When many engage in a rigorous weight loss campaign, they assume a correlation between losing weight (as indicated by the bathroom scale) and appearance improvements. This is true when fat comprises the vast majority of weight lost, yet most do not differentiate between fat (which is undesirable), and muscle (which is an important ally in the battle for a fast, efficient metabolism). In fact, since muscle burns stored energy (fat), muscle loss reduces the chance for quick, permanent body fat reduction.

Although huge bodybuilders are prime examples of individuals who can consume thousands of calories each day while maintaining very low body fat levels, you need not build bulky muscles in order to derive the associated benefits, as small quantities of additional muscle (like male and female models) enhance the rate of fat burn (through increased energy consumption) and ensures the permanency of results (by maintaining increased energy needs). If you follow radical, ineffective weight loss diet routines that burn muscle, you immediately reduce the body's need for stored calories (since muscle is the body's energy "furnace"), and thus shut down the fat burning process. Therefore, never gauge the scale to determine a "proper" weight for your body type, as the mirror can only reflect whether weight loss is a positive (fat burning) or negative (muscle loss) experience.

In addition to reducing the speed at which you burn fat, muscle loss produces a flat, unattractive appearance, so always remember as you attempt to lose weight that you are trying to preserve muscle (which enhances metabolism and body shape), while reducing stored body fat levels.

In summary, the true weight loss goal is to burn fat as opposed to muscle! I have taught thousands around the world how to lose weight and burn fat naturally, without supplements or drugs, through my proven effective Fat Vanish weight loss diet plan. Will you be next?