I am someone who needs to visualize everything. I see things in my head like moving pictures, like my own private movie theater. I have been puzzling over the process my body goes through to burn fat for a while now. Yesterday DH helped me to talk through it, and now I have my movie put together. I wanted to share it with you ladies, and wondered how you see it. Warning: This is not scientific in any way, and quite possibly not all that accurate, but it works for me.
I picture my red blood cells with a red T shirt on that has a big black R on it. They are very busy hauling fat cells. The fat cells wear an off white T shirt that has a big black F on it. The red cells get their orders from the brain, who is their very demanding boss. They run around my body, spending most of their time in my butt, tummy, and thighs, (however I believe that they think that they are being funny by spending way too much time in my boobs). They have little carts that resemble coal carts. They pile the fat cells into the carts, and roll the carts onto a conveyer belt. The belt rolls into a magic machine that converts energy to fat. It is called The Metabolizer. Out the other side of the machine comes carts full of cells wearing blue T shirts with a big black E on them. They also have on sneakers and sweat bands. The red cells are waiting for the E cells, and run them all over my body, providing energy where needed, and snacking on a few along the way. The more I exercise, eat well, and require energy, the more the brain yells on a bull horn at the red cells to hurry up, and they use up my fat cells. The fat cells, by the way, are stubborn and rude to the red cells, but the red cells DO NOT want to get in trouble with their boss, so they fight hard against the fat cells. Now, there are by-products that The Metabolizer creates when performing the magic. The by-products are sorted and shipped to two other magic machines, The Urinator, and Deficator, who get rid of them totally. Sorry, I just couldn't resist that one.
So this is how I see it happening. It works for me when I am in exercise ****, drinking my water, or dreaming about how I want to look this summer. I would love to hear how you all picture this mystifying process. Katie