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**jackie Obrian** · 04-28-2006, 07:00 AM

First off, muscle does not burn 40 calories a day...I don't mean to step on toes (PattyC

) but I've done some research and the muscles in your body burn at most (or on average for a lea in shape person) 13 calories at rest.

What happens working out is exactly what everyone says...you're all so smart! You either stay the same weight or even gain a pound or two but guaranteed that you look a lot better since your intestines and everything else is being held in a lot tighter to your body.

The problem with being a little overweight and building muscle is that you build muscle and then can't see it because it's covered in fat. You still have to get rid of the fat you have to be able to see those gorgeous legs and arms or that "six pack." Which is solved by lots of fast (very fast) paced walking or cardio working.

The other thing is muscle is made from protein. However, if you already have fat it will replace this fat with muscle, so if you try to bodybuild and haven't lost enough "fat" you could possibly build more muscle than you would like to have. If that makes any sense...

again, or so i've been told...

-mildwild
there's this cool pic of 5lbs of fat versus 5lbs of muscle on the low carber forum...it's interesting to see how much smaller the muscle is...

i think i write too much :P

04-28-2006, 07:00 AM	#4
jackie Obrian Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 554 Senior Member	First off, muscle does not burn 40 calories a day...I don't mean to step on toes (PattyC ) but I've done some research and the muscles in your body burn at most (or on average for a lea in shape person) 13 calories at rest. What happens working out is exactly what everyone says...you're all so smart! You either stay the same weight or even gain a pound or two but guaranteed that you look a lot better since your intestines and everything else is being held in a lot tighter to your body. The problem with being a little overweight and building muscle is that you build muscle and then can't see it because it's covered in fat. You still have to get rid of the fat you have to be able to see those gorgeous legs and arms or that "six pack." Which is solved by lots of fast (very fast) paced walking or cardio working. The other thing is muscle is made from protein. However, if you already have fat it will replace this fat with muscle, so if you try to bodybuild and haven't lost enough "fat" you could possibly build more muscle than you would like to have. If that makes any sense... again, or so i've been told... -mildwild there's this cool pic of 5lbs of fat versus 5lbs of muscle on the low carber forum...it's interesting to see how much smaller the muscle is... i think i write too much :P
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