9 ways to gain fat-- Yikes!

[lcsavik_85]

Here is another artcle from Bodybuilding.com
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/betteru37.htm

There were a few things I'm guilty of. I need to make it a habit to eat within 1 hour of waking up. I printed this one and put it on the fridge for future reference.

[stacy4ft9]

I *was* eating a wasa w/ a little pb first thing in the morning, along with a cup of coffee (w/ milk & splenda) right before I worked out. Then I stopped a few weeks ago because I read that doing early morning cardio (I guess workouts in general) was best for losing fat. I am always so confused about this! I guess maybe I should go ahead and go back to what I was doing. The last thing I want to do is to burn muscle.

So confusing sometimes:confused:

By the way, Tom Venuto's eBook "Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle" is a really good read.

[Vanessa]

Thanks so much for the informative articles you have posted....I've enjoyed them!

Stacy....I think I will check that book out!

[me123]

That was a great article. Thanks. :)

[jeanie]

Wow, that was depressing Ms. Reece.:(

[lcsavik_85]

Stacy- Your right. Cardio is more effective first thing! I'm sure your fine eating a wasa with pb b4 you even put on your workout clothes. Then you can jump start the metabolism and get your workout in. The cals from the wasa/pb won't be in your system yet so you'd still be burning at a deficit. Of course not all research agrees. So do whats best for you. I ate a small yogurt b4 working out today and no tummy rumbles during Low Max.

I didn't mean to depress anyone. Just thought this was imformative! lol.

[jeanie]

Well Reece, it's good to know this stuff, even if it does depress me. My biggest two "no-nos" from the list are drinking diet soda (love my Diet Coke) and eating and then going to bed.

[lcsavik_85]

Jeanie- Did you know it takes 32 glasses of water to undo 1 can of soda? Something I learned in biology. Carbonation restricts osmosis in the cells so they hold on to toxins and don't flush out the lipids. A healthy cell reacts to the carbonation by shrivleing up like a rasin when the caronation hits the semipermiable membrane. Not a good thing. So then when you workout lactic acid stays longer in the cells and you'll have more doms than you should. Just a thought.

[stacy4ft9]

It's not depressing, just confusing sometimes. There is just SO much info out there! I think I'll go back to eating my wasa and pb b4 my cardio workouts.

Vanessa - if you are interested in the book, you can go to www.burnthefat.com (http://www.burnthefat.com/). It's an e-book, so it's downloaded as a pdf document. I printed it out and put it in a binder. I think it's got lots of good info. One of the things I like best about it is the first chapter which is all about goal setting.

Here is the Table of Contents in case anyone is interested:
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1: Goal setting: How to set powerful, compelling goals that will propel you forward and charge you up with unstoppable motivation
Chapter 2: Why 95% of all conventional diets fail - And the 8 most powerful strategies to permanently lose fat without diets or deprivation
Chapter 3: Body composition: How to determine your fat to muscle ratio
Chapter 4: Charting your progress: How to use performance feedback to get from where you are to where you want to be
Chapter 5: Metabolic individuality and your body type: Doing your best with what you’ve got
Chapter 6: The law of calorie balance and the mathematics of losing body fat
Chapter 7: Secrets of meal frequency & timing: How to turbo charge your metabolism and turn your body into a fat-burning machine!
Chapter 8: Macronutrient ratios: The optimal combination of protein, carbohydrates and fats for improving your muscle to fat ratio
Chapter 9: Good fats vs. bad fats: How to speed up fat loss, boost muscle growth, increase energy and rev up your metabolism by eating the right fats in the right amounts at the right times
Chapter 10: Protein: The muscle builder and metabolic activator – How much you really need
Chapter 11: Clearing up carbohydrate confusion: Are carbohydrates your friends or foes?
Chapter 12: How to get as lean as a bodybuilder or fitness model using a new twist on the old low carbohydrate diet
Chapter 13: Why water is essential for fat loss, how much you need, and what else you should (and shouldn’t) drink
Chapter 14: The BFFM eating plan: How to design your own effective and result producing meals and menus.
Chapter 15: Supplements: What the supplement companies hope you never find out
Chapter 16: Cardio training secrets for maximum fat loss: Why it’s better to burn the fat than to starve the fat.
Chapter 17: Weight training for fat loss: Why diet and cardio are not enough

[AlmostPerfect]

Guilty of two: snacking constantly, although I try to eat good snacks, i.e. apple with peanut butter, or yogurt. Now I'm logging into fitday, so I can't snack as much. Now I try to look at hunger pangs as a good thing but I don't get ravenous. I also don't eat until I'm stuffed but only to assuage the hunger pangs.

Stress! Not much we can do and I haven't been working out as much either so that explains the fat to muscle ratio (not in my favor).

[firmfaith]

Great article! I'm guilty of starving in between meals sometimes..... Like right now, I am very hungry. I'm trying to learn to eat as soon as I feel hungry.