How to Lose Weight - Lose Fat Keep Muscle

Most people think that if they do some weight lose exercise, they will also lose their muscles. This is never true because fat and muscle are not the same. You can also lose muscles when trying to lose weight if you are not doing it the wrong way.

Below are some ways in which you can experience muscle loss during weight loss programs:

1. Weight training: This helps for easy loss of body fat, but if you do it too often without allowing your muscle to rest, your will experience muscle loss. You must rest for 24 hours after each weight training routine to allow your body to rest, else you will continue to injure your muscle and allow no time for healing and growth.

2. Eating a wrong diet: A good diet that supports weight loss and body building should consist of 60 percent protein, 20 percent carbohydrate, 5 percent fat and 15 percent of vitamins and minerals. If you avoid any of the above mentioned food nutrient, you may begin to experience loss of muscles. Also if you eat too much of any of the above food nutrient, you will find it very difficult to lose weight.

3. Doing Exercises with a wrong posture: This is one of the main reason why most muscle builders find it difficult to build their muscles even with all the time them spend on routines. If you want to become a successful muscle builder, you must learn how to do your routines in the right position. As a beginner get the assistance of an expert Muscle Building trainer and learn the right posture slowly.

4. Decrease in Body Metabolism: One of the major catalysts in losing body fat and building huge muscles is increasing your body metabolism rate. This is why it is recommended to drink lots of water when undergoing weight lose or a Muscle Building programs.

5. Eating of Processed foods: Processes foods also know as junk foods are not good for your body as they contain so many chemicals which are used as preservatives, these chemicals helps to increase your body fat. Most people are overweight all over the world because they always eat junk foods. They eat processed foods because they are too lazy to prepare their meals or they don't have much time for cooking. If you want to lose weight, it is recommended that you spend some time to prepare your meals yourself.