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well I know that smoking weed burns fat, as it makes your body work faster, i.e. blood flow faster, stomach digests faster, etc...
but I'm wondering to what degree does cannabis burn fat? Is it even a significant amount? And let's not forget the munchies, do they overpower the fat-burning process of the weed?
???? I'm almost positive that you are wrong. Smoking makes you increase the calories going in, munchies, and actually decreases the metabolism, you burn them off at a slower rate. I think I read it in this book.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...me&start-at=11
Well many people told me that weed burns fat. It makes your body work faster.
lol, well as I said, you are probably wrong, but I'm not at home right now so I can't quote the book. But it is considered a depressant, and depressants slow down the metabolism, so....
from what i have heard smoking bud slows down most processes in the body. maybe the people you were talking to were talking about smoking as in like cigs. nicotine will increase your metabolism and stuff.
Let us not forget the ever present munchies that are so hard to tame.
The thing is that I can't control the munchies. I eat a ton when I smoke and as a dieting person I hate it.Quote:
Originally Posted by iamblackwizards
no one can control the munchies dude, thats part of smoking. I mean, you eat an AMAZING amount of food when your stoned, and it's real fuckin hard to stop once you start. The best advice I can give is just fill up a cup with ice and start chompin.
Umm, after overstuffing myself a few times to the point of feeling sick, I think I've broke the munchies barrier. I get hungry enough to eat like a few little debbies (3 to 4 of the individual snack packs) and am good to enjoy the effect without eating for the rest of the buzz, now as far as liquid munchies (mt dew, pepsi, etc....) that is something I can't resist, though I find that I really like the Nesse Tea Cooler's with the peach flavoring alot when stoned.
i dunno man, ive met a lot of fat asses who toked and lost weight. I can usually hold back my munchies, its just kinda annoying.
I know a lot of different weed smokers. Their body types differ a lot. One is super skinny, one is buff and one is fat. A cool thing to do when high with buddies is to play power rangers and to perfect all their different moves like in an alley orsomething. It's good exercise plus you aren't thinking about munching.
Personally I like to go to CARLS JR. after a good session and get a famous star. I load it up with all the best sauces. Then the one I go to has a salad bar. go their and take stuff like jello, macaroni salad (iput that on my burger) and then i grub.
lol, what a dork:D Go Green Ranger, Go Go hahahahahahaQuote:
Originally Posted by Dr. Faded
Yeah just because weed speeds up your heart rate doesn't mean you are burning calories. To burn calories you have to atleast spend 20 minutes doing some sort of aerobic exercise. Whether it be sex, jogging, running, jump rope. Something. You may even burn calories at work if you have a very physical job. But Weed slows down everything in your body except your heart rate. And you also eat. So no you don't lose weight from smoking pot. If anything you may gain weight. Doubtful but if you smoke every day all the time and you give into the munchies every time you feel them then I would say you would put on a few pounds. I have found that drinking water when I feel the munchies comming on helps curb my appetite. Water also helps you lose weight. It also tricks your brain if you aren't actually hungry into thinking that your belly is full. Not to mention it helps cotton mouth.
Well I know a lot about losing weight because I lost more then 80 lbs. over the span of less then 10 months but thanks I'll just try drinking a shitload of water next time.
don't go all anorexic on us though man, thats not cool.
well i think weed speeds up the metabolic process and that is why you get hungry all of a sudden...i never am hungry though. its just that food looks so good and is extremely tempting and a box of cheezits is like meeting God while stoned. also once you start you cant quit until you fall asleep. water is good for you though. so i think if you smoke and then dont give in to the munchies, and excersize three times a week for 20 min. each time, you will start droppin the pounds.
i tryQuote:
Originally Posted by gs8778
I've heard that the munchies will kill your high, and that you should eat before you smoke
that's why I smoke after eating something but there's a problem when there's no more weed...Quote:
Originally Posted by Sensi Super Skunk
intrepids,
i have weigh issues my whole life. they didn't get better when i started smoking but they didn't get worse. i think if you want to lose weight it doesn't have much to do with smoking the herb it has to do with what you do otherwise. since spring has srung when ever i can i catch a major buzz right before the munchies kick in i gather up my little girl in her wagon and the dog on her leash and i go walk until the munchies subside. i weighed about 186 all through high school and after i had my daughter i was up to 230. i was down to 160 because i had stomach problems and was throwing up all the time but as soon as i had surgury i was back up to about220 in like a month. i started losing weight in january when i got this job. there is alot of walking in my work, (i go to work high all the time). the only way to lose weight without doing damage to your body is to increase your activity. i don't go to the gym and i don't walk for a set distance when i walk. i walk to enjoy nature and to spend q-time with my daughter. it's hard to get use to at first but just next time you get high call up a mate and be like let's go for walk. leave your house before the munchies set in and DON"T bring money with you (or else you WILL end up in some crappy fast food joint completely negating the effects of your exercise). once you get used to keeping your selve busy through the munchies they will become less prononced. and you will be able to control what you do eat then when you do give into the munchies. believe it or not carrots with ranch dressing is an excellent munchie. if i smoke say everyday in a week i only allow chocolate and pizza like two days. other than that it's turkey on whole wheat and carrots. anyways i have lost since january 42 pounds. it's hard at first but once you get it down it's easy as hell to lose weight and be high. i am 178 now and i'm heathly. when i lost all the weight before i didn't look very good my hair was falling out in clumps and it wasn't a very good time. remember that losing wieght is good if your heavy but if you do it the wrong way a year from now you will be right back where you started. i wish you the best and i hope that some of this is helpful.
another thing and i don't want to offend you but there's just a under lying something in your posts that makes me wonder how your self esteem is. i had trouble with this also. if you ever wanna talk you can email me [email protected]
once again i wish you the best,
peace
LeLe
weed speeds up your metabolism, but doesnt neccesarily burn fat or calories. the smoke will burn a few calories but its the thc that speeds the metabolism rate, why do u think they give weed to cancer patients. i dont know about u ppl, but i have been smokin weed for 5 years and im skinny, and pretty much every STONER i know is skinny, coincidence, who knows. Ive seen commercials on tv that say some 2,000 calories get burned for every joints worth of smoking, but thats most likely false information, certain variables must be present for that to be so. such as the quality of the weed, amount you inhale, and the abundance of smoke. smoke in general will burn calories, but THC will speed up the metabolism rate, thus making u hungry. I feel that the rate of metabolism overpowers the munchies, so u dont really gain weight from eating in abundance. if you want to gain wait, weight lift, and excercise, its healthy for you, and you wont be a weak stick of bones.
It won't have much much of an effect-other drugs such as amphetamines and coke increase your metabolism and reduce your appetite at the same time, leading to weight loss. Cannabis isn't really much of a stimulant, and the munchies are bound to put ant lost weight back on.
Cannabis is used medicanally to treat cancer patients who need to keep their food down and put their weight back on (after being treated with chemotherapy)-if it caused weight loss, treatment with cannabis wouldn't be a good idea.
I'm a middle aged smoker, and it seems that I gain weight whenever a harvest comes
in! :-( Never was like that 15 years ago...
Doc's got me watching my blood pressure, so I chart it daily. Seems like my BP DROPS
the nights that I smoke, and RISES the next night. It slowly falls again after I abstain--
all this while taking BP meds! How do I explain THIS to the doc??
That site just said that smoking weed was a calorie free way to relax, not that it helped burn fat or anything.
well i always eat before hand , that way i dont eat a ton. but i still get the munchies but i try to smoke a ciggerette to apease it. and when that doesnt work i go outside and play hack. or i eat sunflower seeds. they are good and they keep you too busy to eat a bunch of high calorie foods. lol like chips and shit like that. and i drink ALOT of iced tea , or juice. and that usually helps keeps my weight down.
Well I knew that I was smoking today, and I smoked before, and I'm gonna smoke later, so I got myself a nice 2L bottle of Diet A&W bottle of Root Beer.