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Myth #2: Muscle turns to fat.




If you stop weight training, your muscles DO NOT turn into fat. And neither does weight training turn fat to muscle.

Muscles and fat are two different types of tissue. In the same way you can’t turn metal into gold, one tissue does not transform into another by weight training.

The reality is this: Exercise will promote muscle growth while burning fat simultaneously. For every pound of muscle you build you burn 35 to 50 extra calories a day doing nothing! The more muscle you have, the leaner you are! 

Myth #3: Women don’t need protein.

You, me, he or she.  We all need protein. In a 4 month study of 48 women completed at the University of Illinois, women who ate more protein while trying to lose weight preserved muscle mass compared to those who followed a high-carb diet. Women in the protein plus exercise group preserved the most muscle mass.

The reality is this: protein is essential to a healthy metabolism. Increasing the amount of protein in your diet helps to preserve muscle mass, keeping the weight off long-term.

Have you heard any myths you want debunked? I’m here as always to answer all your questions…