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The answer, like most things, is that it depends. On what? Your body's fitness level and your diet. Let's start off with diet and the role of each macronutrient in muscle: Protein - New muscle is made with amino acids from dietary protein. Nothing else, not carbs or fats, only protein. Carbs- Muscle is powered by glycogen…
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What's your goal weight? I ask that because that's what should determine how many calories you eat. A good baseline is to multiply your goal weight by 15 and start off with that number as the amount you should be eating. Then every 10 pounds you lose, lower the caloric intake by 50-100.
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1200 is relatively low and unsustainable for someone just starting out. The best way to determine your diet is to take the weight you WANT to be and the caloric intake and use that to guide your plan. Say your final goal is 125. A person who weighs that much eats about 1650 calories daily to maintain. That's a great…
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This, there's no point in doing this if you're not accurate. You won't lose the weight either.
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I can always get behind DBZ, add me.
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Sure, add me. Just remember abs are revealed in the kitchen.
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As with any addiction, quitting cold turkey is the worst idea. Track how many cans you drink in a day and drink one less every two weeks.
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One way is to realize that each macro nutrient plays a specific role, especially in the muscles. Muscle is powered by carbs and made bigger with protein. So as far as bulking goes, it isn't just a calorie surplus, it's really a protein surplus. You don't necessarily have to eat at a caloric surplus, just at a protein…
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Which one is more important to you right now? From looking at your profile pic you're in the weird spot where you're not fat, but you don't have much muscle mass either. For you, getting abs to show would be a catabolic (losing fat) process. That would run opposite to building muscle (anabolic) process. You could try to…
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If you do go with scales, don't measure your self any more than every other week or twice a month. Your water weight can ebb and flow significantly and it throws off the scale. Especially women. It's not unheard of for women to add as much as 5 lbs of pure water.
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It sounds like you went for broke and completely changed what you normally eat. That's the exact opposite of what you need to do to keep the weight off. Eat what you normally eat, track it on myfitnesspal and adjust your caloric intake as necessary throughout the day. You also need to plan the day out. Doesn't have to be…
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In my opinion, trying to go vegan and low/no carb and get a high amount of protein is too restrictive and not sustainable. A vegan diet cuts out half of most sources of protein and by going low carb as well, you effectively cut out all the rest. You're going to have to get some to a moderate amount of carbohydrates if you…
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One more thing: If you have an active lifestyle, that is you're on your feet walking or hauling stuff around every day. That's another 300-500 calories being burned.
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Two things: 1. What's the composition of your workout? If you're doing any cardio then that can take away from the surplus needed for growth. Cut down on the cardio. 2. Up your daily intake another 250 calories in carbs and protein and see what happens after 2-3 weeks. Continue increasing until you see results.
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The food in and of itself isn't good or bad, its your choice that is. If your goal is maintain a heathy body composition then your choice to eat a certain food at a certain amount is good or bad. Thinking of it that way takes power away from the food.
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I'm a Nubian God.
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Protein Powder: How: However you wish. You can even snort it if you want. I wouldn't recommend that way though, the nutrient uptake with that method is debatable at best. Most powders go well shaken, not stirred with juice of cow udder. You can even bake with it to get treats like my all time favorite: Ooa3603's Super…
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Gabriel Union, or Jennifer Connelly. Olivia Munn could have me anytime she wished as well.
