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 If we look closely at these statements something odd becomes apparent... Firstly, the fact that you will gain back the fat when you go back to how you … [Read more...] about Losing Muscle While Dieting
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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 cost of moving that extra weight around, we see that a pound of muscle really helps you burn an optimistic 5 extra calories per day. Now the point of … [Read more...] about How many calories does a pound of muscle burn?