I’m sure you overheard Suzy saying, “I lose so much weight doing my cycling class. I sweat like a pig in there.”

So was she right?  

The more you sweat the more weight you lose, right?

Well, let’s break it down!

Weight loss is a change in body stores. The stores usually are mostly comprised of fat and muscle when you are discussing weight loss. What most people want to achieve is fat loss, which is maintaining muscle - tone - and losing fat (flab).

SO ARE YOU ACTUALLY LOSING FAT WHEN YOU SWEAT?

Sweating is a biological response that cools your skin and regulates internal body temperature. But this doesn’t mean you actually change body stores. You could notice a reduction in weight after you have a big sweat session which is contributed to mostly WATER WEIGHT that will literally take minutes to put back on when you rehydrate.

So it’s not necessary the sweat that is causing the fat reduction but more the activity you are doing to cause the sweat.

So in all, sweat doesn’t cause fat loss but it does have a correlation to fat loss.

Just think if sweating caused weight loss, everyone in Florida would be ripped!

Just like eating cupcakes have a correlation to fat gain but doesn’t necessarily cause it. It’s the accumulation of too many calories that cause weight gain.

Fat loss is achieved when you burn more energy than your body needs to maintain its weight. Energy burning can occur when you eat less food and exercise.

If your goal is to lose FAT, make sure you put your focus on finding ways to eat less food and workout consistently.