Fat VS Muscle

KnotAHarley

1# Of fat = 1 # of Muscle A pound is A Pound AA

deannalfisher

and??

tarekhamouda7445

You mean you can't tell through the scale? I have one shirt that I call the scale shirt, I use it only to compare scale to fit, if it fits more and the scale doesn't move, I know it's muscle and vice versa

Sloth2016

But is a pint a pound, the world around?

Cahgetsfit

hehehehehe. the number of times i've had to explain that to people....

bpetrosky

Sloth2016 wrote: »

But is a pint a pound, the world around?

1 imperial pint = 1.200949925 US liquid pints, but the pound is the same in both systems. So apparently not.

Blythmag

Im lost

Sloth2016

bpetrosky wrote: »

Sloth2016 wrote: »

But is a pint a pound, the world around?

1 imperial pint = 1.200949925 US liquid pints, but the pound is the same in both systems. So apparently not.

^^^ This folks, is why there is an "insightful" button.

Womona

A pound of muscle does indeed weigh a pound of fat. But a pound of fat takes up way more room in your body then a pound of muscle! Think of it like comparing a pound of cotton balls to a pound of rock. You need a lot of cotton balls to equal one pound.

lynn_glenmont

By that logic, a pound of arsenic = a pound of potatoes. So it shouldn't matter which one you eat.

AnvilHead

Womona wrote: »

A pound of muscle does indeed weigh a pound of fat. But a pound of fat takes up way more room in your body then a pound of muscle! Think of it like comparing a pound of cotton balls to a pound of rock. You need a lot of cotton balls to equal one pound.

Popular myth. Truth is:

amy19355

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/muscle-versus-fat/

this has a fun "try this at home" section to illustrate the lesson.

cwolfman13

If you held up 20 Lbs of fat and 5 Lbs of muscle at an even level and dropped them simultaneously, which one would hit the ground first?

Tacklewasher

cwolfman13 wrote: »

If you held up 20 Lbs of fat and 5 Lbs of muscle at an even level and dropped them simultaneously, which one would hit the ground first?

Neither, assuming my dogs are underfoot as always.

CarvedTones

The pound of fat provides more energy. The pound of muscle consumes more energy.

Who wants to guess which you should try to burn and which you should try to build?

AnvilHead

CarvedTones wrote: »

The pound of fat provides more energy. The pound of muscle consumes more energy.

Who wants to guess which you should try to burn and which you should try to build?

A pound of fat burns about 2 calories per day at rest. A pound of muscle burns about 6 calories per day at rest. Figure out how much muscle you'd need to gain to make any significant difference in RMR, and how long it would take to gain that muscle.

CarvedTones

AnvilHead wrote: »

CarvedTones wrote: »

The pound of fat provides more energy. The pound of muscle consumes more energy.

Who wants to guess which you should try to burn and which you should try to build?

A pound of fat burns about 2 calories per day at rest. A pound of muscle burns about 6 calories per day at rest. Figure out how much muscle you'd need to gain to make any significant difference in RMR, and how long it would take to gain that muscle.

The first half of what I said can be more important. When you lose at too fast of a rate and start losing more muscle, every pound of muscle provides less energy than a pound of fat. So if you are getting 10% of the energy to cover your deficit from muscle, it will be closer to 15% by weight.

eleftheria1971

Tacklewasher wrote: »

cwolfman13 wrote: »

If you held up 20 Lbs of fat and 5 Lbs of muscle at an even level and dropped them simultaneously, which one would hit the ground first?

Neither, assuming my dogs are underfoot as always.

Yikes and LOL at the same time )