Originally Posted by Jennifer22206
Remember ladies - muscle burns more calories than fat. This is what I'll be working with this month, toning up the muscles I've got.
Actually, fat doesn't burn calories. Maybe that's what you meant... 80% of your calories burned are through metabolism-- the muscles on your body now- rather than exercise. When you tear your muscles down, as through strenuous exercise such as weight lifting, you stimulate the muscle to repair and rebuild-- building new muscle tissue. More muscle = more fat burning. Even while you sleep...
If you can work on getting a more muscled, less fat body, you won't have to worry about putting weight right back on once you go off a 'diet'.
I agree it's all a process of finding what works for YOU, and there are a lot of theories out there. But it's definitely something worth pursuing.
I understand the fear of artificial sweeteners (tho some claim to be made from natural ingred.s) but there is definitely a well known health hazzard to obesity. How sweet do we need our food to be, anyway? And how salty? Moderation is the key. We can get used to these changes in our daily diets.
Congrats on your weight loss Jennifer! Keep up the good work.