Comments on: The A-B-C’s of Weight Loss http://www.balance-your-health.com/827/a-b-c%e2%80%99s-weight-loss/ Build a better body with Balanced Health Blueprint. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:53:40 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Hiram http://www.balance-your-health.com/827/a-b-c%e2%80%99s-weight-loss/comment-page-1/#comment-2405 Hiram Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:29:18 +0000 http://www.balance-your-health.com/?p=827#comment-2405 I forgot to mention one additional reason why losing weight by dieting alone is not a good idea: lean muscle loss. The way our body is configured, once you start dieting, it begins to take some of its energy needs from muscle. Sure, you'll lose some fat, but you'll also lose muscle, and that's not a good thing. Maintaining muscle is a prime reason to include some sort of weight or resistance training to your weight-loss program. Doing this in addition to dieting will assure that most of your weight-loss comes from fat, not from muscle. Hiram I forgot to mention one additional reason why losing weight by dieting alone is not a good idea: lean muscle loss. The way our body is configured, once you start dieting, it begins to take some of its energy needs from muscle. Sure, you’ll lose some fat, but you’ll also lose muscle, and that’s not a good thing.

Maintaining muscle is a prime reason to include some sort of weight or resistance training to your weight-loss program. Doing this in addition to dieting will assure that most of your weight-loss comes from fat, not from muscle.

Hiram

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