A picture is worth a thousand words

[Natrushka]

I've been scouring the web trying to re-find this. A kind member of L&S (a BFL BB) was able to help me out. I thought I'd share it with you. The next time you're wondering why the scales haven't changed and yet those smaller sized jeans fit, remember this.


http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b266/megheinz/muscles-2.jpg

[agonycat]

heh Darn Nat.

I thought you were posting a before/after picture of yourself...I was about to woohoo you. (and I ment by the title of this thread NOT the photos posted!)

Instead.....I don't know whether to skip dinner or just be icked out for the rest of the day :lol:

Thanks for sharing I think. :)

[BCBabe]

Wow!! :eek: That's pretty harsh!!
That makes me think of another question. When we are eating the required amount of protein/fat and burning our fat reserves, is it possible that we won't lose scale weight or inches but be changing the 'make-up" of our bodies? For example, I carry most of my excess weight in my stomach area and I noticed that when I layed down on my side it was really flabby and loose. I have noticed lately that I feel much tighter and not so uncomfortable when I lay on my side. The muscles in my legs also feel firmer to me as I stretch and I can't attribute this feeling to exercise at this point!! :rolleyes: Could I possibly be feeding my muscles more of what they need and "growing" more just by diet alone?? Hope this makes some sort of sense!! :D

:sunny:SS!!

[Natrushka]

Originally posted by BCBabe
Could I possibly be feeding my muscles more of what they need and "growing" more just by diet alone?? Hope this makes some sort of sense!! :D

By eating more protein, you're definitely feeding your muscle what they need. And yes, if they have been protein deprived for a long while then it's possible that muscle is being grown. It is more likely that you are exercising w/o knowing it - any weight bearing activity will promote muscle growth. This includes walking, so unless you've been hovering around for the past few months, you're building muscle ;)

Originally posted by Agonycat
I thought you were posting a before/after picture of yourself...

I guess in a way I was! *lol*

Nat

[TerrieP]

I saw this picture on another board about a month ago. I now have it as my wallpaper on my computer to remind me that this woe works. It also helps me stay away from the scale!

[Atrsy]

It almost turns my stomach to think that now I'm trying to eat 70% fat!

I always heard that the comparison people could most readily understand that if a softball was fat, then a baseball of the same weight would be muscle.

My friend is a surgical nurse and she said it is really disgusting to see how fat some people are inside. (It can deposit on organs as well as just under the skin)

Thanks Nat. It's almost time for dinner and now I'm not hungry! How will I ever get all those calories you told me I need?

[EllieEats]

Boy Nat!!
That fat is pretty disgusting looking!! It looks bad enough with skin covering it!!! :lol:

I'd like to think that there isn't a whole lot of that left on me now!!

I'm going to keep working out and build those muscles. I'm so close to goal now but have lost more inches!!! If I continue to lose inches, maybe I won't have to drop those last pounds.(???)
Things are looking pretty good but definitely still need to tighten things up.... and that will make them smaller???
Ellie :wave:

[l_knierim]

Nat , it is nasty to look at but helped me so much. Thank you so much. Lynn

[SlimShAdY]

http://www.theunholytrinity.org/cracks_smileys/contrib/edoom/Lurking.gif http://216.40.249.192/mysmilies/otn/puke/barfy.gif http://www.theunholytrinity.org/cracks_smileys/otn/puke/repuke.gif

[adnil53]

Sure got my attention! I like the idea of using it [until I just can’t stand to look at it anymore] as wallpaper on my desktop... :lol: Hey I agree three... gonna REALLY get with the program now... Thank you soooo very much! Just what I needed! :thup: :D

[Vickolien]

Thank you so much for this picture, it is just the way I feel at this moment. I have forwarded the picture to all my friends who are not losing pounds, but inches!!

Thanks again!

Bye!

[Soinwi]

I always cringe at the picture!! Whenever someone asks why they lose inches but not pounds I know Nat will post that pic so I always escape before I have to see it!!!LOLOLOL I really also thought it was a before and after pic!!

Sonja :D

[Cinderella]

I think that is all I needed to see :eek: ....I vow to start exercsing and to exercise for the rest of my life. :D

Thanks for the inspiration. :daze:

cin :wave:

[Natrushka]

I am always curious as to the reaction this picture gets.

I think it's a case of the glass being half full as opposed to being half empty. I love this picture - I see the muscle and I see it replacing the fat; who'd have thought I was an optimist?

Nat

[Natrushka]

A wee little bump for all of you out there who are not seeing any scale progress and yet are losing inches.

Nat

[lilwannabe]

Thanks Nat...

I printed it out, and stuck on my cork board, so I will remind myself everyday why I want to hike the mountain, and maintain this WOL! :D :D

[Danyele]

Nat,


Thank you for posting that. Sometimes I get so discouraged if the scale doesn't budge but my clothes feel bigger. I put on muscle very easily, especially in my legs and sometimes have to drill it into my head that muscle weighs more than fat. Now i can see it

thanks

danyele

[alice 2002]

Nat...this picture is so gross....I just had to put it on my wallpaper. Hopefully it will inspire me to exercise more. Or just plain gross the family out :p

[gc1]

Hey that fat looks yummy , where can I get me some of that?



Jeff :D

[Bloom]

I read last night that while a pound of fat has 3500 calories as we have been told over and over a pound of muscle has only 600. Never knew that before and thought it interesting. Said it was one of the reasons it is so easy to lose our muslce when losing weight rather than fat.

[Talon]

I think this thread deserves bumping up to the "new" messages, the picture does spead for itself!

[Natrushka]

A little bump for all of you out there losing inches but not pounds...

Nat

[amika]

Thanks for the great visual Nat!

Now if I could only get it out of my mind lol ! :nono:

Keep on keeping on !

[Sarlye]

Thanks Nat! I remember seeing the real thing done in rubber as a visual aid while I was thinking of signing up at the Fitness World 10 years ago. The picture really grossed me out. :eek: I started going to the gym for at least 3 months until I can get that image out of my head.

Now, I have this picture as my wallpaper, I think I will have the incentive to go to the gym more often. Just the thought of all that sagging fat in my body just scares the beejeebies out of me.

Now that summer is over, time to start swimming again.

[VikkiJean]

WOW Fat is just as ugly on the inside as it is on the outside lol

[suze_c]

It is definitely something to think about. I always use the analogy of a pound of feathers vs a pound of lead... fat being the feathers, and lead being muscle. I believe it in Susan's Powters book that I read that fat takes up NINE times the space that lean muscle does... this picture helps prove that... I lost 35" in one month... but gained 7#... guess I should go by the measurements and not the scale in those instances!There is one infomercial on TV where they bring out in fat,the amount that a person has lost... I wanna lose 150#, don't know if I wanna see THAT much fat laying out hehehe...Well I see the :baby: has found the cordless phone,so I must go rescue it before she calls Brazil or some foreign place... she DOES keep me busy! Bye for now!~ :wave:

[tofi]

I think that the real ratio is that fat is about 22% bigger than muscle according to esteemed Moderator, wbahn.

BUT the muscle is in the form of
tightly packed fibres
which are formed into
sleek, powerful shapes
that MOVE and use energy.

Fat is just a
BLOB
that sits and sags and collects more fat.

Here is the picture which is producing all this discussion (courtesy of Natrushka's research):
fat vs. muscle size and appearance. (http://forum.lowcarber.org/attachment.php?s=&postid=308537)

:wave:

[jackdusty]

I weigh the same now, having lost over 3 stone, as I dis 13 years ago when I left the forces but I am buting a small size
where I was buying M/L sizes then.l I honestly believe that
while we are losing fat we are building muscle resulting in a
change in body shape, !

JD

[TigerLB55]

Just a Reply here but unless you are new to the whole scene of weight lifting it is very diffucult to gain muscle and lose weight.

In order to gain (build) muscle you need a surplus of calories

In order to lose fat you need a defcit of calories

It can be done but its a very slow and hard process your better off spliting it into phases so instead of losing 5lbs and gaing a pound of muscle in 3months your better off gaining 4-5lbs of muscle in 3 months and then losing 5-10lbs in 3 months.

Many people over estimate the amount of muscle they actually gain. Hard-core body builders put on a 1-2lbs of muscles a month.

But like a said agian if your new to all this changes will come quickly.

[Wanda BH]

ewwwww
yakkkk
blahhhh

gosh!!!!!!
I'm back to almost no sugar at all.......

:Puke:

[ketan2306]

Hi, I wanted to look at the fat vs muscle jpeg but when I click on it i get an empty popup. Is there another way I can have a look at this picture?

[brn2boogee]

Wow! I never knew! This is a great way of making a point. Thanks for sharing! :p

[Natrushka]

Originally posted by ketan2306
Hi, I wanted to look at the fat vs muscle jpeg but when I click on it i get an empty popup. Is there another way I can have a look at this picture? This should work:

http://members.rogers.com/natrushka/images/fatmus.jpg

Nat

[tgill32177]

Boy this really puts it in
perspective!

I am ready to go workout
now!

[DEI Fan]

Yikes!! I'm going to do Taebo when I get home!!!!

[BJ_1971]

another thing that might help you all understand what fat is like under our skin is this ---> we all know that 4 sticks of butter is equal to 1 pound. so whenever i lose a pound i think and say " i just lost 4 sticks of butter off my body!" when i first went on low carb i lost 35 pounds. that means i lost 140 sticks of butter off my body, mostly around my belly/hip areas. :Puke: i know it is repulsive to think of but i want to lose fat and exersize just get rid of all those sticks of "butter" . :hyper:

[tgill32177]

That's one way of looking at it...
I wish it melted as fast as butter. :cool:

Maybe that's what hubby was talking
about- butterin his bread or that he
knows which side his bread is buttered on.

LOL! :D

[SlimShAdY]

Originally posted by BJ_1971
another thing that might help you all understand what fat is like under our skin is this ---> we all know that 4 sticks of butter is equal to 1 pound. so whenever i lose a pound i think and say " i just lost 4 sticks of butter off my body!" when i first went on low carb i lost 35 pounds. that means i lost 140 sticks of butter off my body, mostly around my belly/hip areas. :Puke: i know it is repulsive to think of but i want to lose fat and exersize just get rid of all those sticks of "butter" . :hyper:

K.... some days I can eat a whole stick of butter in a day....

Now I'll probably never eat it again. :Puke:

[arreynolds]

WOW!!! I have been woundering why I went from a size 28 jeans to a 24, (Goal is a 12) in 6 months and weighing 35 lbs less. I guess this sums it up!!! Thanks so much!!!

AR

[cbcb]

Say, do you suppose...

You know how after lots of regular dieting the body tends to lower the metabolism?

Anyone ever wonder if maybe the body tries to raise weight generally any way it can... ie storing fat... BECAUSE the level of muscle has gotten too low (from dieting that has cannibalized it)?

[Softy]

No wonder I'm so "fluffy".

[AmberAA1]

yuck that is icky looking, thanks for the insight Nat!

[Ohio Kim]

What happened to the picture your all talking about? I don't see it linked anymore.

[easylyvin]

I would like to see this picture too please! The anticipation is killing me!

[patricia52]

Oh good, I thought I was the only one who couldn't see the picture. You know, like the emperor's new clothes?

[doreen T]

Hmmm .. there might've been a broken link problem. :confused:

I've located a copy of the picture .. I'll attach it here so folks can see, and I'll put a link to it in the first post too.


Doreen

[GinaLeanne]

I've been scouring the web trying to re-find this. A kind member of L&S (a BFL BB) was able to help me out. I thought I'd share it with you. The next time you're wondering why the scales haven't changed and yet those smaller sized jeans fit, remember this.

Picture of fat vs. muscle (http://forum.lowcarber.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=10436)




.

wow, that fat vs muscle pic kind of made me feel queezy.... :help:

[penelope]

another little bump...

[KimNWI]

this picture really put it all into perspective thank you so much. I had not seen it before today

KimNWI

[penelope]

This might be just what someone needs.

[Jillibean]

penelope! i love that quote...its making me think... you do give up alot when u get fat

[Jillibean]

i want it all back.

[TWL]

Whoa...I gotta do more weight bearing exercise now!

[DianeeM]

This photo is awesome.....i have ALWAYS....said this....most people have such a hard time about the poundage...on the scale....loose an inch gain a pound.....but to have it on a photo....i tried to copy and paste but it wants a password to this BB to open it....how can i copy and spread it to my friends? Im not THAT insufficient on computer stuff......help....thanx

[moarbacon]

Oh no! My weight hasn't changed in a month! Oh I'm lifting heavier weights and feeling, looking, and performing better.

Maybe I should chase performance and health... not a number?

;)

Love to all my low-carbers.

[ImOnMyWay]

Seeing this picture helps a lot!

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