Muscle VS Fat

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  • EatClean_WashUrNuts
    EatClean_WashUrNuts Posts: 1,590 Member
    Can you please show the certification of used scales so that I can confer there has been no tampering? If you are unable to show, please forward the items to be weighed.
  • billsica
    billsica Posts: 4,741 Member
    Just to make clear the whole "fat weights more than muscle" misunderstanding going on, which i've constantly tried to explain to people.

    It's about volume.

    Also, more muscle = higher metabolism.


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    I think you are simply wrong. See how much more fat there is than muscle? clearly the muscle weighs more than the fat.

    Ok lets take my 5 pound cat, he has both muscle and fat. If it was the same, he would weigh 10 pounds! See what I am saying?
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    I hear muscle weighs more than fat though

    No - its a 10lb dumbbell that weighs more than a 10lb box of paper.

    And throw the baby in the pool to test this....
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    I hear muscle weighs more than fat though

    No - its a 10lb dumbbell that weighs more than a 10lb box of paper.

    And throw the baby in the pool to test this....

    Crumpled or flat?
  • willwillywilson
    willwillywilson Posts: 229
    What restaurant is this? I don't want to eat either of those.
  • BurtHuttz
    BurtHuttz Posts: 3,653 Member
    Not to derail this informative thread but . . .

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  • drmerc
    drmerc Posts: 2,603 Member
    Not to derail this informative thread but . . .

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  • wellbert
    wellbert Posts: 3,924 Member
    Put them both in the tub. The muscle sinks. That means muscle is heavier than water.
    Fat floats, so fat weighs less than water.
    So

    Fat < Water < Muscle
    therefore
    fat < muscle.
  • firstsip
    firstsip Posts: 8,399 Member
    Not to derail this informative thread but . . .

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    OMG I THOUGHT THIS WAS THE SAME PERSON WHO CHANGED THEIR PIC.

    :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway:
  • bacitracin
    bacitracin Posts: 921 Member
    http://www.amazon.com/Lifeform-Lb-Muscle-Fat-Replicas/dp/B0083Y0L4U/ref=pd_sbs_indust_10
  • willwillywilson
    willwillywilson Posts: 229
    Not to derail this informative thread but . . .

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    We must fight!!!!! Doppelganger! And do I look for or does he look 33?
  • gauchogirl
    gauchogirl Posts: 467 Member
    If EVERYONE could just not be a grammar/spelling/etc nazi this wouldn't be such an issue! Everyone knows 5lb of two different things still weighs 5lb. People express the sentiment differently and everyone gets their panties in a wad over it.

    Protip: Unwad those panties and move on!

    'zactly.
  • NikoM5
    NikoM5 Posts: 488 Member
    One thing that should be noted is that the so called "increased metabolic effect" from extra muscle mass is extremely miniscule.

    Here's some info
    http://muscleevo.net/muscle-metabolism/#.ULU5CxTposo
  • BurtHuttz
    BurtHuttz Posts: 3,653 Member
    Not to derail this informative thread but . . .

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    We must fight!!!!! Doppelganger! And do I look for or does he look 33?

    I think you look mature for your age and he looks young for his age, definitely. But you guys must have a cage match, it is the MFP Doppelganger rules.

    Unfortunately, I didn't see who picked up the hat first, so there's no telling who was the original.
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    hey guess what else!!!!!! The moon is NOT made of cheese!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    :indifferent:


    Stop with the lies... next you will tell me Santa isn't real :sad:

    Santa lives in all of us. Cause when we grow up he makes us do his damn job.
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    Not to derail this informative thread but . . .

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    FINALLY! I've been thinkin it all day.
  • BritneysStuntDouble
    BritneysStuntDouble Posts: 849 Member
    But, how much does your purse weight?
  • Merrymaker_Misery
    Merrymaker_Misery Posts: 29
    Maybe what they *mean* is that, for the same volume, muscle will weigh more?

    Or maybe I'm just wishful thinking.

    yeap, that is the case actually.

    I've dropped in total 162 pounds (i re-gained 20 pounds after letting myself go for a year) and due to this time focusing on getting more muscle and burning off the fat, my size is nearly the same, but i'm heavier on the scales. The people i help can't wrap it around their heads when i showed pictures and comparisons of my sizes and weight, how i could be "heavier" but still the same clothes size.


    This post was actually just something for me to bookmark and link in a "things you need to know about weight loss" guide i'm writing, so i don't keep repeating and advertise a bit MFP since i love this site.


    However i won't do that, due to the malicious posts of the MFP members, which quite shocked me since it's in the motivation and (more importantly) support section, and everyone is taking it as a chance to unleash their bitterness, forgetting there are more people than themselves trying to get some information.

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