I think the emphasis should be placed on muscle growth over fat or "weight" loss. But, in our busy lives where we push for "results now", we often times overlook the long term effects of what we're doing at the moment. This is why, in my opinion, "diets" fail. We're thinking in reverse. We think we have to "lose" something. We need to lose weight... lose fat... lose certain foods. Shouldn't the emphasis be placed on muscle growth to develop a healthy, fit body for the LONG RUN?

If we gain muscle, and we do the things needed to maximize muscle growth, the fat will be taken care of. It's a fact that building muscle burns away calories. It seems that the people that focus on muscle growth always look better than "dieters". Especially the extremely low carb dieters... most of which fall off the low carb diet at some point to gain even more fat than before they started the diet.

Think about something you can GET (muscle) over something you are trying to LOSE!