Weight lifting or resistance training should be part of your overall fitness program. Lifting weights will not only help you lose weight, but it will help you maintain the weight loss because, while building muscle, you will be keeping your metabolism up and therefore helping your body burn calories, fat and maintain healthy glucose levels.
While losing weight, some of the pounds you are losing, up to 25% of the loss, may come from muscle. This slows down your metabolism which slows down your weight loss. Weight lifting will help preserve or rebuild any muscle you lose through dieting and will help to improve your body's muscle-to-fat ratio, which improves both your health and your fitness level. Although you may gain or slow the drop in numbers on the scale, you will be losing inches and in turn, you will feel better, be stronger, and be on your way to being happier more energized.
