My only concern is that I'm not
eating enough calories throughout the day: /
If
you eat enough calories throughout the day and lift heavy weight at the gym, you will not lose muscle as long as you don't go and do crazy amounts of cardio.
Not exact matches
To prevent this from happening, make sure you consume
enough calories to fuel your activity by
eating many relatively smaller meals, spread as evenly as possible (every 2 - 3 hours)
throughout the day.
However, if your aim was to build lean muscle mass or size, or you struggle to
eat enough throughout the day, then protein shakes are not only a convenient source of
calories, but the protein is much more easily utilised by the body in liquid form.
A safer way to lose weight and keep it off would be to
eat a reduced
calorie diet that will provide
enough food to keep you fueled
throughout the day, and exercise more.
Diets often recommend
eating several small meals
throughout the day, but when limiting yourself to 1200
calories, some people worry they won't have
enough food on their plate to satisfy them at meals if they use some of their precious
calories on snacks.