muslce weighs more than fat....hear me out!

In other words, if I take the same amount in volume of fat and muscle and weigh them, they should weigh the same?

It just seems like if muscle is more dense, then in this particular case, muscle would weigh more if the volume of the two were the same....

No, by volume (e.g. a square inch of each), the muscle would be heavier. However, a pound of muscle weighs the same as a pound of fat but takes up less space (i.e. volume). Lookie....

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Ok, I noticed a comment about "muscle does not weigh more than fat" and googled and found all the many articles on the subject. But the fact of the matter is that muscle DOES weigh more than fat. I realize a pound is a pound is a pound so a pound of anything is a pound. That is not the issue I am arguing.

If you hold one feather in your hand, it does not weigh the same as if you were to hold a quarter. They are both small, there is only one of each, but you will feel the quarter in your hand and not feel the feather. Just because a pound of feathers and a pound of quarters is still a pound does not mean the feather and the quarter weigh the same. It would take a lot more feathers to make up a pound than quarters.

So lets look at this from a more reasonable (in my opinion) perspective. If you were to take a square inch of muscle, and a square inch of fat, the muscle would weigh more and so....

muscle weighs more than fat

You're still incorrect. Muscle is DENSER than fat. Muscle does NOT weigh more than fat.

Well the argument is one of semantics so Weight = Mass X Gravity, Notice that there is no Density in that equation.

Not the way you write it, but please note that density = mass / volume. That means we can change the equation to:

Weight = Density x Volume x Gravity

And voila, there you have a relation to density and everyone can see that a higher density can lead to a higher weight.

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Not the way you write it, but please note that density = mass / volume. That means we can change the equation to:

Weight = Density x Volume x Gravity

And voila, there you have a relation to density and everyone can see that a higher density can lead to a higher weight.

Awesome! Except you forgot the parenthesis.

Weight = (Density x Volume) x Gravity

Since we are multiplying, no parenthesis are necessary at all.

Muscle does not weigh more than fat. A pound is a pound.... If you have a pound of feathers and a pound of quarters.... the pound of feathers is going to of course be a lot more quantity than the pound of quarters. It's just like fat. One pound of Fat is LARGER than a pound of muscle, but a pound is a pound. If you lose 3 lbs of fat you are smaller, and if you turn those three pounds of fat into muscle, you are still smaller, but you are still going to have those 3 lbs of muscle.

That's why when you are losing weight, you are recommended to not only track your weight loss, but also to measure. You can lose 35 inches and only a couple pounds, because you turn the fat into muscle. You are smaller but you weigh the same.