Banging my head on the desk

rrlwelter

Ok, seriously, just saw it again in several posts.

Please, people, muscle does not weigh more than fat. A pound of muscle weighs the same as a pound of fat.

I'm sure that what you're trying to say is that muscle masses more than fat, in that a pound of muscle takes up less space than a pound of fat, but please repeat after me:

a pound is a pound is a pound is a pound is a pound.

a kilo is a kilo is a kilo is a kilo is a kilo.

Thank you - let the snarks begin!

DeguelloTex

Lead doesn't weigh more than hydrogen.

Barbellarella_

:yawn:

diannethegeek

Ok, seriously, just saw it again in several posts.

Please, people, muscle does not take up less space than fat. A cubic inch of muscle takes up as much space as a cubic inch of fat.

I'm sure that what you're trying to say is that muscle is denser than fat, in that a cubic inch of muscle weighs more than a cubic inch of fat, but please repeat after me:

an inch is an inch is an inch.

a cm is a cm is a cm.

Thank you - let the snarks begin!

17ChargerGirl17

THANK YOU!!!!!!!! FINALLY SOMEONE THAT GET'S IT.

Derp_Diggler

IN for banging on the desk.

seltzermint555

I am banging my head on the desk because it seems like everyone is killing themselves with workouts and doesn't track their food. I thought this was kind of the POINT of My Fitness Pal...logging your calories.

smh

srslybritt

Oh, this again. Okay then.

thavoice

Ok, seriously, just saw it again in several posts.

Please, people, muscle does not weigh more than fat. A pound of muscle weighs the same as a pound of fat.

I'm sure that what you're trying to say is that muscle masses more than fat, in that a pound of muscle takes up less space than a pound of fat, but please repeat after me:

a pound is a pound is a pound is a pound is a pound.

a kilo is a kilo is a kilo is a kilo is a kilo.

Thank you - let the snarks begin!

True. A pound of fat weighs the same as a pound of muscle.

But if you look at what a pound of fat looks like compared to a pound of muscle...that lb of fat is much bigger and I am pretty sure that is the context I see it used most.
Or they say that muscle weighs more than fat to explain how a body is transforming and even though the scale may not look it you could be getting more healthy and in shape because you are building muscle and losing fat

mojohowitz

What if the volumes were equal?

Does a cubic inch of fat weight less than a cubic inch of ice cream?

What's the difference between weight and mass?

Does Barbarella's band need a new guitarist? :blushing:

So many questions that may never get answered.

cmcollins001

And to think, you killed many pixels just to bring us this post.

sixout

shellypaints

Ok, seriously, just saw it again in several posts.

Please, people, muscle does not weigh more than fat. A pound of muscle weighs the same as a pound of fat.

I'm sure that what you're trying to say is that muscle masses more than fat, in that a pound of muscle takes up less space than a pound of fat, but please repeat after me:

a pound is a pound is a pound is a pound is a pound.

a kilo is a kilo is a kilo is a kilo is a kilo.

Thank you - let the snarks begin!

True. A pound of fat weighs the same as a pound of muscle.

But if you look at what a pound of fat looks like compared to a pound of muscle...that lb of fat is much bigger and I am pretty sure that is the context I see it used most.
Or they say that muscle weighs more than fat to explain how a body is transforming and even though the scale may not look it you could be getting more healthy and in shape because you are building muscle and losing fat

The word you are looking for is volume. Muscle is dense and takes up less volume; while fat takes up a lot of volume for the same comparative weight.

Another way to put this is that muscle has more mass than fat. mass/=weight Mass is a measurement of volume+weight simplistically speaking.

CallMeCupcakeDammit

This is new to me.

_Zardoz_

I'm sure that what you're trying to say is that muscle masses more than fat, in that a pound of muscle takes up less space than a pound of fat,

If you new that was what people were trying to say why do you have an issue then?. Seems to be a problem of semantic not a real world problem.If that's your biggest worry in life .....

cmcollins001

I am banging my head on the desk because it seems like everyone is killing themselves with workouts and doesn't track their food. I thought this was kind of the POINT of My Fitness Pal...logging your calories.

smh

shellypaints

I'm sure that what you're trying to say is that muscle masses more than fat, in that a pound of muscle takes up less space than a pound of fat,

If you new that was what people were trying to say why do you have an issue then?. Seems to be a problem of semantic not a real world problem.If that's your biggest worry in life .....

Because communicating correct information matters.

gotolam

Let's talk about loose vs. lose next ... because I never know what people mean when they say "I'm trying to loose weight."

/sarcasm

pedantic much?

43mmmgoody21

I think what you meant to say is muscle is more dense than fat.

probably also means that because of its density that 1 pound of fat takes up more space than 1 pound of muscle.

cmcollins001

Let's talk about loose vs. lose next ... because I never know what people mean when they say "I'm trying to loose weight."

/sarcasm

pedantic much?

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1378548-arg-people-it-s-lose-not-loose