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[–] Naught405 0 points 12 points (+12|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Well subcutaneous adipose tissue can actually store a shitload of water, about 1:3 ratio. So A person with 300lbs of subcutaneous body fat (a 500+ pounder) has the chemical capacity to retain up to 100lbs of water weight (at the extreme). Gross. (this is why super fats go on a diet and crash 50 or 80 lbs in a couple weeks, mostly from getting sodium and fluids into more reasonable numbers.) Don't make em less fat tho lol

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[–] different_to_a_duck 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

So if fatties blame water retention for their weight, wouldn't that mean it's even easier to lose a certain amount of weight, if 1/3 of it is water?

100g of fat have 900 calories, but if 30g of those 100g are just water, that only leaves 630 calories to be burned.

Or am I missing something here?

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[–] fabulousalpaca 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

If you have water retention cause your diet is shitty it's a matter of just fixing your diet.. However, we know fats would never do that. Thus, they don't lose the water weight.

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[–] Naught405 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

It is very easy to lose water weight, by drinking enough water and not over consuming salt and sugar your kidneys can maintain a proper water balance. In the course of a couple days you can get your water balance back to normal. Just a note 1:3 ratio means 4 parts total or 25% water by weight. It's also the extreme, but on a diet high in sugary drinks and salt and low in pure water it can be reached.

To answer your question, yes it does appear as part of their body fat in normal tests, and yes they can get rid of easily just by consuming human ratios and amounts of salt, sugar and water.

Side note: If I am 135lbs lean body mass and 25 lbs body fat, then that could mean .25*25=6.25 lbs water, or .3*25=7.5 maximum water retention at 32.5lbs 'body fat' and 167.5lbs total, or practically that my weight can fluctuate by half that (3-3.5lbs) without losing or gaining any 'real' body mass just through normal water regulation. A liter of water is ~2 lbs.

As far as food/nutrition goes, no, in order to do the testing they first desiccate and later burn the food to determine how much of it is none calorie containing water and ash. The reason your serving may say 100g and only 50g of macros is because the rest isn't use-able as calories, that includes water.

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[–] MurderParty 0 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago 

Holy shit? 100 fucking pounds of fluid retention? what the fuck!?

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[–] Naught405 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

twelve fucking gallons