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I usually have one meal about half hour to one hour before workout. During this meal, I eat about 30 to 40 grams of protein from lean meat, and 20 to 50 grams of slow digesting carb. About 5 min before workout, I have a shake with 30 grams of whey and about 40 grams of malto/dextrose mix with 50/50 ratio. This provides…

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If you have never lifted before, or have been out of shape for a long time, it's possible to lose fat and gain muscle at the same time with weight training and proper nutrition, even with a calorie deficit, at least for the first few month. It's called newbie gain. You need to make sure you eat enough protein everyday to…

If you need carbs to recover your muscle glycogen depletion from the workout, then you need fast digesting carbs that turn to glucose which will be turned into glycogen in your muscle. Fructose is digested differently than glucose because it first goes to your liver, once it was processed by the liver, then the energy was…

Since you are trying to bulk, and will have a calorie surplus, I think a little more protein wouldn't hurt. I would go with 1 gram per lb of body weight, instead of 1gram per lb of lean mass. Since you are 150lbs, I would suggest 150 grams of protein per day, until your weight increased by 5 lb, then adjust your protein…

I remember when I was bulking back in the day, I munch on cheeze-it crackers every night before sleep. A quarter to one third box every night. I used to have about 15 to 20 boxes of cheeze-it crackers on my fridge as reserve. Not that I force myself to eat, I eat because of the cravings. I have to force myself to stop…

I think the biggest issue with meal replacement drink is they are calorie dense but not nutrient dense. If you have to drink your food, I would suggest make smoothie with milk and calorie dense fruit such as banana and add other fruits base on your preference. If you need additional protein, then you can add some protein…

I eat 5 to 6 meals per day. My daily calorie right now is about 2000, so 5 meals per day means about 400 calories per meal. If you eat clean, that's the equivalent of about 5 oz skinless chicken breast steamed, one medium sweet potato, about 8 halves of walnuts. This is manageable to eat in one meal. If I have 3 meals per…

On second thought, since you are on atkin's diet, you won't be consuming enough carbs to contribute to blood sugar increase, so I guess if you want to drink diet soda, it shouldn't be too big of a deal.

Diet soda uses artificial sweetener. If you do some research you will find out even though they have no calories, but they mess up the bacteria in your stomach where it raises your insulin level, which is essentially the same as consuming loads of sugar. Unless your muscles are depleted of its glycogen which only comes…

If you work a desk job, where there is not much movement everyday, I would recommend select sedentary as your life style and manually log your exercise to get more accurate result. After you log for a week or two, you can then choose different life styles in MFP depend on your actual calorie burn based on your two weeks of…

If you really not eating enough, I would suggest take multivitamin for starters. Snack with healthy nutrient dense food or fruit. I would recommend banana for fruit snack, nuts like almond, walnut are all healthy fat, fat also has higher calorie per gram than carbs and proteins. It's much harder to eat enough protein if…

If you are lifting weight, then it means you want to build some muscle for more calorie burn and better body shape. To repair the muscle breakdown from the liftings you did, you need protein. Take 1 gram of protein for each lbs of your body weight, the rest of your daily calories can come from fat and carbs. Tuna, chicken…

Creatine works well for me. Take whey/dextrose/maltodextrin for preworkout and postworkout shake. I am in the camp that believes fast digesting carb and protein post workout helps recovery. Whey/dextrose/maltodextrin are counted as meals for me, not supplements.

I am on a 3 month 30lbs journey, let's motivate each other.

Have some muscle mass will keep you look toned and have that nice body shape. It will also make your daily activities feel easier. But if you are feeling fine doing what you do, there is no reason to go out of your way to build extra muscle. As long as you are not having too much of a calorie deficit each day (more than…

I don't think glucosamine has any serious side effects. I did research and found that it's better to take glucosamine with chondroitin together for better effect. I bought my glucosamine/chondroitin/MSM supplement from vitamins shoppe, you can also find similar supplement with all 3 ingredients at Costco as well. I…

Regardless of how many calories you consume each day, your protein intake is way too low. If you want to bulk, at least take 1 gram of protein per lbs of body weight you have. For example, if you weight 150lbs, you need to consume at least 150 grams of protein per day. I would try to get most of my macro nutrient from…