I don't understand it!!!

michlindsay23

I don't understand that the three months I was off MFP I ate what I wanted, didn't excersise and I managed to keep off the ten pound I lost. NOW, I am excersising, eating better (not perfectly, but better) and I have gained four pounds back. What is up with that? The only excersise I have been doing is cardio so it's not like I've been lifting weights to gain that much muscle. Please help! I need encouragement. :sad:

michlindsay23

I don't understand that the three months I was off MFP I ate what I wanted, didn't excersise and I managed to keep off the ten pound I lost. NOW, I am excersising, eating better (not perfectly, but better) and I have gained four pounds back. What is up with that? The only excersise I have been doing is cardio so it's not like I've been lifting weights to gain that much muscle. Please help! I need encouragement. :sad:

Fab140

You could still gain muscle from cardio. I know that the elliptical and treadmill (especially at an incline) uses a decent amount of muscle.

Have you taken measurements along your journey?

michlindsay23

I have taken measurments, but am only losing a couple of inches throughout my whole body.

Fab140

Inches lost are inches lost. Here's an article at website: http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=576481

Subject: Re: Muscle Density vs. Fat Density
Answered By: raisingmyhand-ga on 17 Oct 2005 16:30 PDT

Hello Holstein13,

Thanks for your question. I hope you will find this answer to be
provided with solid scientific references.

Summary: Muscle density is 1.06 g/ml and fat density is (about) 0.9
g/ml. Thus, one liter of muscle would weight 1.06 kg and one liter of
fat would weight 0.9 kg. In other words, muscle is about 18% denses
than fat. This should not be confused with the "energy density" of
muscle and fat, which may be where you got the 3x figure that you
mention in your question.

I have made a special effort to find credible sources for the answer.
Below I provide sources for the two numbers separately.

1. The density of mammalian skeletal muscle is 1.06 g/ml.
"... 1.06 g/cm-3 which is the density of mammalian skeletal muscle"

Source for quote: The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological
Sciences and Medical Sciences 56:B191-B197 (2001)
Specific Force Deficit in Skeletal Muscles of Old Rats Is Partially
Explained by the Existence of Denervated Muscle Fibers
Melanie G. Urbancheka, Elisa B. Pickenb, Loree K. Kalliainenc and
William M. Kuzon, Jr.a,d
http://biomed.gerontologyjournals.org/cgi/content/full/56/5/B191#R23

Reference given by the authors: Mendez J, Keys A, 1960. Density and
composition of mammalian muscle. Metabolism 9:184-188.

2. The density of adipose tissue (fat) is about 0.9 g/ml
"...by multiplying the density of adipose tissue (0.9196 g/ml)"
Source: Association of adiponectin and resistin with adipose tissue
compartments, insulin resistance and dyslipidaemia
M. S. Farvid1, T. W. K. Ng2, D. C. Chan2, P. H. R. Barrett2 and G. F. Watts2*
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1463-1326.2004.00410.x

"...on the assumption that the density of adipose tissue is 0.9g/cm3"
Source of quote: Pediatric Research 55:437-441 (2004)
Distribution of Adipose Tissue in the Newborn
TRACEY A.M. HARRINGTON, ELIZABETH LOUISE THOMAS, GARY FROST, NEENA
MODI and JIMMY D. BELL
Source given by authors:
Ross R, L�ger L, Guardo R, De Guise J, Pike BG 1991 Adipose tissue
volume measured by magnetic resonance imaging and computerized
tomography in rats. J Appl Physiol 70: 2164?2172

I hope you find this to be useful and a complete answer to your
question. Let me know if there is anything I can clarify.

Regards,
RMH

Search Strategy:
I searched Google using the phrase "density of mammalian skeletal
muscle" and "density of adipose tissue". I used a computer in a
medical center that has free, online access to many scientific
journals.

Fab140

http://www.trulyhuge.com/news/tips63hk.htm

Also another place that can help you determine if it's fat or muscle.

michlindsay23

Thanks. I looked at the last website you gave me. It makes it simple to determine. I just need to get a thing to measure my bodyfat.

Fab140

They are super fun a bit panful though!

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