Losing fat v losing muscle

bebbjeb

Hi there,

I'm a bit confused as how to your body burns fat instead of burning muscle. I keep on hearing that if you don't eat enough calories and if you're hungry then your body will burn muscle. But on the same hand, you need to have a calorie deficit to burn fat. Is it about balance - eating less but not too little. If you eat too little then you'll burn muscle, but if you eat just a little less then you'll burn fat??

If anyone could shed some light, it would be great!

Thank you.

fiendiish

This might be a helpful article:

http://healing.about.com/cs/uc_directory/a/fatlosscoach_2.htm

However, please keep in mind that you don't actually "burn" muscle. You're body isn't going to eat it off your bones. It's a misnomer.

erickirb

Higher protein in your diet will help your body keep more muscle, when loosing weight there will be a bit of muscle loss along with the fat.