Journal de Shannon_21, 28 févr. 08

If you're not exercising you might be losing muscle too. It only takes 2 days for your muscles to start to atrophy. Calories do play some part, however I know we can eat more calories if we don't eat carbs and still lose weight. Metabolic advantange and all that... :) Have a good day. 

My back fat is disappearing! I thought this was supposed to be a protein-sparing diet. I certainly eat enough protein to sustain..and the fat that comes along with it. DO you know how many calories of protein and fat I am supposed to eat without wasting muscle? 

I don't know about it in that context, sorry. All I know is from ballet, when I was training 6 days per week they told us not to go more than 2 days without doing some exercise to keep up our strength because for every extra day you take off it would take 2 more days to get back to the strenght you had before. For example if I took a week off, it would take 2 weeks to get back to the strength I had before I took a break. Congrats on less back fat! LOL. That was one of the first things I noticed disappearing when I returned to the gym. I would suggest to at least do about a 1/2 hour of stretches/yoga/pilates/crunches per day even if you are taking a break from cardio.