Lose the fat, keep the muscle
Want to lose a few pounds before swimsuit season starts? If so, losing fat, not muscle should be the goal. Many fad diets proclaim losing 5 or more pounds in one week. Yes, that may be possible but along with some fat loss you will be losing some muscle and a lot of water. Often people find when they go off the crash diet, the weight piles back on. And losing muscles means you slow your metabolism as muscle burns more calories than fat. So, how can you drop some pounds with more of the loss being fat and not the muscle you want to keep? An article on “ 4 Rules for Losing Fat, Not Muscle ” has some suggestions. 1. Cut the calories but do it gradually To lose weight you do have to cut back on calories in versus calories out. But cutting back on too many calories at once can slow your metabolism, make it hard to get the nutrients you need, and cause you to lose muscle mass along with some...