lb of fat wieghs the same as lb of muscle

motogsp
motogsp Posts: 109 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I don't see how anyone can say different. A lb is a lb no matter what material you are talking about. The amount of space that said object takes up may be different that is about it.
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  • marathon_mama
    marathon_mama Posts: 150 Member
    True. I always laugh when I read that in a post.
  • Mrsbrandnewmeslimandtrim
    Mrsbrandnewmeslimandtrim Posts: 267 Member
    bump
  • corrinnebrown
    corrinnebrown Posts: 345 Member
    People should say " A pound of fat looks worse than a pound of muscle" I think that works better...I mean a pound is equal to a pound.....
  • neverstray
    neverstray Posts: 3,845 Member
    Ugh! Someone shoot me now. I mean it. NOW! Geez.
  • Chief_Rocka
    Chief_Rocka Posts: 4,710 Member
    My momma said alligators are ornery 'cause they got all dem teeth and no toothbrush.
  • SarahCW1979
    SarahCW1979 Posts: 572 Member
    Yup, its like asking someone 'You have a ton of lead and a ton of feathers, which is heavier'
    Does make me smirk when I read it though :embarassed:
  • jigglewiggles
    jigglewiggles Posts: 173 Member
    This makes me laugh too. How can 1 lb. of anything, weigh more/less than 1 lb. of something else?? lol.
  • jerbear1962
    jerbear1962 Posts: 1,157 Member
    muscle is so much more lean...so it looks like it weighs less...just takes up less space.
  • dsmpunk
    dsmpunk Posts: 262 Member
    My momma said alligators are ornery 'cause they got all dem teeth and no toothbrush.

    /high five
  • BogQueen1
    BogQueen1 Posts: 320 Member
    I've never seen it quite worded like that. I always assumed that it meant if you took a hunk of fat and a hunk of muscle of equal sizes and dimensions, the muscle hunk would weigh more then the fat hunk, and that's what people mean when they say muscle weighs more then fat, meaning muscle is denser.

    /Shrug. That's like the old 'trick' what weighs more 10 pounds of steel or 10 pounds of feathers. They weigh the same duh!
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    You must be new here...

    Yeah... we got it!

    :noway:
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
    I'm glad someone finally said it. I think it's been 10 or 12 minutes since one of these threads was started. I can rest easy now.
  • doggiesnot
    doggiesnot Posts: 334 Member
    I think the typical saying is "muscle weighs more than fat", meaning it's more dense. Of course, a pound equals a pound when comparing mass. In general, muscle=good, fat=bad LOL.
  • TR0berts
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member
    I'm glad someone finally said it. I think it's been 10 or 12 minutes since one of these threads was started. I can rest easy now.

    So you bumped the thread? What are you thinking???


    Oh, wait...

    :explode:
  • KrazyAsianNic
    KrazyAsianNic Posts: 1,227 Member
    Haha. My dad use to always ask me, "What weighs more? A pound of bricks or a pound of feathers?" I always felt stupid when I said bricks.

    This is so true, and this is why we must take pictures instead of just relying on the scale!
  • obsidianwings
    obsidianwings Posts: 1,237 Member
    I don't see how anyone can say different. A lb is a lb no matter what material you are talking about. The amount of space that said object takes up may be different that is about it.
    I don't think anybody says that 1lb of something is heavier than 1lb of something else. But muscle still weighs more than fat, take a handful of muscle and a handful of fat and the muscle weighs more. Same as a handful of concrete and a handful of feathers don't weigh the same.
    A lb is a lb, doesn't mean everything on earth weighs the same. People who don't understand this baffle me.

    ETA: JUst read the whole thead and it seems like a lot of peoplle don't get it. Can someone please point me in the direction of a post where anyone says 1lb of muscle weighs more than 1lb of fat, because I have never seen anyone say that in my life.
  • CorvusCorax77
    CorvusCorax77 Posts: 2,536 Member
    do people actually say a pound of muscle weighs more than a pound of fat?

    I can't believe we are *still* having this conversation. Muscle does weigh more than fat, as in if you have the same volume of muscle and fat, the muscle will weigh more. One cubic inch of fat also weighs more than one cubic inch of air. It's not rocket science. Just some of us catch on that the rest of statement "muscle weighs more than fat" is "for the same amount of volume"....so you can be lifting weights, lowering your size, lowering your body fat, be building muscle, and see nothing change on the scale.
  • CorvusCorax77
    CorvusCorax77 Posts: 2,536 Member
    I'm glad someone finally said it. I think it's been 10 or 12 minutes since one of these threads was started. I can rest easy now.

    also, THIS.
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
    I'm glad someone finally said it. I think it's been 10 or 12 minutes since one of these threads was started. I can rest easy now.

    So you bumped the thread? What are you thinking???


    Oh, wait...

    :explode:

    It was either that or wait ten minutes and start a new one myself.
  • CorvusCorax77
    CorvusCorax77 Posts: 2,536 Member
    in sum:

    140 lbs of couch potato blubber weighs the same as 140 lbs of weight lifting fitness. But you can bet they don't look the same.
  • drmerc
    drmerc Posts: 2,603 Member
    Bull, a bird made out of a pound of bricks couldn't fly as well as a bird made out of a pound of feathers
  • motogsp
    motogsp Posts: 109 Member
    You must be new here...

    Yeah... we got it!

    :noway:

    I am new and I sure it has been mentioned many times and really don't care. I just fiond it funny people still say it.
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
    Bull, a bird made out of a pound of bricks couldn't fly as well as a bird made out of a pound of feathers

    Unless they were rocket bricks. Then that sumb!tch would fly like a mofo.
  • amann1976
    amann1976 Posts: 742 Member
    a lb of fat is denser than an lb of muscle...
  • obsidianwings
    obsidianwings Posts: 1,237 Member
    You must be new here...

    Yeah... we got it!

    :noway:

    I am new and I sure it has been mentioned many times and really don't care. I just fiond it funny people still say it.

    Again, where?
    I have been here a good while now, and never seen anyone say 1lb of muscle weighs more than 1lb of fat. I find it hard to believe anyones actually said it, I think you just don't understand what people mean.
    If however, you did come across someone saying exactly that, then yes, they are not the brightest crayons in the box.
  • amann1976
    amann1976 Posts: 742 Member
    Bull, a bird made out of a pound of bricks couldn't fly as well as a bird made out of a pound of feathers

    wrong... a science lesson on a fitness forum will cost you extra though
  • carlsoda
    carlsoda Posts: 3,426 Member
    as every expert say...a pound is a pound is a pound. BUT a pound of muscle is denser then fat thus takes up less room...meaning two people who weight the same, the one who has more muscle then the other will be smaller! :smile:
  • drmerc
    drmerc Posts: 2,603 Member
    Bull, a bird made out of a pound of bricks couldn't fly as well as a bird made out of a pound of feathers

    wrong... a science lesson on a fitness forum will cost you extra though

    lol science said the world was flat
  • motogsp
    motogsp Posts: 109 Member
    ETA: JUst read the whole thead and it seems like a lot of peoplle don't get it. Can someone please point me in the direction of a post where anyone says 1lb of muscle weighs more than 1lb of fat, because I have never seen anyone say that in my life.
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    the thread 3500 cals IS NOT 1 pound! the tird post down.
  • skullshank
    skullshank Posts: 4,323 Member
    the thread 3500 cals IS NOT 1 pound! the tird post down.

    *turd

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