Pleas stop looking at the scale!

shimmerNsparkle
shimmerNsparkle Posts: 116
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If you are weight/strength training then the scale is very sneaky, muscle weight ALOT more than fat. I have droped pants sizes while the number on the scale has never budged! Sucess is determined by inches not by weight =-).

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  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    ok
  • gymkoala
    gymkoala Posts: 76
    yup i just weighted myself and i was just thinking that ^^
  • _Zardoz_
    _Zardoz_ Posts: 3,987 Member
    muscle weight ALOT more than fat.
    Popcorn anyone?
  • asciiqwerty
    asciiqwerty Posts: 565 Member
    Density not weight, or mass.
  • SnuggleSmacks
    SnuggleSmacks Posts: 3,731 Member
    If muscle isn't heavier than fat, then gold isn't heavier than feathers, because a pound of each of those weighs the same, too.
  • asciiqwerty
    asciiqwerty Posts: 565 Member
    If muscle isn't heavier than fat, then gold isn't heavier than feathers, because a pound of each of those weighs the same, too.


    Gold isn't heavier than feathers, just higher density.
  • emdeesea
    emdeesea Posts: 1,823 Member
    Which weighs more? A pound of feathers or a pound of lead?

    They're the same - they both weigh a pound.

    It's MASS. The pound of feathers takes up more space than the pound of lead. Same thing with fat/muscle. The pound of fat v/s the pound of muscle is like a grapefruit to a lemon. Both weigh the same, but the lemon is much smaller.
  • SnuggleSmacks
    SnuggleSmacks Posts: 3,731 Member
    *snort*

    Still baffles me why someone would automatically start with a pound of this or that when the goal is comparing weight. A cubic inch of muscle weighs more than a cubic inch of fat. It's pure silliness to take a pound of anything and a pound of anything else and compare them and say "OMG they weigh the same thing u gaiz!!"
  • asciiqwerty
    asciiqwerty Posts: 565 Member
    *snort*

    Still baffles me why someone would automatically start with a pound of this or that when the goal is comparing weight. A cubic inch of muscle weighs more than a cubic inch of fat. It's pure silliness to take a pound of anything and a pound of anything else and compare them and say "OMG they weigh the same thing u gaiz!!"


    You have just defined density, not weight.
  • shimmerNsparkle
    shimmerNsparkle Posts: 116
    Ok let me correct that, Muschle takes up less room, better?
  • Edmond_Dantes
    Edmond_Dantes Posts: 185 Member
    What does "ALOT" stand for?
  • bebeisfit
    bebeisfit Posts: 951 Member
    Ok let me correct that, Muschle takes up less room, better?

    Exactly! I agree that so many people worry about the scale not moving...but they are a size smaller. I'll take smaller clothes any day!
  • ccsick
    ccsick Posts: 91 Member
    muscle doesn't weight more than fat, 16 oz of muscle and 16 oz of fat are still one pound. I think what people WANT to say is, one pound of fat takes up a lot more space than one pound of muscle, as muscle is more dense. I have a photo I can share of that, not sure how to add a photo.
  • ccsick
    ccsick Posts: 91 Member
    http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/db/e2/64/dbe264999428bf6fbec6b06a279215b2.jpg
  • picklesonice
    picklesonice Posts: 5
    What does "ALOT" stand for?

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  • negator5543
    negator5543 Posts: 36
    muscle doesn't weight more than fat, 16 oz of muscle and 16 oz of fat are still one pound. I think what people WANT to say is, one pound of fat takes up a lot more space than one pound of muscle, as muscle is more dense. I have a photo I can share of that, not sure how to add a photo.

    To me this is like saying, I don't weigh more than you do, one pound of me weighs the same as one pound of you.

    Since weight is the measure of the force of gravity on an object, it's makes sense to agree upon a uniform size(volume) by which to compare weight.

    Otherwise everything on the planet weighs the same because you can scrounge up a pound of anything.
  • Edmond_Dantes
    Edmond_Dantes Posts: 185 Member
    What does "ALOT" stand for?

    ALOT2.png

    Hilarious! "The Alot is an imaginary creature that I made up to help me deal with my compulsive need to correct other people's grammar. It kind of looks like a cross between a bear, a yak and a pug, and it has provided hours of entertainment for me in a situation where I'd normally be left feeling angry and disillusioned with the world."
  • Loralrose
    Loralrose Posts: 203
    I will never understand why so many people on MFP forums don't understand that words can have multiple meanings. Saying something "weighs more" can mean:

    1. There is a larger mass on which gravity pulls, therefore it has a higher weight.
    2. A given quantity (usually by volume) is heavier, also known as density.

    Context makes it clear which you're talking about. Of course 1 KG of muscle weighs the same as 1 KG of fat. But someone saying muscle weighs more than fat is OBVIOUSLY saying that it is denser. That is how the language works guys... get over it.
  • janinehema90
    janinehema90 Posts: 21 Member
    The OP had good intentions, and her results are great! It's just that she didn't know how to express it properly/made a mistake. Correcting her multiple times and jumping on the situation doesn't help.
  • ccsick
    ccsick Posts: 91 Member
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  • kateangel2312
    kateangel2312 Posts: 242 Member
    I wish I could stop looking at the scale, annoys me every time !
  • negator5543
    negator5543 Posts: 36
    oh for christ sake, really? Stop it already, my point is that muscle doesn't WEIGH MORE it's 16oz, fat is 16 oz. Explain how 16 oz of one is heavier than 16 oz of another. Doesn't compute, but it is denser. "nuff said.

    I'm not saying she made a mistake, I'm telling her she is right in a way, muscle seems to weigh more, BUT, the way I like to think of it is this: the same amount of fat vs. muscle, the muscle would weigh more, because there is more muscle in the same amount of space. I'm not being stupid or hurtful, just made a flipping comment. Get over yourselves. Gaw.

    I'll just shut up now, I know what I mean, want to make a big deal, do it by yourself. I graduated high school too many years ago to partake.

    There is only 16oz of muscle if that's how many ounces of it you weigh. There is such a thing as a 2 ounce slice of muscle and a 4 ounce slice of fat.

    If you cut a piece of muscle tissue that is one inch long by one inch wide by one inch thick it WILL be heavier than the same dimensions slice of fat.

    The one pound or 16ounces is not the quanity of fat, it's the Weight of A quantity of fat.

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