From what I read here, most of you are keen in losing
weight.
But are you losing the right weight? When I was with my trainer,
he measured my index on msucle and fats and etc. What went shocking
to me was that I lost muscle mass more than body fats out of the
12kg. He said it's ok, as initial stage you will lose this mass,
feel lighter and easier to work out also.
Now, I am gaining some muscle mass back as I work out and take
protein shakes. Mind you, if you take protein shakes and choose not
to work out, you are heading for a disaster! The protein contains
high carbs and will be absorbed so quickly that you will gain
mass.
Now, my trainer has advised me to train hard, build the muscles
properly and lose the body fats slowly. The reason is that a pound
of muscle requires 50 calories to support it daily. The higher your
body mass on msucle, the more calories you can burn. In short,
bring up the metabolism rate. Another reason, he needs to milk
money from me. :D
Anyway, all the best to everyone out there trying to lose
weight!
Your trainer is right. Muscles help you burn fats
througout the day while exercising only helps you burn fats during
that period. So your exercising regime should include some weights
and building up of muscles. Even the kind of muscles you target
when you work out in gym is a important thing to note according to
one sports physio i talked to. But at 120KG, she told me, the most
important thing is to burn those extra kilos down to a good weight
(closer to 100KG) before thinking about increasing my weight
training...cos building muscles now will just discourage me more
cos i will put on more weight haha!
