Today, let’s take the focus off the food, and put it on physical activity.
If you want to take inches off your waist, any diet worth doing will include exercise.
The question is:
What exercises will help me burn fat pounds and still preserve, or increase muscle mass.
Most people I talked to (even trainers at my gym) suggested lots of cardio, but I hated doing it and it never gave me the results I wanted.
Once I started resistance training, my weight loss became so fast that I was actually worried.
I’m not saying that lifting weights is for everybody. But if you really want to lose those 20 pounds quickly, the key is in building muscle
Lean body mass burns calories for maintenance, so by increasing muscle, we increase our base metabolic rate, and burn more fat even when we are resting.
You can definitely add muscle doing cardio, but be careful to keep it low key. Once you start panting and running out of breath, you’re no longer in the beneficial aerobic zone.
For a good book on this topic, I recommend Fit or Fat by Covert Bailey. I read it in high school. I wasn’t able to utilize it well at the time, but it gave me a good foundation.
