Fat VS Muscle – Dr Matt Breeds – Human and Animal Chiropractor

Many patients lately have been telling me that they are trying to lose weight…

I guess what they really mean is that they want to lose some fat –

As you exercise ( especially if you don’t usually do any,) your body will put on extra muscle to accommodate for your increased level of activity. if you keep this up and have a healthy diet then 2 things will happen
1. you will lose fat ( and lose weight)
2. You will gain Muscle ( and put on weight)

So don’t let the scales be your measure of if you are being successful in your health goals, try paying attention to how your clothes fit, or how you look in the mirror after you have a shower.

Muscle is about 3X as dense as fat ( so the same weight of it takes up 1/3 of the space)

Remember the old saying ”áb’s are made in the kitchen” diet is about 70-80% of the change needed to change your body fat %