5 lbs of Fat vs. 5 lbs of Muscle
Weight Loss Tip:Don't be disappointed by setbacks. Everyone has highs and lows. Sometimes weight loss will slow down or speed up. Pay attention to your activities and diet, but under no circumstances give up on your goals. Human beings are not machines and certain events can slow down or increase weight loss.
Short educational video by Lisa Crisalle displaying the difference between 5 pounds of muscle and five pounds of fat. Understanding why body fat percentage is the true measure of health and not what a weight scale says.
Haha you are funny! 🙂 This is intresting information, great video! 5/5
Wow! that really opened up my eyes to how I should view my body when I get
on the scale. Thanks!
Good! Here’s another one for you – If you drink a pint of water (which
weighs one pound), are you fatter? No, just less thirsty. Remember that the
scale is just one measure to track but not a true measure of health! Have a
great day.
Yes and no. First, you cannot develop muscle without doing anything. So, if
you are not working your upper body, it will not develop muscle. Second, as
you train your lower body you will develop muscle (which will burn more
fat) and you will take up less space (fat takes up 3 x more space than
muscle -see video again). Your bottom half will lean out (if you are eating
clean and not high fat) and actually become smaller, not larger. Remember,
nutrition is an important part of this.
@NubianPrince8 . No, you misunderstand. First, there are several factors
here. What kind of “working out” are you doing? Are you resistance training
(heavy or light), are you doing cardio, intervals, the list is endless.
This is NOT spot reduction. This video is teaching you that fat takes up
1/3 MORE space than muscle. That exercise AND nutrition is key to reducing.
As you develop more lean muscle, you will burn more calories OVERALL. There
is no such thing as spot reduction.
@jsmith2113abc I don’t recommend throwing away the scale – we still use it
as a measure, however a $27 fat monitor is based on your hydration status
and is not a good unit of measure either. If you drank alcohol the night
before or just drank coffee, you would be dehydrated and measure completely
different. Body fat calipers done the same way and consistently is the BEST
measure of body fat and health.
I like your style lady, thank you for your postings.
thank you so much for this video, really helped answer my worries. i’ve
started this program p90x. i’ve work very hard and started to see muscles
for the first time but i only use the scale for my measurement and my
weight is still about the same. i was worry i did something wrong.
uggghh the fat? jk good vid thanks
thank you so much! this is actually really eye-opening! (:
Congrats! Exactly what i have been trying to tell people for years! It’s
NOT what the scale says but how much fat vs. muscle one has. Two people can
be the exact same height and the same weight, one may be “heavy set” and
the other one would be toned. Another hint. Muscle is 70% water while fat
is only 40%. Drink more water!
i love this purely for the visual aid, i’ve lost 23lb so on my way to
losing 5 of the 5lb body fat size chunks that’s awesome to me and a great
motivator! Thanks for that. ;0)x
Wonderfully said!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Really eye opening advice, but I think to see your scale once in a while is
okay…but again great advice…
well that’s obvious. if you weigh 200 pounds because of fat or 200 pounds
because of muscle will definetly change how you look. but we already knew
that.
I just joined the gym n i noticed that I put on 2 kilos and I look thinner
thanks for this
@OFFFCoach Yes, i know its an old post but I just saw it. “exercise AND
nutrition is key to reducing.” And in all truth it is realistically about
75-80% diet and only 20-25% exercise.
@killerssv1 Good for you! And I bet you already feel better!
@inyxyooj Good for you. P90X rocks! You will see some great changes as long
as you keep at it.
Every woman should see this video, the women I work are obsessed with
“losing weight” but what they really should say is losing body fat. People
need to realise that they could be losing fat and gaining muscle which is
why their weight doesn’t fall as much as they would thought it would. Stop
focusing on scale weight as it doesn’t tell the whole story, instead
measure fat % if you can failing that just look in the mirror or see if
your clothes are becoming more baggy as you take up less space.
Good vid
Interesting, and smart.
OMG OMG OMG
Good vid
I just linked to this video in a post on my home page. Credit where credit
is due!