| If you have ever joined with a male
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| | effect on your metabolism can be quite
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| friend in a weight loss programme you may
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| | significant.Annette has been
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| have noticed that men are able to lose
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| | extraordinarily careful about what she
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| weight more easily than women. Life seems
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| | eats and hasn't been able to lose weight
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| cruel sometimes. Men hold a metabolic
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| | - with good reason. The amount of lean
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| edge over women because they have more
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| | body mass you have is an important factor
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| muscle, and muscles are the "workhorses"
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| | in determining the rate at which you burn
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| of the body.Many women who felt slim at
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| | calories. If lean body mass drops,
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| 35 years, still weighing the same at 45
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| | metabolism drops.Every pound of muscle a
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| hnow consider themselves "fat". No it
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| | woman loses slashes the number of
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| probably isn't social conditioning. It is
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| | calories she burns by as many as 30
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| more likely to be the truth and they are
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| | calories a day. If she loses 10 pounds of
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| actually more "fat" than they used to be.
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| | muscle over 3 decades, she could burn 300
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| The scales are not the only answer to
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| | fewer calories each day, or a whopping
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| understanding what's going on in your
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| | 2,100 fewer calories each week.By the
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| body.Consider the case of Annette who
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| | time she celebrates her 55th birthday,
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| weighed 63 kilos at age 35. At that time,
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| | she could have lost as many as 15 pounds
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| 23 percent of her body consisted of fat.
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| | of muscle, and now burn 450 fewer
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| (Experts consider 23 to 33 percent body
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| | calories each and every day.What this
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| fat healthy for women ages 40 to 59).
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| | means for Annette--and other women in
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| Back then, 15 of Annette's 63 kilos were
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| | their forties and fifties--is that
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| fat. The rest--48 kilos--consisted of
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| | maintaining muscle mass is critical as
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| bone, muscle, water, and internal
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| | the birthdays add up. Lean muscle matters
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| organs.By the time Annette reached age
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| | because there's so much of
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| 48, her body fat had increased from 23
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| | it.Calorie-burning muscle accounts for
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| percent to 30 percent, yet her weight had
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| | approximately 40 percent of the body mass
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| remained the same. Her body now contains
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| | of a normal-weight woman--that's 56
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| 20 kilos of fat, 5 more kilos of fat than
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| | pounds for a 140-pound woman like
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| at age 35. At the same time, Annette had
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| | Janet--so it's a major factor in
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| lost approximately 5 pounds of
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| | energy.Here's some good news: Because
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| muscle.When women gain fat and lose
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| | muscle mass is linked directly to
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| muscle, two things happen:Fat isn't as
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| | metabolic rate, women can give their
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| dense as muscle, so any fat gained takes
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| | metabolic engines a boost with weight
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| up more space than muscle. Even if you
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| | training and other forms of exercise that
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| haven't gained weight on the scale, your
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| | builds muscle. Second, with eating the
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| body can appear larger, and your clothing
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| | right sources of very lean protein you
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| size may even increase.Because muscle
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| | can encourage muscle development as you
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| burns more calories than fat, your
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| | exercise.Kim Beardsmore M.B.A. (H.R.M.),
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| metabolism slows and you burn fewer
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| | B.Sc. (Biochemistry) is an Independent
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| calories, which can contribute to weight
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| | Herbalife Distributor, weight loss coach
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| gain if you don't make adjustments in
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| | and creator of the online weight loss,
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| your calorie consumption. Muscle burns up
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| | health & fitness magazine Weight Loss
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| to 7 times more energy than fat, so the
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| | Health.
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