VERY short vent

Muscle does NOT weigh more than fat!!!!!!! There I feel better now. To clarify as I understand it A pound is a pound is a pound. A pound of muscle takes up the space of 1 1/2 sticks of butter, a pound of fat takes up the space of 4 sticks of butter. If I see one more time on the main boards that muscle weighs more than fat I will come back here to scream. Thank you Donna

Donna, Playing devil's advocate here I think you just disproved your own statement. If "A pound of muscle takes up the space of 1 1/2 sticks of butter, a pound of fat takes up the space of 4 sticks of butter" then per square inch, muscle does weigh more than fat. Maybe that is what they are referring to when they make the statement. By the way, thank you for your two precious posts this morning. Both of them served to inspire me and make me think. Blessings, Maren

Hi Maren Yes I could confuse even myself if I tried hard enough!!! Muscle is more DENSE then fat, and takes up less space by that measure. Think of a brick that weighs a pound and a pound of feathers. The feathers are bigger and take up more space, but the brick still weighs the same even though it is obviously smaller and takes up less space. That is what I am trying to say. Scientific evidence welcomed. Donna

Donna, Speaking of dense... Makes perfect sense to me, that was the word for which I was looking. Maren

Ya'll are cracking me up! I was just telling my daughter this the other day and even used the "a one pound brick weighs the same a one pound of feathers" analogy! Kandy

Actually, muscle does weigh more than fat. Using your analogy backwards, if you took 1-1/2 sticks of muscle, and 1-1/2 sticks of fat, the 1-1/2 sticks of muscle would weigh more than the 1-1/2 sticks of fat. Got it? Denise Phares