1# of Fat for 1# of Muscle

Many of you have heard that muscle weighs more than fat.  Well I am pleased to say that that is not true.  A pound of muscle weighs the same as a pound of fat.  What is true is that muscle takes up less space than fat.  Think about it.  Muscle clings to your bones and fat hangs out.  It just does.   Also the more muscle you build the more fat you burn because your metabolism increases.  So as you build muscle you may not necessarily lose any weight but you will lose inches because you are burning fat.  So basically you are swapping fat for muscle.  Not a bad trade off if you ask me.

So it is very important if you want to be nice and toned after all that fat goes away to work your muscles on a daily basis.  Also, if you are not building muscle while you are losing weight, you could be losing muscle too along with the fat and that isn't good at all.

In nutshell.  If you want to lose weight and keep your body toned as you go along, you have got to hit the weights.  Lifting weights has become one of my favorite things to do.  Give it a try.