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Adam Collins, Principal Teaching Fellow, Nutrition, University of Surrey

Weight loss: why you don't just lose fat when you're on a diet

Muscle loss can slow your metabolism. Felipe Mahecha/ Shutterstock

When you go on a diet, you don’t just lose fat – you lose muscle too. This can have many repercussions – not only on your fitness and strength, but on your metabolism.

To lose weight (body fat), you need to be in a calorie deficit. This means consuming fewer calories than your body uses, or exercising to burn more calories than you consume.

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