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  • Helloitsdan
    Helloitsdan Posts: 5,564 Member
    How tall are you and whats your body fat%?
  • olong
    olong Posts: 255 Member
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    muscle doesnt weigh more than fat...1lb muscle takes up less space in the body than 1lb of fat...thats why you should check your measurements aswell as ur weight.
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    What you are saying is somewhat of a contradiction. Muscle has a higher density than fat. Yes and pound of fat and a pound of muscle would both weigh a pound. But, the fat pile to make up the pound would in fact be bigger than the muscle pound pile.

    It's why the water test works best for figuring out true body mass.

    If you consider water has a density of 1, muscle has a density of 1.1, and fat has a density of .9, the fat floats, the muscle sinks. A 300 lb person with a lean body mass of 50 would weigh about 150 in the tank of water (the fat is floating). A 200# person with a lean body mass of say 10, would weigh 180 in the water (more muscle is sinking).
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    i did say muscle takes up less space in the body...which is another way of phrasing muscle has a higher density than fat...........dohh
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    You just contradicted yourself.... muscle's specific gravity is 1.06 g/ml (see your estimation of 1.1) and fat's specific gravity is 0.92 (see your estimation of .9) this means that the same volume of muscle with weigh more than that volume of fat. Muscle DOES weigh more than fat AND a pound of muscle and a pound of fat both weigh a pound AND the muscle will take up less "space" on the body. Your argument is slightly muddled. AND a water test is most accurate, but most people do not have access or funds necessary for a water test.
  • TabiHerbalifeCoach
    TabiHerbalifeCoach Posts: 691 Member
    eat more. yes. at LEAST 500 more, ALSO the scale lies take measurements!
  • Helloitsdan
    Helloitsdan Posts: 5,564 Member
    Set macronutrients to Protein 30% Fat 30% carbs 40%.
    Set calories to 1600 at the least.

    This is what I got from your diary.
  • gibnic
    gibnic Posts: 11 Member
    Thank you, this helps. I made my diary public so you can all see it. I do have fats in my diet, I meant that I avoid junk and I limit high fat foods. I don't deprive myself, as you can see if you look at yesterdays food log, when my family went out for sundaes after dinner, I went too, I just split my sundae with my youngest who doesn't eat much =) anyways, point is, there are fats, I hate fat free cottage cheese, but I like 2%. I love nuts, avacados etc. I don't eat a lot of potato chips or french fries though! I think my diet is overall pretty healthy, not perfect, but I have good eating habits. Maybe just not enough though, I didn't realize that with exercise I need to add back most of the calories that I work off, this seems strange to me because isn't the point of exercise to burn off calories? I am under the impression that in order to loose weight I need to burn off 3500 calories to loose one pound, so I am exercising like crazy trying to loose weight and it seems to be taking its sweet time coming off. Thank you all for the information on plateus, this is useful information. As for the debate about fat versus muscle, debate on, it is interesting to hear different angles =)
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