February 29, 2012 | healthcaremagic.com. Within hours of the procedure I had a fever of about 102 and body aches, chills, and bad diarrhea with a lot of mucus accompanied by horrific cramps. ...My fever and chills and aches went away last....
Where the misunderstanding often comes in is that muscle is much more dense than fat, so that, by volume, it seems to weigh more. That is, a pound of muscle occupies less space than a pound of fat.
But scientists are increasingly saying BMI figures are inaccurate because it overlooks muscle denisty. For example, a supremely fit and muscly athlete might be classed as obese despite carrying little or no body fat, simply because muscle is more dense than fat.