Body Mass Index and Body Weight: What Really Makes You Fat
By now I have had the callus: when someone knows me and they talk about body weight, no one would ever think that I weigh so much . You look much thinner. Indeed it is, since I train for two hours four times a week: what makes me lean is my lean mass, regardless of weight.
If I had kept thinking about weight, and not about fitness, growing up, now I would not have these muscles, and I would be fatter: I would try any diet just to fit in a number, to the detriment of my health. And I’ve had enough diets. I’ve done hundreds of them. I started my first diet at twelve, as I was obese. Not overweight: obese. The doctors shook their heads when they looked at me. Then I lost weight, but if today I am a fit person I do not owe it to the number on the scale or to the diets, but to the lifestyle achieved over the years.
And precisely on body weight I would like to make some considerations , obviously not subjective but supported by cases and articles:
1) Muscles “weigh” more than fat for the same volume: once I stayed three weeks completely blocked in bed, inert, and total muscle inactivity made me lose three kilos. In three weeks (no dehydration). When I got back on my feet, I had to do gymnastics and weights every day to reform the muscle: I gained six kilos. All of fat? Let’s not joke! Reduced the activity to the usual 4 times a week, after a few months I had dropped to two kilos. 2) So why, have more muscles and less fat?
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