Losing Muscle While Dieting

You will Lose Muscle.

You will gain all the fat back when you stop dieting.

I find it interesting that so many people use these two ‘arguments’ as the basis of their anti-diet crusade. Granted they are scary statements, but … Read More

How many calories does a pound of muscle burn?

I just realized after writing that last post that we have pretty much debunked the idea that a pound of muscle burns 50 calories a day.

Realistically, if we include the metabolic cost of keeping the muscle alive, AND the … Read More