truth about muscle and fat
Hi All,
Just wanted to share a great article. When I hear people talk about muscle weighing more than fat - it erks me after all * a pound is a pound people* (just one of those liitle things that bothers me
) Anyway, I found this article to share with my support group and thought you guys and gals would like it too. It is point blank. The photo would not paste here so I attached the link at the bottom.
hugs,
Britt
Muscle Does Not Weigh More Than Fat, but it's Much Nicer to Look at
5 Lb. Fat vs. 5 Lb. Muscle
As you can see, the 5 lbs. of fat is much bulkier than the 5 lbs. of muscle, but five pounds is still five pounds. Muscle does not weigh more than fat.
Fat is bulky and lumpy so if you carry an extra five pounds of fat, you'll be lumpier than with five pounds more muscle. A five pound pile of fat will take up more space (volume) than a five pound pile of muscle; but five pounds is still five pounds, so for those of you that don't "get" English, you cannot say one thing weighing a certain weight weighs more than another thing at that same weight. It's a common joke to play on an 8-year old. The correct way to state the muscle weighs more than fat scenario is, "Muscle is heavier by volume than fat."
A woman weighing 150 pounds with 19% fat will look much smaller (and be much healthier) than a woman at 150 pounds with 35% fat. They weigh the same, yet the composition is different. Because muscle is more dense than fat the person with less fat and more muscle will look smaller.
Stop being so obsessed with body weight and start paying attention to body composition. How much body fat do you have compared to muscle? Simply seeing how much you weigh isn't very helpful.
below is the atricle link * with a picture*
http://www.onemorebite-weightloss.com/muscle-to-fat.html
) Anyway, I found this article to share with my support group and thought you guys and gals would like it too. It is point blank. The photo would not paste here so I attached the link at the bottom.
hugs,
Britt
Muscle Does Not Weigh More Than Fat, but it's Much Nicer to Look at
5 Lb. Fat vs. 5 Lb. Muscle
As you can see, the 5 lbs. of fat is much bulkier than the 5 lbs. of muscle, but five pounds is still five pounds. Muscle does not weigh more than fat.
Fat is bulky and lumpy so if you carry an extra five pounds of fat, you'll be lumpier than with five pounds more muscle. A five pound pile of fat will take up more space (volume) than a five pound pile of muscle; but five pounds is still five pounds, so for those of you that don't "get" English, you cannot say one thing weighing a certain weight weighs more than another thing at that same weight. It's a common joke to play on an 8-year old. The correct way to state the muscle weighs more than fat scenario is, "Muscle is heavier by volume than fat."
A woman weighing 150 pounds with 19% fat will look much smaller (and be much healthier) than a woman at 150 pounds with 35% fat. They weigh the same, yet the composition is different. Because muscle is more dense than fat the person with less fat and more muscle will look smaller.
Stop being so obsessed with body weight and start paying attention to body composition. How much body fat do you have compared to muscle? Simply seeing how much you weigh isn't very helpful.
below is the atricle link * with a picture*
http://www.onemorebite-weightloss.com/muscle-to-fat.html 
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on 1/10/08 9:27 am - FL
on 1/10/08 9:27 am - FL
Thanks Britt! It's so true--that number on the scale doesn't mean nearly as much as how much of it is muscle!
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on 1/11/08 8:19 am - FL
on 1/11/08 8:19 am - FL
Isn't it funny how we openly state our weight now! We wouldn't have done that a year ago! 
I'm healing good. The right one is giving me a little trouble--not fully dropping yet and looking suspicously a little contracted again. The doc wants to do another surgery on them in six weeks. He said that he is a perfectionist and if he removed a little more skin he could get them rounder and more natural looking. Randy said that it's up to me, but if he were me he wouldn't do it. But you know that I too am a perfectionist too so I will probably do it.
I'm healing good. The right one is giving me a little trouble--not fully dropping yet and looking suspicously a little contracted again. The doc wants to do another surgery on them in six weeks. He said that he is a perfectionist and if he removed a little more skin he could get them rounder and more natural looking. Randy said that it's up to me, but if he were me he wouldn't do it. But you know that I too am a perfectionist too so I will probably do it. (deactivated member)
on 1/11/08 11:03 pm - FL
on 1/11/08 11:03 pm - FL
Randy is working in North Carolina. He gets to stop by home for about 10 hours on Sunday before he has to go down to spend a week in Tampa! I'm almost single again during RV show season. It's a good time to concentrate on getting back on track with my nutrition and exercise.
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