JJ Virgin argues you should prioritize getting healthy before trying to lose weight. When you focus on health first, your body keeps or builds muscle while losing fat. Weight loss alone often means losing both muscle and fat, which backfires.
You have to get healthy to lose weight. You don't lose weight to get healthy. What do I mean by that? When you're getting healthy, you're making it so that your body can hold on to, or better yet, build muscle while you're losing fat. If you just focus on losing weight, you're going to lose both muscle and fat, and that can make you worse, not better.
