I have a quick question. When you fast,
do you lose muscle mass? Someone told me
so, but i'm not so sure that it's true.
Is it?
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deathx
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 06 Aug 2004 Posts: 118
Posted: 08-04-06 17:55pm
You lose both. You'll notice the biggest
weight lost after fasting for a while as
fat goes first, which weighs less than
muscle, followed by muscle which ways alot
more than fat but is alot better for you
than fat.
Fat is evil, it doesn't like heat.
Go for a run, doing cardio to keep your
heart moving and the fat will be gone and
muscles intact.
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Ingi
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Posted: 08-04-06 18:02pm
A pound of muscle weighs the exact same as
a pound of fat. Pound for pound it weighs
the same. Hence the term 'pound'. Muscle
looks better. Muscle is better for your
metabolism. You don't want to lose
muscle. The more muscle you lose, the
less calories you burn. The less calories
you burn,the more you will hold on to
those calories, thus resulting in weight
gain of the fatty variety (unless you are
living weights and working out to promote
muscle).
You should eat a balanced diet and do
cardio to lose fat.
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deathx
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 06 Aug 2004 Posts: 118
Posted: 08-04-06 18:05pm
Yeah, a pound of feathers and a pound of
iron weigh the same but the size is
completely different. A pound of fat will
be larger in quantity than muscle. I.E,
10 pounds of fat = beer belly etc, 10
pounds of muscle = abs etc.
