question about muscle and fat

myjourney2
myjourney2 Posts: 424 Member
edited December 19 in Health and Weight Loss
I am really confused about something. I hear people saying muscle weighs more than fat. How can that be - isnt a pound of fat the same weight as a pound of muscle? Or is it that muscle takes up more space than fat? Help!

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  • lickmybaconcakes
    lickmybaconcakes Posts: 1,063 Member
    density: fat 1.0kg/l and muscle 1.1kg/l

    so basically a kilogram is still a kilo but it's just spread out more in fat.
  • kewkdb
    kewkdb Posts: 207 Member
    What they really mean is that muscle is more dense than fat. That is all. Honestly, it isn't anything to even worry about for any of us.
  • kalynn06
    kalynn06 Posts: 368 Member
    Muscle is denser than fat, so a pound of muscle takes up less space than a pound of fat. That's what they mean by weighs more, even though a pound is a pound. It's like a pound of lead weighs the same as a pound of marshmallows, but the lead takes up a whole lot less room.
  • Alzzak
    Alzzak Posts: 89 Member
    FatvsMuscle.jpg

    Visual aid
  • issyfit
    issyfit Posts: 1,077 Member
    A cubic inch of muscle weighs more than a cubic inch of fat.
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    It's just a common (and poorly-worded) way of saying that 1 lb of muscle takes up less space than 1 lb of fat.

    fat-v-muscle.jpg
  • myjourney2
    myjourney2 Posts: 424 Member
    thanks for the replies! I just couldnt get my head around it . Not sure why it was bothering me...lol
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