07/07/2023
‼️3 reasons you’re losing weight but not losing Fat‼️
❌Only Cardio without Weights
Don’t get me wrong; cardio is very important for your heart health but the point here is that doing SOLELY Cardio when losing weight pretty much guarantees that you’ll lose Lean Muscle as well because there is simply no stimulus for the body to build/retain muscle tissue.
🫵Less Muscle = Weaker, Lower BMR, Easier to gain weight, worse metabolic health
❌Not eating enough protein
1.6g-2.2g protein per day per kg of bodyweight is considered optimal for muscle growth & retention. Higher for larger deficits. Without protein, muscle simply cannot grow. When losing weight, protein helps to mitigate muscle loss together with lifting weights/strength training.
❌Eating back your calories
Fitness trackers are basically full of s**t when they tell you that you have burnt 500kcal from a ‘Functional Strength Training’ workout. You may have in fact burnt 50-100kcal.
Losing weight alone is not the answer to your dream body. It’s usually the unnecessary body fat that you want to lose. In general, you never want to lose muscle.
While there are many things in life beyond your control like genetics & other circumstances, body fat & muscle (and by extension how you look) is largely within your ability to change.
Not to mention that the non-visual health benefits that come along with Lifting Weights like reducing diabetes & heart disease risk.
Weight is just a number.
What makes up that number is way more important.
Stop losing weight for the wrong reasons.
