I talked to a guy this week who is doing everything right with fitness. 

Gym. Calorie deficit. Plenty of protein.

But he said he just feels 'soft'.

Water retention under the skin. No veins. No definition. Jiggly instead of hard.

The scale is going down. But his progress photos look the same. Maybe worse?

Weird thing is he's done this before too. He loses 15-20lbs, gets down to 180, then overeats and ends up back at 200.

But even at his leanest last summer, 175lbs, he still couldn't see his abs and just felt skinny fat. 

He'd almost rather stay heavier than get scrawny. 

Here's what I told him:

Getting lean happens little by little, then all at once.

And if you don't understand why, you'll quit right before the breakthrough hits.

there's two things going on here that nobody tells you about. 

One's about body fat, the other's about what's happening inside your muscle cells. 

You have to know what to look for so you don't quit early.

I broke it all down, plus the exact three things to check to know if you're losing fat or muscle, in today's video → watch it here

- Matteo