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Looking to see if I can lose weight by weightlifting

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  • brdnw
    brdnw Posts: 565 Member
    I lost 85lbs by weight lifting AND changing my diet.
  • lindsey1979
    lindsey1979 Posts: 2,395 Member
    edited September 2015
    Why in the world would you want to weigh 140 as a man? How tall are you?

    Granted I'm used to taller than average men, so may this isn't that unrealistic if you're on the shorter side, but I look at guys like Mark Wahlberg who isn't very tall (5'6" - 5'8" -- I've met him in real life and he's much closer to 5'6") and at his lightest he was 160-165. And when he was the most beefy in 2012 when he packed on 40 lbs of muscle for a role, he was 205. He says he likes to stay 180-185. He's a beast and I know not everyone can pack on the muscle like he can, but still...140? Why?
  • MommyL2015
    MommyL2015 Posts: 1,411 Member
    lynn_glenmont wrote: »
    MommyL2015 wrote: »
    Muscles take up more room than fat,Fat takes up more room than muscles, yes, but a pound of muscle and a pound of fat weigh the same as a pound of feathers. :)


    ETA: D'oh.

    If you get to argue that "a pound of muscle and a pound of fat [each, presumably] weigh the same as a pound of feathers," then I get to argue that a cubic meter of muscle and a cubic meter of fat each occupies the same volume as a cubic meter of feathers.
    Ergo, fat does not take more room than muscle.

    Maybe I didn't say what I said quite good enough. A pound of fat will take up more volume than a pound of muscle, but both weigh the same. That was my point, sorry if I was not clear.

    but, yes, a pound is a pound is a pound, whatever you're weighing.
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