I weigh 215 pounds but most people think I'm around 180. I have big shoulders and thighs and I workout regularly, but none of this seems to make sense to me.
Last week a nurse weighed me and she had to do it twice to make sure the scale was working properly. How can a person look so much lighter than they actually are?
2007-02-25 05:41:47 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Men's Health
First muscle does NOT weigh more than fat. A pound of muscle weighs one pound and a pound of fat weighs one pound.
Muscle is more DENSE. Density is the weight per unit volume.
So a very muscular person weighing 200 pounds is going to take up less space that a fatty person weighing 200 pounds.
Keep up the exercise. It will reduce your chances for cardiovascular disease as well as keeping you looking fit.
2007-02-25 06:28:43 · answer #1 · answered by Spitzname 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Muscle Mass, Bone Density, and sometimes even your posture can affect the way a scale reads your weight. You are completely healthy and normal, its just your genetics. I am inheritently Irish and German and the people in my family are biologically incapable of being any smaller than 6ft.(not really, just seems that way) You are beautiful, just focus on pilates and yoga and other aerobic exercises. Limit your protein intake. And dont do any weight training with any dumb bells that weighs over 5 pounds.
2007-02-25 06:23:25 · answer #2 · answered by maguathehearteater 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know what you mean. I look like I weigh around 155, but I actually weight 185. Most of it is because of my legs, that's the only reason I can think of.
2007-02-25 10:36:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Muscle weights more than fat so a lean person will "look" like they weight less. Also a taller person will look different than a short person with the same body mass
2007-02-25 05:46:36 · answer #4 · answered by sdexcalibur 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you work out then you have gained lean muscle mass. Muscle weighs more than fat and takes up less space.
2007-02-25 05:49:45 · answer #5 · answered by margarita 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-02-18 03:13:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the length of your legs . Its better than being called skinny like me and i ususally wear the same size clothes as the person calling me skinny. Im just taller than them.
2007-02-25 05:46:28 · answer #7 · answered by deogee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you muscular? It could be muscle mass. Muscle weighs way more than fat.
2007-02-25 05:44:37 · answer #8 · answered by Nameless 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you carry bottom weight then you can look thinner than you actually are.
2007-02-25 05:44:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋