YES, muscles weigh more than fat!!!

nananie2
nananie2 Posts: 272 Member
edited September 29 in Health and Weight Loss
I KNOW... that a pound of fat and a pound of muscles weigh the same, as would a pound of rocks and a pound of jello...

BUT... I also know that a square inch of muscles weighs MORE than a square inch of fat...

AND... I bet that most people know the difference when they say that muscles weigh more than fat.

SO... all these explanations are pointless, really!!

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE try not to impress anyone by explaining the whole concept again and again...

SORRY! But I had to say something!

No offense anyone... :tongue:

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  • bzmom
    bzmom Posts: 1,332 Member
    But 1lbs is still 1lbs right...........:devil: JK LOL!!
  • nichole1027
    nichole1027 Posts: 79 Member
    Love the rocks to jell-o comparison, I definitely have some places on my body that I would like to transfrom from jell-o to rock. :laugh:
  • jrich1
    jrich1 Posts: 2,408 Member
    But they still weigh the same.


    Weight and density are two different measurements
  • JennsLosing
    JennsLosing Posts: 1,026
    yup, its old and redundant.
  • OneTonPony
    OneTonPony Posts: 60
    I remember a riddle/joke from my childhood...which weighs more? A ton of bricks, or a ton of feathers?
  • TheDeviation
    TheDeviation Posts: 149
    Those postings are no worse than this posting...
  • ItsTerriC
    ItsTerriC Posts: 436 Member
    From what I've seen, the explanation is only given in reply to a post response that a persons weight gain is due to building muscle, which in almost all cases is not the reason for weight gain. I think the "explainers" are only trying to be helpful by giving the facts and not letting someone think the scale is moving in the wrong direction because they are gaining muscle weight. At least that has been my experience.
  • End6ame
    End6ame Posts: 903
    But they still weigh the same.


    Weight and density are two different measurements


    No you missed the point. Following your logic, everything ways the same as everything else.

    If you had a pile of fat and a pile of muscle and I told you to take 1lb from each pile, you would end up with a far greater volume of fat. Likewise, if I told you to take 1 cubic inch from each pile you would have a far greater weight of muscle.

    There is always a constant and a variable in the equation, in this example the constant can either be weight or volume and the variable will always be the opposite. Additionally, the variable will always be greater or less depending on which measurement you hold constant. When someone says that “muscle ways more than fat” it should be assumed that weight is the variable and the other measurement (even if it is unknown) is the constant.

    Another way to explain this would be in terms of mass vs. weight. Mass is constant and will never change regardless of location (even without gravity), while weight is the measure of force that gravity has on an object (measured in newtons). Muscle has more mass than fat and therefore weighs more under the force of gravity.
  • foodforfuel
    foodforfuel Posts: 569 Member
    I really don't think it is any more difficult to correctly state that muscle is more dense than fat.
  • jujubean1992
    jujubean1992 Posts: 462 Member
    i agree with the original poster! one pound of anything is going to weight the same as a pound of something else. STOP EXPLAINING IT!
  • jipper44
    jipper44 Posts: 111
    Way to go, OP! It's about the amount of volume vs weight.

    Afterall, if you think about it, we're all really here to lose volume. That is, we want to take up less space than we did before. What's that smaller size you wanna fit into? Yeah....
  • BBBgettingfit
    BBBgettingfit Posts: 58 Member
    BUT, did you know that a ton of gold theoretically weighs more than a ton of something else, because of the unique way in which gold is measured? Not that this is at all relevant, since last I checked I'm not made of gold (and I probably wouldn't be trying actively to lose gold)...
  • nananie2
    nananie2 Posts: 272 Member
    BUT, did you know that a ton of gold theoretically weighs more than a ton of something else, because of the unique way in which gold is measured? Not that this is at all relevant, since last I checked I'm not made of gold (and I probably wouldn't be trying actively to lose gold)...

    LOL

    Love this one! :laugh:
  • RyeLite
    RyeLite Posts: 17
    This reminds me of the time I flipped out on my X GF's Mother, when she tried to convince me that a 16 oz Bag of Pecans should be measured in Measuing Cup. I tried to explain to her the recipe is calling for 8 oz refering to WEIGHT and not Liquid Ounces.

    The recipe called for 8 oz. the Bag was 16 oz. So thats half the bag...Right. NOPE....not accoring to her. 8 Fluid Ounces went into the mix...I gave up and the Peacan Pie I to TRIED TO MAKE didnt have nealry enough Pecans....

    When the recipe called out for 8 oz of milk....I told her to fill up the 1/2 the 16 Oz nut bag...She still didnt get it....
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    But they still weigh the same.


    Weight and density are two different measurements

    So ... everything weighs the same then, right?
  • CHOOSE_HERE_NOW
    CHOOSE_HERE_NOW Posts: 16
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