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[–] Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That is achievable...

Work out while very fat.

Fat loss brings less weight loss than acquired muscles, that are much more dense.

And this can happen very well in a calorie deficit diet.

Its a specific situation, but happens all the time when you start exercising, and people get confused, why I am gaining weight?

Just converting fat to muscle (so to speak, ofc)

[–] thebestaquaman@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

You won't gain net weight my that mechanism though, you'll just grow more dense. Mass is a conserved quantity, so if you're gaining more muscle mass than you're losing fat, that extra mass is coming from somewhere. That somewhere is your food.

[–] Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu 0 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Care to elaborate on the conserving mass principle? Is that your opinion, a physics principle, or an actual thing related to weight loss and mucle generation on the human body?

[–] SirActionSack@aussie.zone 0 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Where do you think the extra mass is coming from if not from food or water?

[–] Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Is that just your opinion?

You exercise, and in doing that you both burn fat and at the same time build muscle.

Assuming you are on a deficit diet, but not so much to prevent your body to build muscle mass (or die), can you elaborate on why you assume fat loss must equal muscle gain in terms of mass?

To me, and without further actual data, it's perfectly reasonable to assume that you can lose less weight on fat tissue than the acquired weight in muscle tissue.

You could very well be doing a tipe of training that burn little fat while building muscles, for example.

Edit: a few typos

[–] SirActionSack@aussie.zone 1 points 3 hours ago

can you elaborate on why you assume fat loss must equal muscle gain in terms of mass?

I'm not making crazy claims that need defending. I certainly didn't make that claim.

You are claiming it's possible to gain weight by building muscle on a calorie deficit so any burden of proof is entirely on you