Is 5 pounds a week a reasonable weight-loss goal?

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NO!

In rapid loss of body weight up to 25% of the weight loss comes from muscle.

That’s right, reduced calorie diets almost always result in muscle loss.

This reduces your resting metabolism rate and makes it

almost impossible to keep weight off.

Don’t forget when you lose weight at an

unreasonable rate most of the

loss is in the form of water.

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Don’t forget what you are trying to accomplish is a reduction in body fat, not a reduction inlean muscle.

For more info check out:

“Get Stronger, Feel Younger”

by Wayne Westcott, PhD

and Gary Rienl

“Body for Life” by Bill Phillips and

Michael D’Orso

“Lifetime Physical Fitness & Wellness”

by Werner W.K. Hoeger and Sharon A. Hoeger