eviehowie wrote: » Wow! Did not expect to get railroaded here. I am on a 1500 calorie diet. I have been doing cardiac rehab 3 times a week since February 2015 and I walk for an hour on all the other days not in rehab. I have been under my calorie goal everyday I have been logging except one. My problem seems to be coming from carbs. Just got percentages of carbs, fats, and proteins 2 weeks ago. After looking back, I think that is what's wrong.
emmoen wrote: » I don't understand how some of you stated that it cannot be muscle gains... If your body has the extra fat that can be burn... You body can use that energy to build muscle
misscaligreen wrote: » I have a question and probably a dumb one but I'm going to ask it anyways because even smart questions negative feedback lol so here goes.....if you were eating and maintaining a calorie deficit and losing weight regularly without any exercise is it possible to build muscle or are you saying that in order to build muscle you have to be eating a surplus of calories? I I'm very confused after reading all the posts. I have lost about 60 pounds through diet alone and I am planning to start exercising at some point in the near future to maintain a large deficit so that the weight loss does not stop or slow down I have a considerable amount to lose still. I would like to do strength training because it's my understanding that the effects of strength training workout outlast cardio workouts. any info would be helpful thanks in advance
emmoen wrote: » I understand that fats don't turn into proteins but when lipids are broken down to form ATP... The ATP can be used to synthesis amino acids which in turn build muscle when you are lifting at a calorie deficit... This process is usually done on overweight beginners
emmoen wrote: » Initial strength gains are not usually due to muscle mass gain but actually the activation of more muscle fibers
Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: » eviehowie wrote: » Wow! Did not expect to get railroaded here. I am on a 1500 calorie diet. I have been doing cardiac rehab 3 times a week since February 2015 and I walk for an hour on all the other days not in rehab. I have been under my calorie goal everyday I have been logging except one. My problem seems to be coming from carbs. Just got percentages of carbs, fats, and proteins 2 weeks ago. After looking back, I think that is what's wrong. How do you measure/log your food? Do you own a food scale?
atypicalsmith wrote: » MrM27 wrote: » It won't generally be going up. Sorry to see you in jail again.
MrM27 wrote: » It won't generally be going up.
ahoy_m8 wrote: » Along the same lines as "Fat cannot turn into muscle".... I sometimes see the comment "Your body turns excess carbs into fat." This is also untrue, technically. Excess carbs do not get stored as fat. The body prioritizes energy oxidation source based roughly on storage ability. Alcohol- no ability to store it- body will prioritize alcohol metabolism until it is all gone. Protein- not much amino acid storage ability- body will use what it can and metabolize the rest (up to half intake) for energy. Carb- pretty good glycogen storage ability- if stores already full and higher priority sources not available, the body will metabolize it. Generally speaking in a normal person, glycogen storage is about one day's worth of carb intake. Fat- EXCELLENT, virtually unlimited, storage ability- fat can/will be stored until other sources run out. So, to be perhaps overly precise, carbs do not get stored as fat. When carbs show up, and if there is no alcohol or protein available, the body will prioritize carb metabolism over fat metabolism. Before someone asks, I do not know what happens if someone has a zero fat diet but eats in a surplus. I think that is rather unlikely. Maybe their liver blows up. http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/nutrition/nutrient-intake-nutrient-storage-and-nutrient-oxidation.html/
Pu_239 wrote: » Furrycatpig wrote: » Pu_239 wrote: » If you're over weight, and in a calorie deficit(losing weight) your muscle mass won't go UP. If you're gaining and in a calorie deficit, it's due to water weight. You said you have been trying for a while now? Well as i originally said, if you're not losing you're not in a calorie deficit, so lower your calories. Lower her cals? We don't know if she's tracking her current cals properly yet. Not tracking properly can also be known as estimating. If she's estimating 1,800 calories a day with no results, what would happen if she estimates 1,400 calories a day??
Furrycatpig wrote: » Pu_239 wrote: » If you're over weight, and in a calorie deficit(losing weight) your muscle mass won't go UP. If you're gaining and in a calorie deficit, it's due to water weight. You said you have been trying for a while now? Well as i originally said, if you're not losing you're not in a calorie deficit, so lower your calories. Lower her cals? We don't know if she's tracking her current cals properly yet.
Pu_239 wrote: » If you're over weight, and in a calorie deficit(losing weight) your muscle mass won't go UP. If you're gaining and in a calorie deficit, it's due to water weight. You said you have been trying for a while now? Well as i originally said, if you're not losing you're not in a calorie deficit, so lower your calories.