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Originally Posted by yarmiah  It seems you don't actually gain or lose fat cells, it's the same number. When you lose weight you are merely shrinking them down in size. No matter really, same result in the end if you lose weight, you lose weight, just not cells. |
So this is true but not entirely correct. You never lose fat cells, when you lose weight they shrink and when you gain weight they become enlarged. However, your body can create new fat cells. I was taught in cell biology that the number of fat cells in an obese human can be triple the number in a healthy human... but I've also read that the link between the number of adipocytes you have and your weight is still under investigation.
Anyways that's not why I popped in. The title grabbed my attention. I was stuck at 160.5Lbs for nearly 3 weeks. I changed from 1500 calories per day to 2000 calories per day. I worked out. I didn't work out. Nothing seemed to make a difference; every morning the scale would read 160.5Lbs. I toughed it out and in the last week dropped to 156.5Lbs. I'm really glad I stuck to it because now I'm closer to my goal and I feel great.
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