4 Big Mistakes Leading To MUSCLE Loss When Dieting

Published about 13 hours ago • 1 min read

It’s common to be WORRIED about losing muscle when following a fat-loss diet.
This gets overblown.

Most people have more fat to lose than they think when they start a cut, so it’s a bit of a mindf*ck to see the scale going down further.

Plus, you’ll lose some size in your muscles from lower muscle glycogen. This can easily get fixed.

But…Losing muscle CAN become a problem if you’re making these 4 mistakes:

1. Lifting light weights.

Heavy lifting (like you would build muscle) is crucial during fat loss. It tells your body, “I need to hold onto this lean muscle mass.” So, push the weight.

2. Low protein intake.

Eat at least 1g of protein per 1lb of bodyweight during a fat loss cut. This keeps you FULL and preserves lean muscle tissue.

3. Not Getting Enough Sleep

This is crazy: a 2010 study looked at two groups of people who followed the same style of diet for 2 weeks.

One group slept for 8.5 hrs and the other 5.5 hours.

They lost the same amount of weight, but the group that go 8.5 hrs lost ALL body weight.

The group that slept 5.5 hours lost 60% more muscle–over time, this is a huge (negative) difference in calorie expenditure and appearance.

4. Too aggressive of a diet.

When you diet too aggressively, you SPIKE cortisol, a plateau with fat loss, and lose a ton of muscle.

While going HARD AF, in the beginning, might feel helpful with your diet, it’s only going to lead to LONG term plateaus.

A better option? Gradually reduce calories, keep your muscle, and look good naked.

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