritional needs and reduce your cravings for energy-dense, nutritionally poor foods.
(To my mind, the last bit is, in a nutshell, the most important set of qualifications to the "eat less" advice. Don't skimp on protein or on vegetables rich in nutrients other than calories. Do skimp on sugar and starch. You'll make the journey easier and your body will thank you.)
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186.6 lb
Lost so far: 13.6 lb.
Still to go: 11.6 lb.
Diet followed N/A.
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losing 2.8 lb a week
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