PSA: Muscles do not weigh more than fat.

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  • jonward85
    jonward85 Posts: 534 Member
    fat doesn't do anything but sit there and look ugly.

    Wrong. The purpose of adipose tissue is to provide insulation from heat and cold and also to provide padding and protection for various organs.

    You said Adipose. All i can think of now is Doctor Who.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    a pound is a pound is a pound no matter how you weigh it.

    That's not true. On some scales it will weigh 0.453592 kg.
  • rob1976
    rob1976 Posts: 1,328 Member

    christ on a cracker

    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
    If you've ever taken communion, they'd have you believe that Christ IS a cracker.
  • ZebraHead
    ZebraHead Posts: 15,207 Member
    Ah man!!! Not again!!

    Beating_A_Dead_Horse.gif
  • xoMeaghan
    xoMeaghan Posts: 175
    Just reposting this because it's right.
    I think you know what people mean when they say it.

    I don't see what's wrong about saying "muscle weighs more than fat" ... if you take a blob of fat and then take a blob of muscle of the same size, the muscle will weigh more. I wish people would stop nit picking everything that is said on here.
  • darias_mommy
    darias_mommy Posts: 127 Member
    Either way, the solution is obvious:

    Eat 1200 daily calories.

    The only question remaining is, what is the effect of eating back all, some, or none of my exercise calories?

    I would be starving if I only ate 1200 calories! Seriously...


    You'd be surprised what you can live with. I eat less than that because I am full before I hit 1200.

    also, I'd rather have 1 lb of muscle over 1 lb of fat any day, thank you!:happy:
  • ChaseAlder
    ChaseAlder Posts: 804 Member
    I think you know what people mean when they say it.

    I don't see what's wrong about saying "muscle weighs more than fat" ... if you take a blob of fat and then take a blob of muscle of the same size, the muscle will weigh more. I wish people would stop nit picking everything that is said on here.

    This.
  • mermx
    mermx Posts: 976
    Bacon?
  • TheirEllie82
    TheirEllie82 Posts: 162 Member
    Bacon?
    Yes please
  • ZarrX86
    ZarrX86 Posts: 38
    Insert sarcasm here.
  • lporter229
    lporter229 Posts: 4,907 Member
    Um, a pound of MUSCLE does weigh MORE than a pound of FAT.

    If you put a pound of fat and a pound of muscle in water, only the muscle is going to sink because it's HEAVIER.

    It's simple psychics, asimov's second law of motion. duh.


    christ on a cracker

    it sinks due to density, not weight.

    I think it was a joke....right?
  • rprussell2004
    rprussell2004 Posts: 870 Member
    Um, a pound of MUSCLE does weigh MORE than a pound of FAT.

    If you put a pound of fat and a pound of muscle in water, only the muscle is going to sink because it's HEAVIER.

    It's simple psychics, asimov's second law of motion. duh.


    christ on a cracker

    it sinks due to density, not weight.

    Actually, something floats or sinks based on how much water is displaced. If the object has greater mass than the water it displaces it sink. It it doesn't it floats. So really, it has more to do with shape than density. If you are going to be insulting and pretend you are smarter than someone make sure you are correct.

    ACTUALLY actually...

    What you've described - mass per volume - is EXACTLY density.

    Smarter is as smarter does.
  • darias_mommy
    darias_mommy Posts: 127 Member
    Suddenly a dumb argument got fun! Bacon solves all problems.
  • chuckyp
    chuckyp Posts: 693 Member
    By this logic there is no difference between a feather and a pile of poop.

    1lb of feathers = 1lb of poop. If you want to compare weight.

    To make it simpler for everyone:

    1lb of anything weighs the exact same as 1lb of anything else.

    Any further questions?


    This is not true. 1lb of Gold (and most precious metal) weighs LESS than 1lb of other substances. Now the question is why :smile:

    Because precious metals are measured in Troy Ounces!

    Of course all these arguments are moot if we are in space. Then everything weighs the same and we have to start going by mass!
  • brimarie95
    brimarie95 Posts: 81 Member
    I think you know what people mean when they say it.

    I don't see what's wrong about saying "muscle weighs more than fat" ... if you take a blob of fat and then take a blob of muscle of the same size, the muscle will weigh more. I wish people would stop nit picking everything that is said on here.

    This.

    This! This! And this again!!!!!!!!
  • DannyMussels
    DannyMussels Posts: 1,842 Member
    If I weighed 200lbs of just fat, I'd be uglier than if I weighed 200lbs of muscle.


    Fat weighs more on the superficial scale.
  • ZarrX86
    ZarrX86 Posts: 38
    By this logic there is no difference between a feather and a pile of poop.

    1lb of feathers = 1lb of poop. If you want to compare weight.

    To make it simpler for everyone:

    1lb of anything weighs the exact same as 1lb of anything else.

    Any further questions?


    This is not true. 1lb of Gold (and most precious metal) weighs LESS than 1lb of other substances. Now the question is why :smile:

    Because precious metals are measured in Troy Ounces!

    Of course all these arguments are moot if we are in space. Then everything weighs the same and we have to start going by mass!

    Curse you Sir Issac Newton!!!
  • darias_mommy
    darias_mommy Posts: 127 Member
    If I weighed 200lbs of just fat, I'd be uglier than if I weighed 200lbs of muscle.


    Fat weighs more on the superficial scale.


    EXACTLY!
  • rob1976
    rob1976 Posts: 1,328 Member
    If I weighed 200lbs of just fat, I'd be uglier than if I weighed 200lbs of muscle.


    Fat weighs more on the superficial scale.
    Also on the Richter Scale
  • lporter229
    lporter229 Posts: 4,907 Member
    If I weighed 200lbs of just fat, I'd be uglier than if I weighed 200lbs of muscle.


    Fat weighs more on the superficial scale.

    love it.
  • legendary781
    legendary781 Posts: 62 Member
    What's the average air speed of a swallow?
  • wdwithers
    wdwithers Posts: 36
    Maintaining the weight. burning more than you eat you loose. eating more that you use you gain. simple logic for me, but i could be wrong.
  • juicyfruit85
    juicyfruit85 Posts: 23 Member
    I LOVE THIS TOPIC!

    Here are some articles I found...

    http://www.weightwatchers.com/util/art/index_art.aspx?tabnum=1&art_id=8311&sc=128

    http://www.3fatchicks.com/does-muscle-weigh-more-than-fat/

    http://www.everydayhealth.com/weight/busting-the-muscle-weighs-more-than-fat-myth.aspx

    interesting... i did find one blog "ranting" about how all the trainers are wrong about muscle NOT weighing more. I see the logic on both sides. This is not an easy thing to understand. Muscle is more dense, meaning the degree of compactness is smaller than fat's. So, essentially, you may not lose the lbs, but you'll look good once you lose fat and gain muscle! I say, whatever makes you feel better about losing weight or gaining the weight... go for it... but please stay healthy! :)
  • Bobby_Clerici
    Bobby_Clerici Posts: 1,828 Member
    fat doesn't do anything but sit there and look ugly.

    Wrong. The purpose of adipose tissue is to provide insulation from heat and cold and also to provide padding and protection for various organs.
    That's because fat weighs a little less than muscle.
    I get it now.
    Thanks :flowerforyou:
  • devilsangel2
    devilsangel2 Posts: 123 Member
    What this dead horse now looks like

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  • robin52077
    robin52077 Posts: 4,383 Member
    What's the average air speed of a swallow?

    African or European?
  • joseph9
    joseph9 Posts: 328 Member
    PSA: Good news! I do not weigh more than I did when I graduated from high school!

    1 pound of me now weighs exactly as much as 1 pound of me weighed when I graduated from high school!

    (IMHO, when you don't define your units, the statements "x weighs more than y" and "x does not weigh more than y" are BOTH meaningless. It's like saying "The distance from here to Rome is not 1,000.")
  • softballsharie
    softballsharie Posts: 154 Member
    Honestly... I'd rather have 1 lb. of chocolate than either.
  • wdwithers
    wdwithers Posts: 36
    Maintaining the weight. burning more than you eat you loose. eating more that you use you gain. simple logic for me, but i could be wrong.

    Can this be deleted this is for something I saw on 1st page
  • MicaelaFW
    MicaelaFW Posts: 63
    Insert sarcasm here.

    in what hole?? (hehehe)

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