So I (Amy) LOVE the book "You: Waist Managment" by Dr. Mehment Oz & Michael Roizen. I have been re-reading it since starting down this health road. I just read something VERY interesting about muscles:
"While muscles give us the metabolic ability to burn calories every time we move - during exercise, during gardening, during sex - their true advanteage is that they constantly feed on calories, even when you're moving about as fast as a skateboard with a busted wheel. See, every pound of muscle burns between 40 to 120 calories a day just to sustain itself, while every pound of fat feeds on only 1-3 calories. Day after day, that's a huge difference in your metabolic rate and your daily calorie burn. When you add a water bottle full of muscle to your body, you're able to burn a refrigerator full of fat."
Interesting, huh? So our muscle building we are doing is helping all these calories!
Another thing I learned was that when we eat protein before we go to bed, that keeps our metabolism high so we are burning calories while we sleep. That is why we should have a snack between meals to keep our metabolism high all the time.
Just a few fun fat facts! Or in this case, muscle facts! :-)
Happy Eating!
TeAm Healthy
I learned when I was pregnant with Joshua and gestational diabetic to always eat your protein first when snacking. It slows down the sugar rush from the carbs.
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