Oh, no one knows better than I that you can't out exercise a bad diet. I've been lifting weights for 20 years, and I've always been in very good shape, but I couldn't get where I really wanted to be physically until I finally paid attention to my diet. I prefer to have a very lean but muscular look, and that requires attention to diet. When women at the gym ask me how I got my abdominal muscles, I tell them that first and foremost: diet. Yes, I do a ton of ab exercises. Yes, I do full-body exercises for my core. Yes, I burn fat through cardio and weight training. But ultimately it's what you eat that determines whether or not your hard work shows up. If you are carrying too much fat over your muscles, you won't see the definition, and you might even find the look you achieve a little bulky.
As for metabolism, a pound of muscle only burns 2 to 6 calories more a day than a pound of fat. They used to think it was more like 50 calories a day.
Last edited by Petite Powerhouse; 10-28-2010 at 01:18 PM.
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