a pound of flesh
09-18-05, 11:39 PM
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a pound of flesh
absolutely my last piece of random speculation tonight:
so how 'big' is a pound of human fat anyway? someone must have found out and written it down somewhere.
had to ask, or i would never have got to sleep.
so how 'big' is a pound of human fat anyway? someone must have found out and written it down somewhere.
had to ask, or i would never have got to sleep.
09-19-05, 02:36 PM
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Human fat tissue has a density(and this is purely off the top of my head) somewhere aorund .85g/ml...meaning it would take up a little less than 85% of a pound of water
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stop by almost any gym and they have a yellow nasty looking 5lb fat block as an illistration, my guess would be about a 1/5 of that 
09-19-05, 02:49 PM
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Human flesh actually varies in density based upon fat-to-muscle ratio. Typically a pound will be about the size of a small water-bottle. Did you ask Hannibal?
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Originally Posted by tokolosh
so how 'big' is a pound of human fat anyway?
09-19-05, 04:08 PM
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I don't know, but I know what its like to lose 50 of 'em!
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Originally Posted by DannoXYZ
Did you ask Hannibal?
i knew someone here would have the answer. anybody want to hear how that correlates to the 40cal/mile thing someone else mentioned recently?
bit more than a teaspoon, that's how.
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Originally Posted by Ritehsedad
I don't know, but I know what its like to lose 50 of 'em!
Actually, it's probably more than that for both of us; muscle is more dense and weighs more, and I'm alot more muscular than I was when I started out! 
