Whats the Problem With Losing Lean Muscle Tissue?
Here’s the reality. For every pound of muscle you lose, your metabolism goes down by 30 – 100 calories per day! So let’s look at an example to illustrate the devastating consequences of that fact. A woman decides to go on a diet and starts participating in aerobics classes on a regular basis. In the process, she loses 10 pounds in 6 weeks. Great, right? Not really because that 10 pound loss actually comes out to about 3.3 pounds of body fat lost and 6.7 pounds of muscle lost. This means that her metabolism probably went down between 200 and 670 calories per day. So, if she was able to maintain her weight on 1800 calories before, she is now only able to consume between 1130 and 1600 calories before she starts to gain weight. This is the main reason that 99.9% of people who diet gain the weight back PLUS MORE! A person on this roller coaster needs to keep eating less and less to keep the weight off. Your lean muscle tissue is critical for keeping the weight off for good. More Muscle = Le
