Burning Fat By Building Muscle

Here is some information you will find useful while you are doing the zone diet.

Diary Of A Diet Cheat - Burning Fat By Building Muscle: "Muscle weighs more than fat. So if you build muscle and your fat stays the same, you’re actually increasing your total body weight. However, a nice side effect of building muscle is an increase in your metabolism. You see, our good friend muscle is metabolically active, meaning, the more muscle you have, the more calories and fat you burn… even while in your sleep. So you become less fat. Great eh?

Sometimes, when you’re weight training and dieting, you build muscle faster than you lose fat. So the net effect is an increase in weight when you step on the scales, BUT you will be slimmer and have less body fat. If you’re combining weight training with a bit of cardio and sensible eating, you will be losing fat, losing inches and losing weight.

What confuses me is people’s obsession with that number on the scale. What’s the point of weighing a certain amount if you look like crap? Surely the amount of fat you have on your body is more important than what you weigh?"

One of the important messages of the zone diet is that your body fat is more important than your overall weight.

Wise words, from Barry Sears of the Zone Diet, and wise words from this Diet Cheat.