"Muscle Weighs More Than Fat"
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LOL there was one girl on here who said she was just dieting and not even working out and someone said "you are just gaining muscle!" .. i was like .. uhhhhh, you dont gain muscle just from dieting, you need to work hard for it!0
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im horny......does that weigh anything??
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Great visual on the fat/muscle topic!0
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OM FRICKIN G NOT THIS AGAIN ..............................0
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YES! perfect. They may WEIGH the same, but they take up more volume. One pound of muscle LOOKS less than a pound of fat. Just like 1 pound of feathers will take up more room than 1 pound weights.
So, worry how the clothes fit, not how the scale moves. you don't want to be skinny fat do you?0 -
I still don't get it?!?!0
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I know this has been said over and over again but it's quite simple
If you replace 1 cubic inch of fat from your body with 1 cubic inch of muscle you will be the same size but you will be heavier. You in essence are becoming a denser person.0 -
How much does your purse weight?0
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OK, I am sure this has been posted before ....
Yes, it has.
Consider this dead horse beat so many times that it has reanimated and then been beat to death again. Please just let the horse be dead. Please.0 -
How much does your purse weight?
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How much does your purse weight?
The same as fat and muscle. A pound is a pound.0 -
I just know there's a Monty Python line there, somewhere
A duck!
I got better.0 -
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.. If you only have a small amount of weight to lose, then you may feel like the weight training is not helping you move down on the scale. In fact, the number may even go up, but you will look thinner. This is due to an increase in lean body mass (muscle, bone, blood volume) and a decrease in body fat. In other words, even if the scale doesn't change much, you will probably see a difference in how your clothes fit.
^ My situation exactly!0 -
im horny......does that weigh anything??
I hope not, or I'd never be able to lose weight, LOL.0 -
the same volume of muscle will weigh more than the same volume of fat.
you can have a small muscle and a bunch of fat and they can weight the same.
i dont think anyone means that the same volume of each will weight the same.0 -
I see these threads all the time.
Does anyone really think that a pound of fat weighs different than a pound of muscle?
The expression "muscle weighs more than fat" assumes equal volumes. So if you have the same volume of fat as you do muscle, the muscle is going to weigh more. Similarly, if you have the same weight of each, the volume of muscle will be less.
Do people not realize that?
^^^^^ This0 -
This is all that should ever have to be said on this topic.
I second that!0 -
This is all that should ever have to be said on this topic.
RIGHT ON lol - 'nuff said!0 -
I see these threads all the time.
Does anyone really think that a pound of fat weighs different than a pound of muscle?
The expression "muscle weighs more than fat" assumes equal volumes. So if you have the same volume of fat as you do muscle, the muscle is going to weigh more. Similarly, if you have the same weight of each, the volume of muscle will be less.
Do people not realize that?
No. People are stupid.
They only understand weight to be measured in lbs.
Not mass or volume.0 -
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look at it this way 1cm3 of muscle weighs more then 1cm3 of fat so muscle does weigh more then fat0
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*places bingo chip*0
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The expression "muscle weighs more than fat" assumes equal volumes. So if you have the same volume of fat as you do muscle, the muscle is going to weigh more. Similarly, if you have the same weight of each, the volume of muscle will be less.
Do people not realize that?
My pet peeve is people that DON'T realize that and whose pet peeve is when people say muscle weighs more than fat.0 -
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I hate when people gain a couple of pounds, vent online about it, and people say "you've been working out - its probably muscle." It takes TIME to put on muscle mass. Sorry you didn't gain a pound of muscle in a week. Especially women!
Either you are retaining water, or you ate more than you thought you did.
More then likely it is water. A pound of fat = ~3500 calories. I seriously doubt somebody has oven eaten that many calories in a week.0 -
This sounds like a challenge.I hate when people gain a couple of pounds, vent online about it, and people say "you've been working out - its probably muscle." It takes TIME to put on muscle mass. Sorry you didn't gain a pound of muscle in a week. Especially women!
Either you are retaining water, or you ate more than you thought you did.
More then likely it is water. A pound of fat = ~3500 calories. I seriously doubt somebody has oven eaten that many calories in a week.
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