tbfincher

You're right, which turns it into a carb. My intention wasn't to start an argument. It was simply to state that all energy comes from a form of carbohydrate. It's not to say you can't have a low carb breakfast that doesn't provide you with enough energy, it was simply that asking for a low carb breakfast that provided a…

Fat cannot be used as energy until it is broken down into glycerol, which is a carbohydrate. And protein is used for protein synthesis, not energy.

Ok Wooly Willy, you tell me what macronutrient your body uses for energy that isn't a carb then.

How am I uniformed?

Carbs are what your body uses for energy, so there is no such thing as a low carb high energy breakfast, it's an oxymoron.

As sijomial said, your protein is excessive. You only need about 1 gram per pound of lean muscle mass. There isn't really a downside to having excessive protein in your diet, other than you might be wasting a scoop of protein every day that your body won't utilize. Also, you have to remember that these daily goal targets…

Here's a bulking tip for you. Add peanut butter to EVERYTHING. It is incredibly dense in calories.

I feel ya, I was always a skinny guy myself, and in some respects I still am. Bulking has always been much harder for me than cutting because even though I love to eat, I just don't enjoy doing it in huge quantities. But since I started weight training and eating more I have went from 145 to 180. I still feel like the…

Forget the scale, it's all about the mirror.

I've never tried Monster Mass. I do have an unopened 12 pound bag of Serious Mass just sitting in my room. I bought it for 20 bucks from my buddy. But I stay away from the market bulking mixes because they derive almost all of their calories from Maltodextrin, which is essentially just a complex carbohydrate not very…

Well, I have good news and bad news for you. The good news is that with that diet you will always have visible abs. The bad news is, you will not gain any muscle mass. At your current caloric intake of 1,400, you're about 200 calories below your BMR, and about 700 calories below your TDEE. A good bulking amount for you…

Depends, what would you consider a low amount of sodium?

I don't have friends either... but that's mostly in real life.

I think you're confused on how losing weight actually works. However, I will support your contention that burning fat does require more water, and here's why. Under normal daily circumstances our body pulls the glucose it needs for energy from carbohydrates. The liver, being the awesome organ it is, takes any excess…

Don't make the mistake I made the first time I bulked. Everyone told me to just eat as much as I could... So I did. About 4-5,000 calories a day! Needless to say my weight shot up from 145 pounds to 180 pounds in about three months. I did put on a ton of muscle, but I also put on a ton of fat as well! Luckily, with my…

Then eat a cheeseburger. Just remove something else from your daily caloric intake to fit it in. Just because you are on a diet doesn't mean you can't still eat food that you enjoy.

The only time I sweat when lifting weights is when I'm doing heavy compound exercises such as squats and deadlifts.

I'm looking at your diary now. My only question is... why are you eating so many calories? I'm on a bulk right now, I weigh 175 and will be bulking to about 185-190. And I only need about 3,500 a day. You're well over 4,000.

Are you updating your new weight into MFP? As you lose weight, your BMR changes, if you don't account for that you will just hit a maintenance level. For example, if when you started at your current weight, it recommended you eating 1,800 calories a day or so to lose 2 pounds a week, but then you never updated your new…

Hello Katie. Good luck on your weight loss. My only advice to you is to set realistic goals. Don't go into it with the mindset that you are going to lose 50 pounds in two months or something like that. When people set unrealistic goals they quickly realize that it is impossible to meet and give up completely. Just shoot…

Well, I'm a guy and generally lift heavy when I can. So my strategy might not work for you, but this is how I do it. I do 3 sets of 8-12 reps and do that for three different exercises for each muscle group I am targetting. If I can comfortably do at least 8 reps then I know it's time to increase my weight. So, for instance…

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No problem, and to answer your second question, there is no protein that will make you gain weight, that's all based on calories. However, two really good brands of protein is Dymatize and Optimum Nutrition. I use Optimum, and right now I'm on the cake batter flavor and it rocks.…

I'd recommend shooting for a pound a week. When you aim for 2 pounds a week, it requires a vast caloric deficit, to the point where most people get discouraged with it and give up completely. It's better to aim for 1 pound a week and lose the weight slower, but have better odds of sticking with it because it's not such a…

Here is the mass builder shake recipe I use when bulking. 1 cup of oats 2 Tbsp natural peanut butter 1 Banana 2 cups of milk 2 scoops whey protein 28 grams of walnuts It tastes delicious and comes out to roughly Calories = 1,350 Carbs = 85 grams Protein = 81 grams Of course, if 1,350 calories at a time is too much for you,…

The only way you will lose that is just to dehydrate yourself. As far as losing 4 pounds in fat, it's just not feasible. Math is your enemy here. There are 9 calories in a gram of fat. There are 453.5 grams in a pound. 453.5 times 4 = 1,814 That means your caloric deficit would need to be 1,814 below your BMR. Which I'm…

Not entirely sure, there is an endless amount of possibilities that could be contributing to it. Do you wake up feeling extremely hungry?

Yeah, you can mix extra nuts in there if you'd like, it's a shake designed for mass, so in reality anything extra you add is just more calories, there's no harm in it. But if you follow my recipe then by the time it is all blended up it fills a shaker bottle all the way to the top. So just remember the more stuff you add…

Good luck on your weight loss goals. But I'm a realist, and you should set more manageable goals. As it stands now you would need to lose about 4 pounds a week, it's not really feasible.