• Your body conserves fat, so most weight is lost from muscles
• Less muscle means you can’t burn as much energy each day
• With less muscle, your rate of weight loss gets even slower
• It gets even harder to lose stubborn fat that is linked to heart disease, diabetes, cancer and big waistlines
• Many give up having lost fat-burning muscle but not waistline
• Those who reach their weight goal have less muscle, so they burn less energy and gain weight more easily than before