Have you ever heard the saying “Muscle weighs more than fat”? Well, this is a total myth! A pound is a pound and one pound of muscles weighs the same as one pound of fat! The truth behind this rumor-turned-wrong is muscle takes up a lot less space than fat. So say you have 5 lbs of fat and 5 lbs of muscle: the muscle will be about 1/2 the size of the fat! There is much confusion about body weight, fat and muscle. I want to clear it up a little for you.
Many people ask me questions daily on our 17 Day Diet app about weight loss. I have had a few people shocked to see that their goal was to lose about 10 pounds, yet as they progressed through the diet with eating better and started an exercise plan [...]