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Oops. Cut my response short there. It (muscle-fat ratio) can make a huge difference over time. Not necessarily the OP's issue. Then again, she is not new to working out. She may have built up quite a lot of muscle already, and just not have that much fat left to lose. She's trying to get her weight down, and equating that…

As I said before, I agree that it does not explain short term weight loss/gain. Over time, though, it can make a

Your last line is ironic, sinceyouare nitpicking as well. The reason I am nitpicking is simply that the general notion was challenged that muscle weighs more than fat. I was more than willing to leave it at that, but people started arguing that volume is irrelevant, yada, yada... This, while not relevant to OP, which I…

Yes. Do you? I have already agreed that it does not explain OP's situation. The thread did go off topic, but that happens in conversations. I am responding to the claim that volume isn't a factor in whether muscle weighs more. I have explained why it absolutely is. This isn't an off-the-cuff opinion of mine. It's a…

It's a hypothetical... Sorry for the big word.

No, you certainly don't. I'm pointing out that weight is not something to measure independently in the context of whether two things weigh the same. If one bike weighs less because it only has one wheel, then that would certainly affect your decision to buy, wouldn't it? Are you going to compare only the weights of the…

Wow. No. The argument is not moot. It holds. The whole point of conducting a test is to gather data in an environment where you CAN control the variables so that you can then APPLY the information to situations where you can't exert the same control. Measuring exactly how much muscle is on a human body is not so easy…

It reduces the independent variables. You can't have more than one, or the test is invalid. If you compare 5lb to 5lb to 5lb, you're not really testing weight. If you're comparing a cup of A to a cup of B to a cup of C to see what each will weigh, then you're comparing weight. Or just look at the picture above...

No, not on a human body, but weighed on a scale like the one pictured above.

The logic is solid, and based on the simplest rule of variables in scientific experimentation (the dependent variable is what you observe). The weight varies in response to changes in the independent variable, which is volume. You will increase or decrease the volume in order to observe how that affects weight. Observing…

Did you drink a LOT of water? I still don't think it would show that much of a gain, but it could if you weighed yourself early yesterday morning and then again later in the day today. Don't worry. It can't be a fat gain.

Don't sweat it for just one day. I've done that, too. Some days you just don't want it. Just make sure you have a good breakfast with protein so that you don't get too hungry early tomorrow.

When people say that muscle weighs more than fat, they mean per volume. 5lb of fat weighs the same as 5lb of muscle, yes (obviously), but they are far from equal. A cup of muscle will weigh more than a cup of fat. So, muscle absolutely does weigh more than fat... per volume.

I always get those "helpful" comments from my family, too. People who haven't "been there" actually think all you need is for them to tell you you're fat and you will magically see the light and slim down. Do they really think we don't know we have put on weight? Ugh. Their comments are more damaging than anything else…