muscle DOES NOT weigh more than fat!!!!

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  • jenbk2
    jenbk2 Posts: 614 Member
    That’s ridiculous. Nobody thinks a pound of muscle weighs more than a pound of fat. Surely not? Inch per inch, muscle does weigh more. I think that is what people mean when they say that.

    ^^^ Yeah- This!
  • TinkrBelz
    TinkrBelz Posts: 866 Member
    I teach a Zumba class and have a lot of larger ladies in there. Sometimes they get discouraged because the scale is not going down as fast. I don't say, "Muscle weighs more than fat" BUT, I do tell them that I have designed the class in a way that they are building up their butt and leg muscles, so they are losing fat, but at the same time gaining muscle, and that is why their scales are not dropping like crazy.

    When I explain that, they always tell me that they notice their clothes are fitter better and that their husbands are noticing their body changes. And I think that is great!!!
  • delilah47
    delilah47 Posts: 1,658
    But it does. Say you have a cubic foot of muscle and a cubic foot of fat. The muscle will weigh more.

    a cubic foot is a measurment of area.... not a measurement of weight.

    A pound will always weigh a pound! if you have a pound of apples and a pound of rocks... they both still weigh the same A POUND!

    If you fill an area the size of a cubic foot with apples and the area of a cubic foot with rocks... sure they may weigh different... because the space they occupy is different! it may take more apples to fill that area ... or more rocks.

    BUT a pound will always be a pound. a Kilogram will always be a kilogram..... no matter what.

    And no, it's not "area" it's VOLUME. And.. what is our body? Volume. So if you decrease your volume by losing fat, it will still be smaller than if you lose a pound of muscle. With that said, people who say they gained 5 pounds in a few days, but it must be that their body converted fat to muscle .. well, they are dreaming.
  • gaelyngaelyn
    gaelyngaelyn Posts: 86 Member
    I think a lot of you dummies should be able to figure out what people MEAN when they say muscle weighs more than fat-
    The same volume or space taken up on your body of muscle would weigh more than the same volume or amount of space taken up on your body as fat.
    Most people out there do not actually think a pound weighs more than a pound, and the statement "muscle weighs more than fat" alone DOES. NOT. SPECIFY. that anyone thinks it would. Now if someone said "a pound of muscle weighs more than a pound of fat" then THEY would be the dummy.... but just "muscle weighs more than fat" is simply a shorter way of putting the correct and lengthier explanation I stated above. So chill the eff out.
  • nanimoose
    nanimoose Posts: 60 Member
    mass / volume = density

    muscle: 1.06 g / mL
    fat: 0.9 g / mL

    1000 g of muscle: 943 mL
    1000 g of fat: 1111 mL
    ^ i.e. same mass, different density

    :grumble:
  • PJilly
    PJilly Posts: 22,174 Member
    I think I have a great idea for a new MFP feature. I'd like to call it "unbumping" a thread. :wink:
  • doorki
    doorki Posts: 2,576 Member
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  • delilah47
    delilah47 Posts: 1,658
    I have a co-worker who is CONSTANTLY using words in improper context or using words completely outside any meaning they could possibly have. It grates on me. I try not to let it. It's the inanity of someone who keeps using words incorrectly. Not just once in a day, but pretty much all day. After so many times, it can start to get to someone.

    I know right? The one I hate the most and maybe it's because my wife does it ALL THE TIME, is pacific for specific, no matter how many times I try to get her to say it right it’s just one of those things she will always do.

    Or nucular for nuclear. lol Our president Bush was the worst offender.
  • cristileigh
    cristileigh Posts: 158 Member
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    Just lose the fat and shut up.
  • femmi1120
    femmi1120 Posts: 473 Member
    That’s ridiculous. Nobody thinks a pound of muscle weighs more than a pound of fat. Surely not? Inch per inch, muscle does weigh more. I think that is what people mean when they say that.

    This.

    I haven't seen anyone on the forums who actually doesn't understand this...
  • Nikusz
    Nikusz Posts: 69 Member
    I have an idea for a new annoying thread. Let me present:
    Fat just takes up more space. :)

    NO! One cubic inch of fat takes up the same amount of space as one cubic inch of muscle.
    You cannot say fat takes up more space.
  • freerange
    freerange Posts: 1,722 Member
    I have an idea for a new annoying thread. Let me present:
    Fat just takes up more space. :)

    NO! One cubic inch of fat takes up the same amount of space as one cubic inch of muscle.
    You cannot say fat takes up more space.


    :) I like the way you think
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