Muscles fats energy????wth im soo confused?

Question

ok i heared some stuff if you eat protein its good for your muscle and gives you energy but if you dont use the energy the proteins become fats or something and fats are stored energy soo yea my question is how come fat people cant last as long as skinny people and i also heared that if you dont eat in the morning your body eats your muscle for energy or something but why dont they eat the fats for energy?

Answer 1

The body consumes about 4000+ calories a day and an average person needs to burn that much. If the calories are not burned up then it is stored as fat molecules.

The reason why fat people can last as long is because of the extra weight that they must carry on

Answer 2

if you go without breakfast then your body will think there is a food shortage, and actually store MORE fats just in case you'll need it.

Also, eating breakfast gets your metabolism started again, and a faster metabolism = more fat burn-age.

Answer 3

"Proteins become fats."  Protein gets broken down into amino acids first.  Any used amino acids eventually become stored as fats.  Therefore eating too much of anything is not good for you.  However its easy to burn upwards for 1,000 calories an hour when you are an athlete.  Therefore you will not store any of this protein as fat since they will be used for your recovery.  It all depends on what your body needs.  You exercise to make your body need certain nutrients.  Your body will need certain nutrients based on what kind of exercises you perform.  Completing a perfect balance of the both will result in physical transformation.

Fats are not available efficiently as energy source.  Also fat weighs you down.  "Fat people cant last as long as skinny people," because of many reasons.  Fat people have excess weight that doesnt contribute to any force or motion.  Its just dead weight.  Skinny people atleast dont have something weighing them down.  Fats are not really used efficiently for energy as much as the glycogen stored in your bloodstreams through the converted carbs that you consume.

If you dont eat in the morning and you go jogging then your body will resort to your body fat for stored energy.  It does not eat away on the muscles as much as it will eat away on the body fat.  However if the exercise extends beyond an hour or if you have been starving the last couple of days the body will become catabolic.  Your nitrogen balance in your skeletal muscles will drop down and thus causing you to lose muscles.  After all, the body assumes you have no use for these muscles since you dont use them and also, you dont have the means to maintain them.  

Think of calories as cash.  Just like you need cash to maintain your home, you need calories to maintain your body.  No cash equals no gardener, no maid and no maintenance person to keep that mansion in working order.  

For bodybuilders the ratio for carbs to protein is 3 to 1 for building muscles. Your body uses protein as building blocks.  However the building process cant go on without fuel for delivery.  Carbs are required.  Every 3 grams of carbs will be enough for 1 gram of protein to build muscles.  On the other hand, if you were trying to get leaner, you might actually go to 2 to 1 ratio.  Before bodybuilding competitions, an athlete would restrict carbs down to bare minimum and sometimes will not eat ANY carbs for a week while having one cheat day per week.

For endurance athletes, the ratio of carbs to protein is optimal at 4 to 1.  4 grams of carbs should be backed up with 1 gram of protein for recover.

Fat people cant last because they have all that excess weight that holds them down.  Think of two cars that have the same engine with the same amount of horsepower.  One car weighs 5,000lbs while the other weighs only 1,500lbs.  Obviously the car that weighs less will be much faster regardless of the size of the gas tank.  Also the lighter vehicle will get better gas mileage with the same engine as the other vehicle.

Answer 4

Here's how your body utilizes its stored energy:

You store sugars (starches) in your liver (glycogen).  This energy is used by the body first.  If you eat too much sugars (carbohydrates) they turn into fat and your body stores this fat.

Next you break down fats and use them for energy, especially in your muscles when you're lifting weights and in your heart as it pumps your blood.  

Finally as a last resort when you are absolutely starving, your body will begin to break down your protein and use it for energy.

Generally people who are over weight struggle to exercise because they have to carry extra weight and and supply their extra body mass with blood.  This is a burden for the heart, so they can't last long when doing physical activity.

Answer 5

Ok, you're questions a bit weird. What I think you're asking is how fat people have more health risks than regular people and also how your body "consumes muscle for energy. Well, first of all, fat people have more health risks since too much fat can clog up your blood vessels. EVERYONE, no matter how skinny you are, has fat. It just happens that fat people have more. This extra fat results in the clogging of blood vessels, creating risks such as high blood pressure and others. In response to your second question, your body will ALWAYS first break down fat for energy before it breaks down muscle. Fat is stored energy. However, your body will always use any excess carbohydrates (basically complex sugars) left from your last meal. If there is none, it will begin to break down fat molecules. If there is very little fat to burn (it'll take perhaps days), then your body will start to break down proteins. However, it won't do this until a last resort because protein does not provide as much energy as carbohydrates and fats. That is why exercising makes you less fat.