PSA: Muscles do not weigh more than fat.

MagnoliaBliss
MagnoliaBliss Posts: 22 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
A pound of muscles equals a pound of fat. However, muscle is denser than fat; therefore a pound of muscle takes up less space than a pound of fat.

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  • docktorfokse
    docktorfokse Posts: 473 Member
    Ah-ha! Excellent point my friend, but a challenger appears! Take a piece each of fat and muscle, portioning equal volume betwixt the two. A square inch of muscle would indeed exert more gravitational force than a square inch of fat!

    I have no idea why I typed like that, but I was really into it.
  • ethansmug
    ethansmug Posts: 159 Member
    By this logic there is no difference between a feather and a pile of poop.
  • whiteheaddg
    whiteheaddg Posts: 325 Member
    Ah-ha! Excellent point my friend, but a challenger appears! Take a piece each of fat and muscle, portioning equal volume betwixt the two. A square inch of muscle would indeed exert more gravitational force than a square inch of fat!

    I have no idea why I typed like that, but I was really into it.

    You, basically, said the exact same thing as the OP.
  • ilovedeadlifts
    ilovedeadlifts Posts: 2,923 Member
    Ah-ha! Excellent point my friend, but a challenger appears! Take a piece each of fat and muscle, portioning equal volume betwixt the two. A square inch of muscle would indeed exert more gravitational force than a square inch of fat!

    I have no idea why I typed like that, but I was really into it.

    Density = Mass / volume

    So yes.
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    Either way, the solution is obvious:

    Eat 1200 daily calories.

    The only question remaining is, what is the effect of eating back all, some, or none of my exercise calories?
  • chachan
    chachan Posts: 31 Member
    What's important is that muscle burns calories efficiently and fat doesn't do anything but sit there and look ugly. So weigh more...just have it be because you have muscles!!
  • ilovedeadlifts
    ilovedeadlifts Posts: 2,923 Member
    Either way, the solution is obvious:

    Eat 1200 daily calories.

    The only question remaining is, what is the effect of eating back all, some, or none of my exercise calories?

    please, eat more than that.
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    By this logic there is no difference between a feather and a pile of poop.

    Oh, there's a difference. Has someone ever tried to tickle you with the latter?

    Like I said, definitely a difference.


    EDIT: to fixes a verb
  • SteveHunt113
    SteveHunt113 Posts: 648 Member
    Oh boy, here we go again......
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    What about about a lb of copy paper vs a 1 lb dumbbell?
  • ethansmug
    ethansmug Posts: 159 Member
    By this logic there is no difference between a feather and a pile of poop.

    Oh, there's a difference. Have someone ever tried to tickle you with the latter?

    Like I said, definitely a difference.


    Oh Yeahhhhhhhh!!!!!
  • jordanreddick
    jordanreddick Posts: 197 Member
    AMEN
  • hesn92
    hesn92 Posts: 5,966 Member
    I think you know what people mean when they say it.

    I don't see what's wrong about saying "muscle weighs more than fat" ... if you take a blob of fat and then take a blob of muscle of the same size, the muscle will weigh more. I wish people would stop nit picking everything that is said on here.
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    Either way, the solution is obvious:

    Eat 1200 daily calories.

    The only question remaining is, what is the effect of eating back all, some, or none of my exercise calories?

    I would be starving if I only ate 1200 calories! Seriously...

    I don't try to eat them back, but I have exercised to bring my net calories down for the day, usually to allow myself a dessert after dinner.
  • BrettPGH
    BrettPGH Posts: 4,716 Member
    By this logic there is no difference between a feather and a pile of poop.

    1lb of feathers = 1lb of poop. If you want to compare weight.

    To make it simpler for everyone:

    1lb of anything weighs the exact same as 1lb of anything else.

    Any further questions?
  • robin52077
    robin52077 Posts: 4,383 Member
    Silly Taso, everyone knows that copy paper is lighter than a dumbbell even if they weigh the same!
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    What about about a lb of copy paper vs a 1 lb dumbbell?

    :laugh:
  • p0pr0cksnc0ke
    p0pr0cksnc0ke Posts: 1,283 Member
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evKOibP6_Yw
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    Either way, the solution is obvious:

    Eat 1200 daily calories.

    The only question remaining is, what is the effect of eating back all, some, or none of my exercise calories?

    please, eat more than that.

    But...but...if I don't reach my goal weight in two months or less, I'll just stop trying completely and go back to eating Snickers and Diet Cokes all day long.
  • escloflowneCHANGED
    escloflowneCHANGED Posts: 3,038 Member
    By this logic there is no difference between a feather and a pile of poop.

    1lb of feathers = 1lb of poop. If you want to compare weight.

    To make it simpler for everyone:

    1lb of anything weighs the exact same as 1lb of anything else.

    Any further questions?

    Burn the witch!!!!!
  • Jules2Be
    Jules2Be Posts: 2,238 Member
    :yawn:
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    A pound of muscles equals a pound of fat. However, muscle is denser than fat; therefore a pound of muscle takes up less space than a pound of fat.

    Thanks so much for letting me know that a pound equals a pound. I've been wondering about that for sooooo long.

    But I'm still a little confused. If I have 6 kg of fat and 6 kg of muscle, which weighs more???
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    By this logic there is no difference between a feather and a pile of poop.

    1lb of feathers = 1lb of poop. If you want to compare weight.

    To make it simpler for everyone:

    1lb of anything weighs the exact same as 1lb of anything else.

    Any further questions?

    Yes. Where is this magical world where there is only 1 pound of everything?
  • PittShkr
    PittShkr Posts: 1,000 Member
    By this logic there is no difference between a feather and a pile of poop.

    1lb of feathers = 1lb of poop. If you want to compare weight.

    To make it simpler for everyone:

    1lb of anything weighs the exact same as 1lb of anything else.

    Any further questions?

    Yeah how do you know all of this stuff Brett .... are you smart or something?
  • LuckyLeprechaun
    LuckyLeprechaun Posts: 6,296 Member
    What about about a lb of copy paper vs a 1 lb dumbbell?

    :laugh:

    As long as you do some Tae-bo, they'll balance out.

    But don't hold the dumb bell while you Tae-Bo, you don't want to get all bulky and manly.
  • infamousmk
    infamousmk Posts: 6,033 Member
    Well I never! *clutching pearls*
  • BrettPGH
    BrettPGH Posts: 4,716 Member
    Yeah how do you know all of this stuff Brett .... are you smart or something?

    Well I'm no nuclear engineer or anything, but I hear they're mostly just drunks anyway.
  • Rae6503
    Rae6503 Posts: 6,294 Member
    You realized that people mean "by volume" when they say that right?

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    See? I weigh the same as I did when I was fat but now my volume is smaller.
  • escloflowneCHANGED
    escloflowneCHANGED Posts: 3,038 Member
    A pound of muscles equals a pound of fat. However, muscle is denser than fat; therefore a pound of muscle takes up less space than a pound of fat.

    Thanks so much for letting me know that a pound equals a pound. I've been wondering about that for sooooo long.

    But I'm still a little confused. If I have 6 kg of fat and 6 kg of muscle, which weighs more???

    They both weigh...6kg
  • ZombieChaser
    ZombieChaser Posts: 1,555 Member
    The answer is 42.


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