1 pound is 1 pound is 1 pound

Well, to be exact, it is "Reams of Paper" that are the exception.

oh noes!! Not THIS again!!

Where that pic of beating a dead horse

here ya go xD certainly fits!

Without that stick, I'd really be wondering what he's doing, and if he's building muscle and burning calories.

Another one of these posts, really? When people say muscle weighs more than fat, they mean that BY VOLUME, muscle is heavier than fat. If you take a piece of muscle and a piece of fat, and they're exactly the same size, the muscle will weigh more. Muscle has a higher MpV (mass per volume) than fat. That's all there is to it.

Or in simpler more scientific terms... muscle has a higher density than fat.

Another one of these posts, really? When people say muscle weighs more than fat, they mean that BY VOLUME, muscle is heavier than fat. If you take a piece of muscle and a piece of fat, and they're exactly the same size, the muscle will weigh more. Muscle has a higher MpV (mass per volume) than fat. That's all there is to it.

Correct. If only everyone said it this way, we could avoid so much confusion and baby giraffe deaths.

Muscle is heavier than fat
Muscle is heavier than fat
Muscle is heavier than fat
Muscle is heavier than fat
Muscle is heavier than fat


There! I said it! I have invoked the summoning ritual. :laugh:

It only works if you did it naked,holding a ream of paper

Hey what if you threw the ream of paper in the pool with the baby? Hmmm? What then?

you'll implode. instantly.

Paleo.

Another one of these posts, really? When people say muscle weighs more than fat, they mean that BY VOLUME, muscle is heavier than fat. If you take a piece of muscle and a piece of fat, and they're exactly the same size, the muscle will weigh more. Muscle has a higher MpV (mass per volume) than fat. That's all there is to it.

Correct. If only everyone said it this way, we could avoid so much confusion and baby giraffe deaths.

But if everyone else who knows what someone means when they say 'muscle weighs more than fat' could just remember that its just a term and we all 'get it' we wouldnt need these incessant posts.
I suppose the same people never say 'Im starving', 'Im dying', 'Im going to kill you'....Well watch out for the last one.

This is a really good point. Who is going to give first? It is incorrect to say muscle weighs more than fat. Does it matter? I don't know. when I read that statement it makes my ears itch. Could be unrelated, though.

There have been conversations - very, very long ones - with people who actually did not understand that it was a density issue. Or perhaps did not have a grasp of density.

If only we had an MFP FAQ where we could simply point people to....
Does muscle weigh more than fat? | MyFitnessPal.com
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/390247-does-muscle-weigh-more-than-fat

AND, a dollar is a dollar is a dollar LOL

Not necessarily - Aussie dollars are worth more than US dollars!
(at the moment)

There have been conversations - very, very long ones - with people who actually did not understand that it was a density issue. Or perhaps did not have a grasp of density.

In fact, their grasp of density was perhaps too great.

I'm surprised nobody has brought this up before on the boards...ever.