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What Happens In My Body When I Lose Weight

November 07, 2020

What Happens In My Body When I Lose Weight

Loss of fat, muscle, water, and even toxins ... What exactly happens in our body when we shed
a few pounds? Decryption

Summary
Summary

Water losses Fat loss

Loss of toxins Restrictive diets: watch out for hormonal

variations!
Muscle losses

Your scale is adamant: you have lost weight! Good news for many of us… But what is behind this
"weight loss"? Not just fat loss, that's for sure!

Water losses
Our body is made up of more than 60% of water… When we lose weight, we inevitably lose
water. This will be mainly eliminated from our body through urine, but also through
perspiration. Sweat thus remains 99% water!

Fat loss
Rest assured, "losing weight" also means "losing fat" ... This fat is stored in cells called " adipocytes "
or "fat cells". Together, they form adipose tissue. The loss of fat mass results from the oxidation of
these cells ... Losing weight does not reduce the number of cells present in adipose tissue ...
but reduces their volume! So, no matter how many pounds are lost, the number of cells will stay the
same… They will simply be smaller! "In the event of weight gain, the adipocytes will initially gain
volume, reaching up to 40 to 50% of their initial volume. A mechanism that remains reversible. Only,
in a second step, these cells can be brought to multiply… And there, even with a significant loss of
weight, it remains irreversible: the number of cells which make up your adipose tissue will not be able
to decrease any more! ", specifies Doctor Arnaud Cocaul, nutritionist doctor. Also, the more cells that
make up your adipose tissue, the greater the risk of regaining weight! So beware of significant
variations in weight: they disrupt and harm your adipose tissue, in particular by multiplying the
number of cells that compose it ...
Loss of toxins
Losing weight also allows you to get rid of many toxins ... Whether they come from the environment
or the diet, many toxins are indeed stored in fat cells. “ During weight loss, these toxins will be
released into the bloodstream and then eliminated from the body through the liver or kidneys, ”
explains Dr. Cocaul.

Muscle losses
"Losing weight" inevitably means "losing muscle". A rather negative point this time ... Because muscle
mass turns out to be a precious ally, especially in maintaining our healthy weight over the long term: it
has the ability to increase the resting metabolism (or basal metabolism) which represents on average
60 to 70% of total expenses! Result: we burn more calories at rest ... "Loss of muscle mass" thus
remains synonymous with "reduced resting metabolism" ... And that can cost us dearly!

Beware: the loss of muscle mass remains amplified by overly restrictive diets that do not affect
both intake and expenditure!

Did you know? Men have a higher basal metabolic rate than women ... They burn more energy while
at rest. The reason? Their body composition: they have more lean mass (muscles) and less fat mass
(fat) than women!

Restrictive diets: watch out for hormonal variations!

Are you hungry and can't get the idea out of your head? Restrictive diets can indeed panic your
hormones directly involved in the hunger mechanism. " These hormonal variations occur extremely
quickly after a too restrictive diet ... Two hormones are mainly concerned: ghrelin and leptin. The first
is a hormone that stimulates the appetite: it is mainly produced by the stomach when the latter is"
empty ". The second is secreted directly by fat cells: it promotes satiety and boosts our metabolism ",
underlines Dr. Cocaul. These two hormones are in constant contact with our brain, telling it to eat… or
not!

Several studies have shown that overly restrictive diets (which include significant calorie restrictions
Several studies have shown that overly restrictive diets (which include significant calorie restrictions
and avoidance of certain food families) lead to an increase in the level of ghrelin (the hormone
stimulating the appetite) and a decrease in the level of leptin (the satietogenic hormone). These diets

thus remain inevitably associated with a high failure rate since they push us to eat more …
Result: In the long term, we regain the lost pounds, even more… This is the famous " weight yoyo "!

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drastic weight
loss. " The rate of reasonable weight loss is of the order of 2 kilos per month, or 500 grams per
week ", underlines Dr. Cocaul, the nutritionist doctor. A moderate weight loss (of the order of 5 to 10%
of the starting weight) remains in particular associated with an improvement in blood parameters
(such as blood sugar or triglycerides ) as well as a decrease in blood pressure ...

If you want to lose weight, know that the best option is to be accompanied by a health professional.

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