Christian and Beccy

iTrader: (14)

Please tell me.

If you were to weigh yourself on a set of precise scales (lets call this factor 'A'), then weigh a plate of food, less the weight of the plate of course (We will refer to this as factor 'B'), then eat the food and weigh yourself again immediately (factor 'C') would your weight now equal the sum of the 2 earlier factors?? Or would it somehow be different? e.g.

Does A + B = C or does it lose some of its weight somewhere along the way?

Further to this. If you then have a Poo and if you could bring yourself to extract the Excrement from the Toilet Pan and weigh it, would the weight of the Poo (factor 'D') be exactly the same as the difference between your 'Before' weight ('C') and your new 'After' weight ('E')??

Hmmmmm. Where's Carol Vorderman when you need her?

Jamz

One would have to ask why you want to know this

Is Gary not giving you enough to do ?

Christian and Beccy

iTrader: (14)

He is giving me plenty to do, but this is 11.45pm and I came home from work about 5 hours ago!!

I was just thinking.

XRdodgybird

Our bodies take nutrients out of food, so I really don't think 2lb of food equates to 2lb of shit.....

Sorry......

Christian and Beccy

iTrader: (14)

That I can understand, but does 2lb of Food equal 2lb of Weight gained??

And, does 2lb of Poopy equal 2lb of Weight lost?

bud-weis

A+B will = C

D will be less than B due to absortion of nutrients and liquids etc.
C - D should equal E

SeanT

Of course it does, there is nowhere else for it to go!!

XRdodgybird

2lb of food wouldn't equal 2lb of weight gained, cos our bodies take the nutrients turn some into fat and some into energy, of which we burn the energy off and then pull on fat reserves and then we dump the rest.....

Christian and Beccy

iTrader: (14)

OK, so who is gonna do the practical??

IXI 921

Another question?????

can you weigh the amount of shit that some
people talk??

XRdodgybird

nahhhh, think it was a good question actaully!

biology was always a semi favourit of mine.....

Jamz

Feh! Part timer

In answer to your question I suspect A + B would equal C immediatly after eating the food but wouldn't after your body had started to digest it.

Adrian

And when was the last time YOU done half a days work

Jamz

says he who's been sat on his arse at home for god knows how long

It's Czech Mate

You need to take, energy used, wee and sweat into the equation.

Adrian

Its called holiday

And its been really busy.. Back to work on Monday for a rest!

XRdodgybird

The weight of food you eat cannot gain you the same amount of weight..... if anyone's ever come across the slimming world diet.... you could eat a sack of potatoes a day and still lose weight.... work that one out....

Adrian

We better tell Phil that one Jamz

Christian and Beccy

iTrader: (14)

for the daytime PF Biology crew........

Rab

Oh dear... M8, you need to buy a magazine to read or something... LOL

Martyn

I remember reading about an F1 driver having no breakfast before qualifying once or something similar.
My missus works at Weight Watchers and says some people dont eat before their weigh in, i guess its how soon after u have eaten that is going to make the difference

Porkie

iTrader: (1)

You are forgetting that food is 'fuel', it gets used. Also alot of food is water which gets sweated out or pissed out mate.

and yes I have a Biology degree before you call me an anorak and one of my degrees is in Sports Science

Jim Galbally

they actually did this experiment on some dodgy "science" program on telly once.

there were vrious other "interesting" experiments on that program, like how many KG of dynamite does it take to blow up a vauxhall nova