What is similar to fat's density?

I love visuals. And I'm a curious person. (Hasn't killed me yet! ) I wanna visually see how much fat I'm adding (or subtracting) to my body by grams. It kinda has the wow factor. I did it before a long time ago, using playdough, but I'm aware of the consistency difference between fat and a ball of clay. lmao

Short of actually using real fat (like off a dead animal), what kinda goop would be similar to the density fat holds? Would Jello work?

And is there a way to do the same with protein? Carbs I dunno.. maybe breadcrumbs? LOL (I kid.. I kid..)

It sounds like you unclear what density is; density = mass divided by volume. It has nothing to do with the consistency, type of material, etc. Playdough works fine because it is compressible. All you have to do is find how much mass a fat has in a given volume (this will be a constant). lets say the density is 1 kilogram per meter cubed. All you would do is duplicate that with your playdough by either squishing or expanding it so its the same volume than added or moving mass to it and then voila.

"what kind of goop would be similar to the density fat holds?" unless u mean fat HAS density by that statement, it doesn't make sense. it would be clear to say "what kind of goop would be similar to the density of fat?" Again, as long as you can find something that compresses to the mass and dimensions of fat, you can use that as your model.

butter.

Okay, so science and scientific terms was never a strong point in my school days. (neither was math lol) Strange, since I always loved the hands-on experiments!

What I meaaaannn to ask is, what would be similar to the weight of fat, gram by gram, that would also take up the same amount of space? (I think called volume? LOL)

If ya wanna do google searches fat layers are, what is called 'adipose tissue' . body tissue made of adipose, or fat. 'lipids' are fat. although, i typed in adipose tissue consistency and they come up with random studies done that i can't access. so if you want to use scientific talk there it is, but you may need to look harder

i have fat (im not fat i have fat) and then theres like my grandfather who also has fat, but his fat is in a 'pot belly' fashion and quite dense, his stomach is hard while mine is...quite loose mine can be pinched etc. like playdough (or lighter than play dough) while his is more like a basketball. it will vary from person to person and how long and how they have accumulated their fat tissue.

I wouldn't know and doubt anyone would.

my two cents is that you can imagine muscle, yes?? i can and we all know muscle is denser than fat. you wouldn't be able to handle muscle like playdough. fat you may be able to, it would be lighter than play dough i'd imagine

very interesting...

edit: i typed in 'adipose tissue density' and got..

Adipose tissue has a density of ~0.9 g/ml [7] [0.9 kg/l]. Thus, a person with much adipose tissue will float more easily than a person with a lot of muscular tissue, since muscular tissue has a density of 1.06 g/ml[7] [1.06 kg/l].

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adipose_tissue

then typed in '0.9 g/ml density' and the first one to come up was

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_density _of_soap

so um...soap...lol

you can have a look here:

http://www.phentermine.com/forum/my-experienc e-phentermine/7630-1-lb-fat-vs-1-lb-muscle-pi cture.html

but if you want to do it yourself then

so 1/0.0586786251 is the volume of that pound of fat in floz

it's about 17 floz so if you just say a pint then fill a bucket with a pint for every pound you've lost and that will be the size you've lost! (correct my maths or logic if I'm wrong but I'm fairly sure that's about right.)

Original Post by pgeorgian:

butter.

 And lard...  You don't have to physically hold it or do anything with it, just mentally stack up the right number of packets of the stuff when you're in front of the chill cabinet!

Or, if you want something you can keep topping up as you lose, you could use a jar of oil.  Jello won't work unless you do some math as it's more dense than fat.

Original Post by gi-jane:

Original Post by pgeorgian:

butter.

 And lard...  You don't have to physically hold it or do anything with it, just mentally stack up the right number of packets of the stuff when you're in front of the chill cabinet!

jane, i do this all the time, only on my own body, when i'm trying to figure out how much i should try to lose: pound of butter here, pound of butter there, half a pound here...

aside: chill cabinet?  that's one i haven't heard before!