Losing Weight, But Not Fat
It's easy to get overly concerned with "losing weight" or just seeing the number on the scale go down, but that's not necessarily a good thing if that lost weight isn't fat. About two years ago, in January of 2004, I decided I would join a gym, hire a personal trainer, and set out to lose weight. Unfortunately, I lost weight. Huh? Yes, I did go down from 212 lbs to 188 lbs in just three months, but I never got my body fat levels below 20%. So, I ended up Losing Weight, But Not Fat, with actually serves to lower basal metabolism. All bad.