If you haven’t added weight training to your fat loss efforts, maybe I can throw a couple of studies at you that might help you consider it.

Demling and colleagues (1) reported that adding resistance training and increasing dietary protein (and with LC you ARE) during a fat loss plan significantly increased muscle mass and strength vs. those who only made dietary changes.

Another study by Geliebter and associates (2) showed that the test subjects that weight trained during their fat loss programs lost less muscle mass than those who followed an aerobic training program.

These findings and others show that weight training may serve as the best form of exercise to conduct when attempting to lose body fat because it helps maintain or even possible increase muscle mass -- which is important since more muscle equals a faster metabolism.

References:

1. Demling RH, Desanti L. Effect of a hypocaloric diet, increased protein intake, and resistance training on lean mass gains and fat loss in overweight police officers. Ann Nutr Metab 44:21-29, 2000.

2. Geliebeter A, Maher MM, Gerace L, et al. Effects of strength or aerobic training on body composition, resting metabolic rate, and peak oxygen consumption in obese dieting subjects. Am J Clin Nutr 66: 557-563, 1997.