Greetings Best Buddies!

Doesn't it seem like August is just flying by us? The Idiot Box showed some downward movement yesterday - but I usually wait for a consistent weight before I log it.

So, here is one of my pet peeves - when people say, "Muscle weighs more than Fat." Why do people say that? It is not true. Muscle is more dense and compact than fat - but one pound equals one pound! LOL!

We can look smaller and lose inches when we build muscle; and wear smaller clothes...but our muscle tissue does not weigh differently than our fat tissue. Help me understand why people say it! It makes me laugh.

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OMGosh , i totally agree. A lbs is a lbs no matter what. I asked my trainer and he confirmed..  
20 ago 15 por membro: redgirl1974
Maybe they should clarify that the same volume of muscle weighs more than the same volume of fat.  
20 ago 15 por membro: wholefoodnut
LOL, WFN - that makes sense. The same volume area of fat vs. muscle could be it...but I doubt that is what people mean!!! They often say it when they show a gain on the scale... 
20 ago 15 por membro: HCB
Lots of "old wives tales" when it comes to weight loss. But you are looking good. Flaunt those muscles no matter how much they weigh.  
20 ago 15 por membro: BuffyBear
Muscles look beter than fat no matter what you say...or weigh! lol 
20 ago 15 por membro: rmacle
short cut way of saying things - lazy! 
20 ago 15 por membro: Pterath
Loving your Words of the Week! 
20 ago 15 por membro: QuirkyDebi
Thanks for the wisdom.  
20 ago 15 por membro: ClassicRocker
If you cut a 4 x 4 x 4 inch cube of your fat out, and did the same with your muscle, and you weighed both, the muscle would weigh more. The saying is pointing out when you compare the same volume of the two substances, the muscle weighs more. Hope that helps. 
20 ago 15 por membro: Loch_Tess
I've never understood why people say muscle weighs more than fat. Can the muscles be smaller or smoother though? 
20 ago 15 por membro: skwhite
lol, they need to say "Muscle is less Volumetric than fat", but that's not 'catchy' enough and causes you to think about what you're saying. 
20 ago 15 por membro: Frosty Heimdall
Per volume muscle weighs more than fat. Meanwhile, what's heavier, a ton of granite or a ton of feathers? 
20 ago 15 por membro: dayberndt
Per volume muscle weighs more than fat. Meanwhile, what's heavier, a ton of granite or a ton of feathers? 
20 ago 15 por membro: dayberndt
Actually if you look in my journal, I posted a while ago a photo that shows exactly how much volume muscle and fat "occupy" for the same weight. 
20 ago 15 por membro: dayberndt
Muscle is more dense than fat is the correct statement. I think people confuse density with weight. 
20 ago 15 por membro: CatHerder
I understand why people say it - I was being rhetorical ! 
20 ago 15 por membro: HCB
They say it because that is what they have heard. a pound is a pound is a pound and your right they are all different perhaps in size and volume. Have a great Friday enjoy the rest of August because winter will be here before you know it.  
21 ago 15 por membro: Rockiesfan
And because of that, by volume, muscle weighs more than fat. You are a trip! 
21 ago 15 por membro: DairyKing
Its not wrong to say it, its just better to say "by volume" but generally people don't bother. But if you have been doing exercise then you will be building muscle, and so you will possibly weigh more, and that isn't fat, so not a bad thing. After all, you will be slimmer but more dense..... 
22 ago 15 por membro: Rindaloo

     
 

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