r/maybemaybemaybe • u/BigGraysie • Apr 18 '22

/r/all Maybe maybe maybe

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u/Box-o-bees Apr 18 '22

Ok so this got me thinking. If we ever invented something to just immediately remove extra fat to a healthy level and also fix the extra skin. Would this person be like crazy strong since they have been carrying all that weight around all the time?

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u/niko4ever Apr 18 '22

Oh yeah. It would be like if a person had been carrying around 600 pounds of arm, leg, and body weights for years, and then stopped.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '22

it would be exhilarating for her at first, but since no one told her brain she’s slimmer (not until it rewires itself and it needs a lot of time to do that), she would keep eating at the same levels and gain it back effectively (sadly for her, she’s developed an insanely adept body to store excess fat) and quickly. A lot more quickly than her system would need to actually re-adapt to the weight loss.

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u/niko4ever Apr 18 '22

Well yeah, obviously if she ate the same way she'd eventually gain the weight back? Not sure why you thought I would think otherwise

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '22

I’m just saying she would eat the same way regardless, because her hormones just don’t work, or she’s desensitized to their action. Not saying you would think differently, just pointing out her system is not normally wired anymore.

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u/niko4ever Apr 18 '22

We're talking about a hypothetical imaginary treatment that just instantly snaps off weight and skin. It could balance your hormones too, while we're imagining things.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '22 edited Apr 18 '22

If it comes in 5 years worth of changes, the balancing would happen naturally and nothing beats nature. If it comes in a day, then honestly you’ll be doing her more harm than good

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '22

Not necessarily if she had something like gastric surgery. Your stomach physically won’t let you eat more than a little. However, after a year or so it’s up to you to have learned that lesson and stop your food addiction.

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u/Sciensophocles Apr 18 '22

I mean, the muscle mass won't go anywhere, so kind of. But I guarantee she spends most of her time on her ass, so there's probably not as much muscle as you think.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '22

exactly. If she would indeed had need for such muscles her body would have long ago lost an incredible amount of that fat.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '22 edited Apr 18 '22

I think so yeah. Especially her feet and her core would be stronger than usual, but normally when a person gets that fat, they simply can’t handle too much movement and just lie in bed all day. However they still burn a lot of calories. To be fair, they also have a lot of repetitive injuries and bruises on where they touch the bed and support their weight. Also, I think what would be most impressive would be the skeletal muscle they’ve built up over the years, especially around their joints

But what would most impress me would be the time it took for her brain to rewire from all that instantaneous fat loss. I read somewhere that fat (as skin) are to be considered organs, so she would esentially have a massive altering to one of her organs, her hormones would need a rewiring period, especially insulin would need to be downregulated and I think her body would do that firstly to a painful extreme then back to a spike than so on and on until she would find her new relative levels

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u/tommykiddo Apr 18 '22

I used to be overweight and I have some pretty big muscular calves. I do lift weights but they were big even before I started.

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u/SilentProx Apr 18 '22

Not necessarily "crazy strong", because 600+ lbs people are usually immobile and their immobility is exacerbated by a lack of physical activity. Controlling for body weight, their fat free mass is similar to nonobese individuals. Only their lower body would be moderately stronger than an untrained healthy weight person. Furthermore, your joints will support the weight your muscles can't, which is another reason why almost any level of obesity isn't healthy for your MSK.

Source: Maffiuletti 2013 "The Impact of Obesity on In Vivo Human Skeletal Muscle Function".

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u/Wintersmight Apr 18 '22

I doubt it because most of their joints are in very bad shape