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Diet / Re: Diet for a Beginner
« on: April 15, 2010, 08:50:30 PM »
I'm just speaking from my experiences with weight loss.
My weight fluctuates throughout the year depending on the time. I gain weight for football and lose for wrestling and soccer. After trying several different diets, low carb- high protein diets have worked the best for fat loss, while maintaining as much muscle as possible.
For people with a slow metabolism, gaining weight is easy. Eating high carbs, 3 meals a day, gaining weight is no problem. My best gains happen during high carbs binges.
The Dark/Light meat issue, while somewhat based on personal opinion, is intended to give less energy. Fat is a large portion of the energy that is gotten from meats so lean protein would generally be better since this diet is calorie restricting.
The problem with even well planned cheat meals, is that they aren't usually done to kick-start your metabolism. in general people cheat because they don't have the willpower to stay on their diet causing a one night gorge-fest after which many people decline on their diet from there. If well planned, however, these "cheat sessions" can be used to your advantage if done carefully.
My weight fluctuates throughout the year depending on the time. I gain weight for football and lose for wrestling and soccer. After trying several different diets, low carb- high protein diets have worked the best for fat loss, while maintaining as much muscle as possible.
For people with a slow metabolism, gaining weight is easy. Eating high carbs, 3 meals a day, gaining weight is no problem. My best gains happen during high carbs binges.
The Dark/Light meat issue, while somewhat based on personal opinion, is intended to give less energy. Fat is a large portion of the energy that is gotten from meats so lean protein would generally be better since this diet is calorie restricting.
The problem with even well planned cheat meals, is that they aren't usually done to kick-start your metabolism. in general people cheat because they don't have the willpower to stay on their diet causing a one night gorge-fest after which many people decline on their diet from there. If well planned, however, these "cheat sessions" can be used to your advantage if done carefully.