Lose 10 pounds in 21 days? For years we've been told, burn more calories than you take in and you'll lose weight!", so it's no wonder we spend hours upon hours running or ellipticaling" to burn as many calories as we can. Yet, to this day, there hasn't been a single study showing that exercise alone causes significant weight loss (and certainly not sustainable weight loss). There's so much more to it than that.
If you're not eating enough protein-rich foods like meats, fish, cheese, and beans, your body will cannibalize its own meat — as in, your muscles — to get the nutrients it needs. That's bad news if you're looking to slim down, particularly on your bottom half; muscle is a major calorie-burner, which means that losing mass in your biggest muscle groups (the quads, hamstrings, and glutes) can really slow your metabolism, making it much harder to lose weight. And while losing muscle mass can translate to a reduction in your overall size, it'll also make your legs less shapely — and nobody wants that.
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