GreatApe2017 Member

What do you have to loose by trying?

I'm not saying I definitely lost 2 pounds of fat and put on two pounds of muscle. If for no other reason than the weight scale has a margin of error and there is a margin of nearly 2 pounds for weight fluxation from hydration etc. It's too short a time frame and too few a sample set to make this assertion. However…

I'm fairly sure I've added at least 1-2 pound of muscle and since my weight hasn't gone up I must have lost roughly 1-2 pounds of fat this is over a 4-5 week period so it's not all that amazing Although yes I do suspect a lot of the strength gains were mostly CNS adaptations as some lifts are up nearly 30% while my total…

For some people It's just genetics The very last place I lose fat is my stomach. It's so bad that I start losing fat on my face before I get close to visible abs. So for me it's a choice of having a skinny face and looking malnourished or accepting the belly fat and having a normal face in which case it's better to have…

Even for beginners? I've managed to put on 20% on all my lifts in my first month and done so without adding any body weight. If I had to guess I would say I have lost 1-2 pound of body fat and added equivalent of muscle in the first month. I'm tempted to go for maintenance calories for another month if I could add another…

I am an easy gainer if I let myself go :) But for the last month I've stayed at the exact same weight although I'm trying to do a lean bulk. I tried 2500 calories and didn't put on weight Then 2600 calories and put on too much weight Then 2250 and lost too much weight Then 2350 and stayed the same Aiming for 2350 again…

If I want more protein for breakfast I tend to have a pot of high protein yoghurt. Most uk supermarket stock a yoghurt called skyr A 150 gram pot has 81 calories of which 14 gram are from protein and they taste quite nice. I think being a yoghurt it's probably mostly ceasine protein. Also often a good price at 50p a pot.…

Protein timing is probably mostly irrelevant. You don't grow muscle just after a workout you grow muscle for the next 48 hours so you need a steady stream of protein rather than need it straight after a workout. Having said that I've read a quick high dose of fast absorbing proteins gives you an insulin spike and that…

Just bulk building muscle is harder than losing fat. Bulk for 6+ months then do a cut. You aren't going to be the first person to discover a way to both bulk good and not gain fat If you are after abs you need muscle and low body fat. Just low body fat with little muscle mass will mean you look skinny and thin. Oh this is…

Cloths started to get very tight the choice was buy a whole new wardrobe of 36 inch trousers etc and accept a permanent fatter me or go on a diet With MFP managed to cut down 30 pounds over 15 weeks and now weight less than at any other point in my adult life. 63kg at 5ft7 which is apparently the ideal weight for my height…

You don't need to do any weights or cardio to lose or gain weight. Your weight depends almost 100% on how much you eat. People can do weights to build muscle or do cardio to build endurance but they don't help much in weight targets without controling food intake Eat 3000 calories a day for a month but you have to be…

Gaining weight or losing weight just needs consistency and time Buy a food scale and measure everything. Eat 3000 calories a day and you will put on weight both fat and muscle. More fat than muscle but that is probably your aim Find something you like and have it an hour before bed. Granola is perhaps a good choice have…

That is a bit too simplistic For instance consuming 3000 calories of protein is different from consuming 3000 calories of carbs as it takes much more energy to break down excess protein and convert it to fat than it does to break down carbs and convert it to fat. Actually it's even more complicated than that as the body…

Problem is some people's inbuilt calories counters don't allow them to easily eat more continuously and consistently. So just saying eat more is no better than staying eat less to a fat guy and expecting it to work What this person needs to do is actually record their calories and each day eat more than their break even…

Body needs excess calories to be anabolic you will gain fat along with muscle but you can always cut the fat back. So for instance you might try aiming for +20 pounds weight over 6 months followed by 8 week cut of 8 pounds. So by month 8 you should be roughly +10 pounds muscle +2 pounds fat which would be a good ratio