If you eat more calories than you burn, you will store the excess as body fat. If
you eat fewer calories than you burn, you will lose fat. Simple mathematics, right? Well,
not exactly.
If fat loss were as black and white as calories in vs. calories out, then how do you
explain why some overweight people eat less than lean people, yet they still can’t lose an
ounce? And how is it possible for someone with a 2200-calorie maintenance level to eat ?
Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but let’s face it – muscle looks better
than fat. Fat fills in all the lines and “cuts” that separate each distinct muscle group. It
covers up the muscles with a thick layer of spongy insulation, obscuring the muscle
definition below and adding a round, soft and doughy quality to the entire body. Muscle
is what makes your body solid, chiseled and athletic-looking. But muscle has more than
just aesthetic value. Your goal should be to build and maintain muscle not just for how it
looks, but also because of what it will do for you.
Muscle is your secret weapon in your war against fat. Muscle is your “metabolic
furnace,” burning calories even as you sleep and watch TV. Muscle is active tissue – it is
the catalyst for a fast metabolism. Fat just sits there idly in clumps on your body.
Unfortunately, most people pay little attention to their amount of muscle because they’re
too busy worshipping the almighty scale. This is a huge mistake!
Most people are totally obsessed with scale weight. The problem with the scale is
that it doesn’t tell you how much of your weight is fat and how much is muscle. Another
problem is that scale weight can fluctuate wildly on a daily basis based on your water
levels. This can blur the real pi
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