If extra "food" (energy) is stored as fat then why do you still have to eat to survive even if you are fat? Wh

the general belief is that weight gain is a matter of what you eat as opposed to how much, and that foods that are high in carbohydrates, fat, and calories give your body a lot of energy, and that you have to excercize to burn off all of that energy or else it will get stored as fat. With that said, if the extra "energy" is stored as fat then why do you still have to eat to survive even if you are fat? Why can't your body just feed off of the extra "food"(energy) that is being stored in your body as fat?
Answer:
Extra food gets converted to fat, but the hunger cycle still continues. When the stomach is empty we feel hungry. When we eat the body mechanism converts food into energy for its functioning and the extra gets converted to fat.
The sceario changes if we do not eat or if we eat less than our body requires. Here we still continue to feel hungry but our body conyinues to function using the stored up energy. If we continue like this we will burn stored up fat and lose weight.

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You know, I always wondered if that had something to do with fatty oxidation issues. I wonder if some people simply can't use the fat as well. I know that folks with certain enzyme deficiencies, such as MCADD, can't use it well at all.

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it will at first but it also eats muscle. You need to eat because you will get sick from your body breaking down fat cells.

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Your body will feed off your body fat but it being a complex carbohydrate it does not break down as easy as foods just ingestided.

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your stomach would cramp up, when you feed on the fat it might not be evenly distributed making you lopsided; or cause damage to an organ so you need a gradual decrease. and very important, vitamins and things not stored in fat.

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Because to burn fat-
1) you need to have the presence of Carbohydrates in your system in order for the chemical equation of fat burning to take place.
2) our bodies are complex pieces of equipment that are constantly adjusting to our conditions. If we go without food for too long (more than a few hours) our bodies go into storage mode. Thats why the calories in calories out theory doesn't always work and why some people can eat a lot and stay thin and some people can eat very little and still be fat!
3) at the end of the day our mind is the main controler of our body and if we think we are going to get fatter by what we eat then it will surely happen, visa versa if we believe we are lean and healthy no matter what we eat then that is likely to be the case!

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Because fat alone cannot be converted into all the different types of energy i.e sugers, that you need to survive.

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No matter how much body fat a person has, he or she still needs nutrition. Fat will not sustain a person for long. The human body requires nutrients to maintain good health, to provide energy, to build bone and muscle strength, and keep you from getting sick. Excess fat will not do those things, and in fact, will prove detrimental to your health. Even a man weighing 500 pounds will starve to death without food.

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Even people with extra bodyfat need to provide their body with nutrients. The problem with most people in obese states is that they have a hard time controlling how many calories they get each day. Additionally, the more bodyfat a person has, the fewer calories needed to convert into bodyfat.It's a simple matter of balancing between eating enough calories and eating too much. Our bodies burn calories throughout the day simply by maintaining itself (heart beating, breathing, brain functioning, etc), which is measured by the RMR (resting metabolic rate). BMR, or basal metabolic rate, is the combined calorie expenditure between physical activity and normal bodily functioning. If the caloric intake exceeds this, you will gain weight (this is desirable for bodybuilders, but not good for people who are sedentary).For people who need to lose bodyfat, the idea is that a combination of correct diet and exercise will release bodyfat for energy instead of retaining it. Too few calories and muscle tissue is utilized for energy and bodyfat is retained. Too many calories and bodyfat is added to. So, there must be a balance of getting enough but not too many calories per day.Weight gain, or bodyfat gain, is just as much what you eat as how much you eat, and how you eat. If a person believes it's only a matter of what you eat, and disregard how they eat, they'll be in trouble.

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