3500 cals IS NOT 1 pound!

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  • christy_frank
    christy_frank Posts: 680 Member
    THAT IS WHY WE ARE ALL FAT!!!! BECAUSE 1000 CALORIES = 1 POUND!!!!!
  • DebbieLyn63
    DebbieLyn63 Posts: 2,654 Member
    calories is not a measure of weight.

    i weighed an empty glass on my kitchen scale just this morning. 11.1 oz. I filled the 16 oz glass with water and it was 1 lb 14.3oz. Therefore, the water itself was over a pound.

    That proves 3500 cals is not 1 pound!

    actually, it proves that 1 pound is not 3500 calories


    16 oz of butter is 3256 calories. SO it is close! :wink:
  • Chief_Rocka
    Chief_Rocka Posts: 4,710 Member
    What did you eat? A pound of muscle weighs more than a pound of fat.


    Hmmmmm a pound is a pound....so one pound of muscle weighs excatly the same as one pound of fat.....the voulme will for sure be diffrent....buuuuut a pound is a pound !!!

    This can't be true. I'm always heavier after I lift weights.
  • ShifuYaku
    ShifuYaku Posts: 504 Member
    No no no, you have to burn 3500 to lose 1 pound. :)
  • Ivy_leaves
    Ivy_leaves Posts: 103 Member
    Woooooooow.

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  • firstsip
    firstsip Posts: 8,399 Member
    What did you eat? A pound of muscle weighs more than a pound of fat.

    Why would anyone eat a pound of muscle?

    Mussels go great with beer.
  • kenazfehu
    kenazfehu Posts: 1,188 Member
    Oh for heaven sake!
  • IamNhappy
    IamNhappy Posts: 88 Member
    If you eat standing up the calories don't count.................no seriously

    That where a lot of people go wrong. STAND UP NEXT TIME!
  • FitCurves444
    FitCurves444 Posts: 169 Member
    3500 surplus or deficit = 1 pound up or down

    Your weight fluctuation for today has to do with the volume of food you consumed. It is like filling a bag (your stomach) with food and then putting it on the scale. The bag already has its own weight and it would not be the same with an apple in it. The volume of the apple will increase the weight of the bag. Take the apple out, and the bag weighs the same.
  • tigerblue
    tigerblue Posts: 1,526 Member
    Not sure but I think the food in your digestive tract may weigh more than the fat which it creates. There's water and fiber in the food (usually) that's going to be expelled.

    It is a fact though that a pound of fat contains about 3500 calories of energy.

    This!
  • quiltingducky
    quiltingducky Posts: 103 Member
    I had a hard time believing this was a serious post. After all, a gallon of water is 8 pounds alone and there are no calories in it. seriously?
  • sugarushlala
    sugarushlala Posts: 7 Member
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    Yup. That should do it.
  • AngryDiet
    AngryDiet Posts: 1,349 Member
    What did you eat? A pound of muscle weighs more than a pound of fat.

    Why would anyone eat a pound of muscle?

    Mussels go great with beer.

    But so does beer.
  • DebbieLyn63
    DebbieLyn63 Posts: 2,654 Member
    And 16 oz of Olive Oil is 3800 calories.. so there, HA!
  • sugarushlala
    sugarushlala Posts: 7 Member
    What did you eat? A pound of muscle weighs more than a pound of fat.

    Why would anyone eat a pound of muscle?

    Mussels go great with beer.


    Mmmm beeeeer *drools*
  • wellbert
    wellbert Posts: 3,924 Member
    this seemed dubious so i did the math.

    1 lb of fat in grams is 454g of fat.

    1g of fat is 9 calories

    Therefore, 9*454 = 4086!! That's 586 difference!

    What about muscle? 454 grams of muscle at 4cal/protein gram is... 1816 calories!

    So fat is actually 4086 calories per pound
    Muscle is 1816 calories per pound. That means it takes twice as much muscle in a pound of fat
    Which means that a pound of muscle weighs MORE THAN DOUBLE a pound of fat.

    Proven with math.
  • DebbieLyn63
    DebbieLyn63 Posts: 2,654 Member
    I had a hard time believing this was a serious post. After all, a gallon of water is 8 pounds alone and there are no calories in it. seriously?

    yes, sarcasm is often lost on the interwebz!
  • cubizzle
    cubizzle Posts: 900 Member
    These aren't the droids you are looking for.
  • zachatta
    zachatta Posts: 1,340 Member
    Have you checked your hymien discombobulator?

    See a doctor about it, sometimes it can affect your trilomthicarus, which basically increases your calorie intake by a percentage.

    Seems impossible I know but, stranger things have happened.

    Only a doctor can tell you at this point.
  • DebbieLyn63
    DebbieLyn63 Posts: 2,654 Member
    this seemed dubious so i did the math.

    1 lb of fat in grams is 454g of fat.

    1g of fat is 9 calories

    Therefore, 9*454 = 4086!! That's 586 difference!

    What about muscle? 454 grams of muscle at 4cal/protein gram is... 1816 calories!

    So fat is actually 4086 calories per pound
    Muscle is 1816 calories per pound. That means it takes twice as much muscle in a pound of fat
    Which means that a pound of muscle weighs MORE THAN DOUBLE a pound of fat.

    Proven with math.

    Well done.. You win!
  • Brunner26_2
    Brunner26_2 Posts: 1,152
    this seemed dubious so i did the math.

    1 lb of fat in grams is 454g of fat.

    1g of fat is 9 calories

    Therefore, 9*454 = 4086!! That's 586 difference!

    What about muscle? 454 grams of muscle at 4cal/protein gram is... 1816 calories!

    So fat is actually 4086 calories per pound
    Muscle is 1816 calories per pound. That means it takes twice as much muscle in a pound of fat
    Which means that a pound of muscle weighs MORE THAN DOUBLE a pound of fat.

    Proven with math.

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  • 86_Ohms
    86_Ohms Posts: 253 Member
    Stop thinking of calorie as a measurement of weight and start thinking of a metric unit of energy.

    Science!
  • firstsip
    firstsip Posts: 8,399 Member
    What did you eat? A pound of muscle weighs more than a pound of fat.

    Why would anyone eat a pound of muscle?

    Mussels go great with beer.

    But so does beer.

    CHEERS!
  • andreanicole686
    andreanicole686 Posts: 406 Member
    um no. And never weigh yourself right after eating. The water is going to add on weight too. Chill out you didn't gain weight. Keep eating right and weight yourself again later in the week before you eat a 1,000 calorie lunch.
  • needamulligan
    needamulligan Posts: 558 Member
    You're a special snowflake :)

    this is my new favorite
  • firstsip
    firstsip Posts: 8,399 Member
    Have you checked your hymien discombobulator?

    See a doctor about it, sometimes it can affect your trilomthicarus, which basically increases your calorie intake by a percentage.

    Seems impossible I know but, stranger things have happened.

    Only a doctor can tell you at this point.

    I think you mean "hymen," and mine alone weighed at least 5 pounds... glad I got rid of that sucker!
  • jackpotclown
    jackpotclown Posts: 3,275 Member
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    you must first realize that there are no calories and pounds \m/
  • _Bob_
    _Bob_ Posts: 1,487 Member
    I once drank and ate 9 lbs right before a weigh in for a biggest loser contest. it hurt but it was nice when I had dropped 15lbs on the first weigh in

    my car weighs a lot of calories
  • capnrus789
    capnrus789 Posts: 2,736 Member
    What did you eat? A pound of muscle weighs more than a pound of fat.

    Why would anyone eat a pound of muscle?

    I eat muscle all the time. What do you think steak is made from? Lips and *kitten*?
  • DebbieLyn63
    DebbieLyn63 Posts: 2,654 Member
    I once drank and ate 9 lbs right before a weigh in for a biggest loser contest. it hurt but it was nice when I had dropped 15lbs on the first weigh in

    my car weighs a lot of calories

    Oh you are SUCH a cheater! lol