Muscle vs Fat

katecm17
katecm17 Posts: 31 Member
edited November 12 in Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
1 lb of fat weighs the same as 1 lb of muscle. The difference is muscle is more dense than fat which means more volume of tissue. Moral of the story don't worry about the scale so much, use A tape measure around your waist, hips, in the morning once a week in the morning measure and track your losses.

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  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    ummmm OK.....

    are you just lecturing or is there some kind of a point/question???
  • katecm17
    katecm17 Posts: 31 Member
    I was just referencing my main point . I def don't wanna come off lecturing I'm sorry if I did... I just wanna help
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,021 Member
    katecm17 wrote: »
    1 lb of fat weighs the same as 1 lb of muscle. The difference is muscle is more dense than fat which means more volume of tissue.
    Your definition here makes it sound like there's more muscle volume than fat volume for the same amount of weight. I think you meant to say for the same amount of weight, there will be more FAT VOLUME than muscle volume.
    Scientifically in weights and measures, one compares volume of a material vs another to check for weight and density. So a liter of muscle does weigh more than a liter of fat.
    The whole "muscle weighs more than fat" gets chucked around basically so that people don't feel bad if they aren't losing weight. The reality is that if one is losing weight, the chances of adding muscle in calorie deficit is improbable.

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  • beautychicks01
    beautychicks01 Posts: 12
    Thanks katecm17 I needed to read this this morning. The scale haven't moved.
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