Banging my head on the desk

rrlwelter
rrlwelter Posts: 40 Member
edited March 1 in Health and Weight Loss
Ok, seriously, just saw it again in several posts.

Please, people, muscle does not weigh more than fat. A pound of muscle weighs the same as a pound of fat.

I'm sure that what you're trying to say is that muscle masses more than fat, in that a pound of muscle takes up less space than a pound of fat, but please repeat after me:

a pound is a pound is a pound is a pound is a pound.

a kilo is a kilo is a kilo is a kilo is a kilo.

Thank you - let the snarks begin!
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  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    Lead doesn't weigh more than hydrogen.
  • Barbellarella_
    Barbellarella_ Posts: 454 Member
    :yawn:
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    Ok, seriously, just saw it again in several posts.

    Please, people, muscle does not take up less space than fat. A cubic inch of muscle takes up as much space as a cubic inch of fat.

    I'm sure that what you're trying to say is that muscle is denser than fat, in that a cubic inch of muscle weighs more than a cubic inch of fat, but please repeat after me:

    an inch is an inch is an inch.

    a cm is a cm is a cm.

    Thank you - let the snarks begin!
  • 17ChargerGirl17
    17ChargerGirl17 Posts: 441
    THANK YOU!!!!!!!! FINALLY SOMEONE THAT GET'S IT.
  • Derp_Diggler
    Derp_Diggler Posts: 1,456 Member
    IN for banging on the desk.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    I am banging my head on the desk because it seems like everyone is killing themselves with workouts and doesn't track their food. I thought this was kind of the POINT of My Fitness Pal...logging your calories.

    smh
  • srslybritt
    srslybritt Posts: 1,618 Member
    Oh, this again. Okay then.

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  • thavoice
    thavoice Posts: 1,326 Member
    Ok, seriously, just saw it again in several posts.

    Please, people, muscle does not weigh more than fat. A pound of muscle weighs the same as a pound of fat.

    I'm sure that what you're trying to say is that muscle masses more than fat, in that a pound of muscle takes up less space than a pound of fat, but please repeat after me:

    a pound is a pound is a pound is a pound is a pound.

    a kilo is a kilo is a kilo is a kilo is a kilo.

    Thank you - let the snarks begin!
    True. A pound of fat weighs the same as a pound of muscle.

    But if you look at what a pound of fat looks like compared to a pound of muscle...that lb of fat is much bigger and I am pretty sure that is the context I see it used most.
    Or they say that muscle weighs more than fat to explain how a body is transforming and even though the scale may not look it you could be getting more healthy and in shape because you are building muscle and losing fat
  • mojohowitz
    mojohowitz Posts: 900 Member
    What if the volumes were equal?

    Does a cubic inch of fat weight less than a cubic inch of ice cream?

    What's the difference between weight and mass?

    Does Barbarella's band need a new guitarist? :blushing:

    So many questions that may never get answered.
  • cmcollins001
    cmcollins001 Posts: 3,472 Member
    And to think, you killed many pixels just to bring us this post.

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  • sixout
    sixout Posts: 3,128 Member
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  • shellypaints
    shellypaints Posts: 49 Member
    Ok, seriously, just saw it again in several posts.

    Please, people, muscle does not weigh more than fat. A pound of muscle weighs the same as a pound of fat.

    I'm sure that what you're trying to say is that muscle masses more than fat, in that a pound of muscle takes up less space than a pound of fat, but please repeat after me:

    a pound is a pound is a pound is a pound is a pound.

    a kilo is a kilo is a kilo is a kilo is a kilo.

    Thank you - let the snarks begin!
    True. A pound of fat weighs the same as a pound of muscle.

    But if you look at what a pound of fat looks like compared to a pound of muscle...that lb of fat is much bigger and I am pretty sure that is the context I see it used most.
    Or they say that muscle weighs more than fat to explain how a body is transforming and even though the scale may not look it you could be getting more healthy and in shape because you are building muscle and losing fat

    The word you are looking for is volume. Muscle is dense and takes up less volume; while fat takes up a lot of volume for the same comparative weight.

    Another way to put this is that muscle has more mass than fat. mass/=weight Mass is a measurement of volume+weight simplistically speaking.
  • CallMeCupcakeDammit
    CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,377 Member
    This is new to me.
  • _Zardoz_
    _Zardoz_ Posts: 3,987 Member

    I'm sure that what you're trying to say is that muscle masses more than fat, in that a pound of muscle takes up less space than a pound of fat,
    If you new that was what people were trying to say why do you have an issue then?. Seems to be a problem of semantic not a real world problem.If that's your biggest worry in life .....
  • cmcollins001
    cmcollins001 Posts: 3,472 Member
    I am banging my head on the desk because it seems like everyone is killing themselves with workouts and doesn't track their food. I thought this was kind of the POINT of My Fitness Pal...logging your calories.

    smh

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  • shellypaints
    shellypaints Posts: 49 Member

    I'm sure that what you're trying to say is that muscle masses more than fat, in that a pound of muscle takes up less space than a pound of fat,
    If you new that was what people were trying to say why do you have an issue then?. Seems to be a problem of semantic not a real world problem.If that's your biggest worry in life .....

    Because communicating correct information matters.
  • gotolam
    gotolam Posts: 262 Member
    Let's talk about loose vs. lose next ... because I never know what people mean when they say "I'm trying to loose weight."

    /sarcasm

    pedantic much?
  • 43mmmgoody21
    43mmmgoody21 Posts: 146 Member
    I think what you meant to say is muscle is more dense than fat.

    probably also means that because of its density that 1 pound of fat takes up more space than 1 pound of muscle.
  • cmcollins001
    cmcollins001 Posts: 3,472 Member
    Let's talk about loose vs. lose next ... because I never know what people mean when they say "I'm trying to loose weight."

    /sarcasm

    pedantic much?

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1378548-arg-people-it-s-lose-not-loose
  • melaniecheeks
    melaniecheeks Posts: 6,349 Member
    When I say X weighs more than Y what do you think I mean?

    Of course a pound if X weighs the same as a pound of Y, it would be trivial for me to state that. One pound of anything weighs the same as one pound of anything else - right?

    So what do people mean when they say X weighs more than Y? And what are people trying to prove when they start ranty threads about the matter?
  • the_arghbowl
    the_arghbowl Posts: 63 Member
    I read the title of this thread as "Banging on the desk" ... *backs away slowly*


    Carry on.
  • Laurenloveswaffles
    Laurenloveswaffles Posts: 535 Member
    in for banging
  • Lemongrab13
    Lemongrab13 Posts: 206 Member
    Because that's worse than the hundreds of dozens of posts about 'Rate the person above you'.
    Luring the insecure into a tear trap.
    Arnie is disappoint.
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  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member

    I'm sure that what you're trying to say is that muscle masses more than fat, in that a pound of muscle takes up less space than a pound of fat,
    If you new that was what people were trying to say why do you have an issue then?. Seems to be a problem of semantic not a real world problem.If that's your biggest worry in life .....

    Because communicating correct information matters.
    What do you think of the phrase "lighter than air," then. Doesn't that communicate incorrect information in that it should be "less dense than air"?
  • IPAkiller
    IPAkiller Posts: 711 Member
    Great thread! Let the kitteh GIFs begin!
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  • Veil5577
    Veil5577 Posts: 868 Member
    Great thread! Let the kitteh GIFs begin!
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    Love it!

    Is anyone going to buy OP a new desk?
  • chadya07
    chadya07 Posts: 627 Member
    SCIENCE!!

    wheeeeee!

    (ps. anyone with a brain that works with logic knows that when people say that they dont mean a pound weighs more than a pound. why would anyone ever say or imply that? personally i think the logic that sees people saying a pound is more than a pound when people say it is more flawed than the one that says muscle weighs more than fat... in my opinion)

    LOGIC!!! it goes well with science.
  • skullshank
    skullshank Posts: 4,323 Member
    IN for banging OPs head on the desk.

    FIFY
  • Jacwhite22
    Jacwhite22 Posts: 7,010 Member
    Assuming you are talking about equal volumes then yes......muscle does weigh more than fat. 1 cubic foot of muscle weighs more than one cubic foot of fat.
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