question about muscle and fat

myjourney2 · May 2012

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!

lickmybaconcakes · May 2012

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 · May 2012

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 · May 2012

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.