Do You Want to Lose Weight, or Lose Fat?

Isn't it frustrating to step on the scale, fully expecting to see a lower number, but you don't?? I've been experiencing that feeling over and over again during the last several months.

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True, the only change I made to my diet is to try not to binge at night and add some protein to each meal or snack. Sometimes I'm successful, sometimes I'm not. But I still eat chocolate every day, I still eat carbs and love them, and I don't pay attention to how much fat I add to my meals.

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Given all that, why did I recently fit into some pants that I bought at Christmas that were too snug to wear at that time? When I brought them home, I simply hung them up in the closet without taking the tags off. And now they fit me, it's amazing! And still the scale says 155 pounds when I think it should say 145 pounds. How can this be true??

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I’ll tell you how – because a pound of fat takes up more space than a pound of muscle – it’s about the difference of a grapefruit (for fat) and a tangerine (for muscle). And a pound of muscle burns about 4x more calories at rest than a pound of fat. Let's assume a pound of muscle burns 10 calories per day more than fat because the reported numbers are all over the place. This means that if you add 5 pounds of muscle, you will burn 50 calories more day and 350 calories per week.

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That’s why I can fit into those pants today with little changes to my diet – because I use the Quantum Xpress resistance training program and it has helped me add muscle. I’m not a gym rat, in fact I’m averse to the gym. But this program takes only 15 minutes per session and I do 2 sessions per week. Best of all, it comes to me so I don't have to waste my time driving to a gym. And it comes with a coach who creates my program and keeps me accountable. This is truly the best way to work out that I've ever found!