5lbs Fat -v- 5lb Muscle - Photo

[LessToLose]

I found these photos and thought I would share. The top photo is what 5lbs of fat looks like and is the same weight as a house brick. It is quite scary to imagine that around your vital organs, isn't it?

The photo underneath that one is a great example of how 5lb fat looks compared to 5lb of muscle. This clearly illustrates how much less space muscle takes up compared to the equivalent weight of fat.

So a muscly person weighing the same as a fat person (if height and other factors were the same) would look much, much slimmer.

Now, 'scuse me while I go find my dumbells!

[VickyDLM 2 stone]

That's disgusting! What a great picture! It really brings home the difference though. It makes you think.

[LessToLose 4lbs Restart April 2024 in reply to VickyDLM]

I know, it made me sit up and think, too.

[alevkruu 2025 March in reply to VickyDLM]

Also, unless you're in your first year of lifting, that 5 lbs of muscle is a lot more work to gain than that fat. Hell, losing 5 lbs of fat is much easier than gaining 5 lbs of muscle.

[BridgeGirl Administrator SS Supercook 2 stone in reply to alevkruu]

Hi, you have replied to an old post so chances are you won't have a reply

[LastChance]

Wow that's an eye opener. Good pic to stick on the fridge

[LessToLose 4lbs Restart April 2024 in reply to LastChance]

Now that is a great idea!

[Hidden]

Loads of incentive now to lose 15 pounds of 'brick' for the poor knees - wow.

[LessToLose 4lbs Restart April 2024 in reply to Hidden]

My knees would appreciate that too!

[Claire2stone]

Wow!! I've got about a brick and a bit too loose to reach my target. Better start chipping away. Get ready for some DUST 😀

[LessToLose 4lbs Restart April 2024 in reply to Claire2stone]

LOL, you are so close, come on, chip, chip!

[Strawb_64 7lbs]

If you think about the stamina in takes for overweight people to do basic things. We go about our daily activities carrying around, in my case at least 10 house bricks! If we have the strength to do that, we have the strength to chuck them away don't we? Oh, I do hope so.

[LessToLose 4lbs Restart April 2024 in reply to Strawb_64]

You are so right, I did some shopping the other day and my joints were really hurting as I carried it home in my rucksack.

I got home, weighed the rucksack and contents and it was 10kgs a quarter of the weight I have lost so far. It really made me think - no wonder I felt so ill and tired and in pain!

We do have the strength to chuck away those house bricks - as far away as possible, there is no way I want to be able to pick them up again!

[Mollydex 3 stone Restart July 2024]

What an amazing picture. Thanks for sharing it. I so want that muscle

[LessToLose 4lbs Restart April 2024 in reply to Mollydex]

Me too Molly, me too!

[moreless Administrator 7 stone]

If only fat wasn't as big!

[LessToLose 4lbs Restart April 2024 in reply to moreless]

I wonder how we would feel if it was the other way around?

[moreless Administrator 7 stone in reply to LessToLose]

We'd carry on eating!

[muffintop67]

Amazing when you see it visually! Thanks for posting 🙂

[LessToLose 4lbs Restart April 2024 in reply to muffintop67]

I know, it really brings it home - if it is around your heart or something, I dread to think how much harm it does!

[muffintop67 in reply to LessToLose]

Just a thought LessToLose. Do I assume that if I lose a pound in weight then it is all fat?

[LessToLose 4lbs Restart April 2024 in reply to muffintop67]

Mostly, I'd say, but I am not an expert and I would think there are many factors contributing to that result, such as exercise, amount of muscle you have, how much weight you need to lose etc, etc.

[PedallingMinstrel Restart April 2024]

I like it thanks for that a great motivator