AthalaRanger
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Look, this is what 5 pounds (2.25 kilos) of fat look like vs 5 pounds of muscle.
It can take months to build that little muscle. Months!
Another thing; you have 3500 calories stored on 1 pound of fat (that is 7700 on 1 kilo of fat), but you only have 600 Kcal stored on 1 pound of muscle.
Ideally, when you are on a caloric deficit, your body will turn to fat for energy. But here's the deal; you need a minimum amount of protein each day to survive. If you don't get that protein, then your body needs to break down that muscle to get it.
you will lose more total weight faster if you lose muscle, but that is not good at all, and that will also do absolutely nothing to improve your looks. It will actually make them worse.
Just make a google search for 'Skinny fat' and you'll see what I'm talking about! You can weight very little, but if you don't have much muscle (or you have little muscle in proportion to fat) you still look fat! It's not what you want.
And that's why you want to make sure all the weight you are losing is fat. I promise you, you will look much better is you lose 5 kg of pure fat vs 3kg of fat and another 5 of something else.
It can take months to build that little muscle. Months!
Another thing; you have 3500 calories stored on 1 pound of fat (that is 7700 on 1 kilo of fat), but you only have 600 Kcal stored on 1 pound of muscle.
Ideally, when you are on a caloric deficit, your body will turn to fat for energy. But here's the deal; you need a minimum amount of protein each day to survive. If you don't get that protein, then your body needs to break down that muscle to get it.
you will lose more total weight faster if you lose muscle, but that is not good at all, and that will also do absolutely nothing to improve your looks. It will actually make them worse.
Just make a google search for 'Skinny fat' and you'll see what I'm talking about! You can weight very little, but if you don't have much muscle (or you have little muscle in proportion to fat) you still look fat! It's not what you want.
And that's why you want to make sure all the weight you are losing is fat. I promise you, you will look much better is you lose 5 kg of pure fat vs 3kg of fat and another 5 of something else.
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