[b said:
Quote[/b] (sean @ Mar. 02 2003,12:21)]Also, you may want to cut down on the amount of cake and coke that you take in because I think you're gaining as much fat as muscle.
66.1 x 12.5% = 57.84
68.1 x 13.5% = 58.91 a gain of 1.07kg LBM and 0.93kg FM
Its not a good gain, so the first place you should look at reducing calories is in non-nutrient dense foods. ie processed/junk etc
[b said:
Quote[/b] ]I personally don't eat cake or any junk but I have yet to add vegetables to my diet (except for a few baby carrots).
All of my friends think I'm pretty weird for not eating chocolate cake or drinking anything but water (every now and again I'll have something at parties but I drink very very little). They don't think that I should be on a diet when I'm only 16.
I would say you are looking at life thru the bodybuilding paradigm. I wouldnt say thats good for many people. Unless you are truely thinking on making this your life, then being too extreme can lead to hassles later in life. For all means eat veges over cake and drink water over coke, but you also have to have a life. Ive met far too many people who are trying to be as
hardcore as possible and end up living a miserable life.
[b said:
Quote[/b] ]I don't know but do you all think that it's unhealthy (in that maybe I'm being a bit obsessive) to abstain from ANY junk? One guy at my gym who taught me correct form for many of my exercises doesn't approve of me dieting either. What do you think?
Thanks,
Sean
Diet and living well are two seperate things. By all means eat lean meats, fruits veges and good fats, because that is the basis of a healthy lifestyle. Eating a small amount of junk can be mentally satisfying and make little difference to overall gains and bodyfat.
Bodybuilders on a whole tend to be very obsessive (not trying to be mean, its just a personal view), about lifestyle, diet, training etc. Im sure some of their lives would be a lot easier if they werent worried about getting 32.169g protein and low gi carbs with fishoils everymeal, along with training 39.2minutes cos any more will cause a rise in cortisol, and only 2.9mins of cardio cos it will make me lose muscle and I cant drink that coke cos it will turn me into an obese monster, ive got to have my mix of 0.4g/kg whey hydroslate with 0.8g carbs and some BCAAs post workout or I will die, and I cant miss my eca cos I will grow fat at an absurb rate, and god forbid i ever let any soy past my mouth cos it will make me grow man breasts....
