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Author: Dawn 170/165.5/135
Date: 06-20-03 06:20
I keep reading on several posts here that "muscle weighs more than fat." How do we know this? I can remember the joke about "what weighs more, a pound of bricks or a pound of feathers" and the answer was always that they weigh the same because a lb. is a lb. I'm sooo confused! Thanks.
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Author: Ken 367/324/250
Date: 06-20-03 06:25
I can answer it. we know cause they have weighted
But what we tend to mean here is this. A pound of fat takes up much more room than a pound of muscle. If you lose a pound of fat and gain a pound of muscle, your body will look slimmer but the weight of your body will be the same.
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Author: Dawn 170/165.5/135
Date: 06-20-03 06:27
Well, I've been religiously documenting my calories every day, keeping them around 1,200 and doing some kind of cardio for at least 30 minutes every day. I've only been doing this for about 2 weeks and I've lost 4.5 pounds but when I measured last night, I've gone from a 32" waist to 30.5"! I nearly freaked out. But the whole fat vs. muscle thing was perplexing me...thanks!
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Author: Ken 367/324/250
Date: 06-20-03 06:29
np..guess we should be saying a pound of fat takes more space that a pound of muscle
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Author: GymMachine
Date: 06-20-03 06:34
ken is right...whilst u put a pound of fat next to a pound of muscle...they are ofcourse gonna weigh 1 pound...muscle is alot more dense though, thats the key.
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