John Picard
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As you all may be aware, there is an anabolic effect that occurs just from eating food. I have seen several studies that prove this. Increasing your intake of food causes an increase in lean body mass. It is also true that dieting causes lean mass to disappear.
Years ago, Oprah Winfrey shared how she went on her own diet plan. She did this on her own without exercise. Just trying to diet her way. Here is her data:
July
Weight: 212 lbs
Body Fat: 38%
August
Weight: 192 lbs
Body Fat: 35%
Lean weight lost: 6 lbs
Fat weight lost: 14 lbs
September
Weight: 175 lbs
Body Fat: 33%
Lean weight lost: 8 lbs
Fat weight lost: 9 lbs
October
Weight: 160 lbs
Body Fat: 30%
Lean weight lost: 5 lbs
Fat weight lost: 10 lbs
November
Weight: 146 lbs
Body Fat: 28%
Lean weight lost: 7 lbs
Fat weight lost: 7 lbs
So after her own dieting, she lost the following:
Fat lost: 40 lbs
Lean lost: 26 lbs
Naturally, I would love to know how much of the 26 lbs was pure muscle. That I'm not sure of. Now here's some more...
Several years later, she gained the weight back. Then she went on a diet/exercise program under the supervision of a nutritionist/exercise guru. Her exercise program involved weight training about 4 times a weekly along with daily cardio of about 1 hour. During the 5 months, she went from 222 lbs (41% bf) to 150 lbs (20% bf). Luckily, she also shared how much fat and lean body weight she lost. Below is the data for this run:
July
Weight: 222 lbs
Body Fat: 41%
August
Weight: 195 lbs
Body Fat: 35%
Lean weight lost: 4 lbs
Fat weight lost: 23 lbs
September
Weight: 177 lbs
Body Fat: 30%
Lean weight lost: 3 lbs
Fat weight lost: 15 lbs
October
Weight: 161 lbs
Body Fat: 25%
Lean weight lost: 3 lbs
Fat weight lost: 13 lbs
November
Weight: 150 lbs
Body Fat: 20%
Lean weight lost: 1 lbs
Fat weight lost: 10 lbs
First, notice the difference! This time she lost:
Fat lost: 61 lbs
Lean lost: 11 lbs
So, over the course of 5 months, she lost 1 lb of lean mass for every 6 lbs of fat. I find this encouraging. By training with weights and eating quality food, she only lost 11 lbs of lean mass out of 72 lbs. WOW!!! If she can do that, surely we can too!!!
Naturally, this leads me to make an assumption. The assumption is that all the pigging out she did that got her to 222 lbs also gave her an increase of lean body mass. So, her "overeating" lead her to increase her lean body mass by MORE THAN 11 lbs. Maybe somewhere in the neighborhood of 20 to 25 lbs of lean body mass. Just how much would be very very interesting to know! But because she did alot of weight training, she forced her body to keep "ALOT" of lean body mass, only giving up 11 lbs total.
There may be alot that can be drawn out of this. Maybe some here that are wiser than me can share some more on all this. I would love to hear some opinions.
Years ago, Oprah Winfrey shared how she went on her own diet plan. She did this on her own without exercise. Just trying to diet her way. Here is her data:
July
Weight: 212 lbs
Body Fat: 38%
August
Weight: 192 lbs
Body Fat: 35%
Lean weight lost: 6 lbs
Fat weight lost: 14 lbs
September
Weight: 175 lbs
Body Fat: 33%
Lean weight lost: 8 lbs
Fat weight lost: 9 lbs
October
Weight: 160 lbs
Body Fat: 30%
Lean weight lost: 5 lbs
Fat weight lost: 10 lbs
November
Weight: 146 lbs
Body Fat: 28%
Lean weight lost: 7 lbs
Fat weight lost: 7 lbs
So after her own dieting, she lost the following:
Fat lost: 40 lbs
Lean lost: 26 lbs
Naturally, I would love to know how much of the 26 lbs was pure muscle. That I'm not sure of. Now here's some more...
Several years later, she gained the weight back. Then she went on a diet/exercise program under the supervision of a nutritionist/exercise guru. Her exercise program involved weight training about 4 times a weekly along with daily cardio of about 1 hour. During the 5 months, she went from 222 lbs (41% bf) to 150 lbs (20% bf). Luckily, she also shared how much fat and lean body weight she lost. Below is the data for this run:
July
Weight: 222 lbs
Body Fat: 41%
August
Weight: 195 lbs
Body Fat: 35%
Lean weight lost: 4 lbs
Fat weight lost: 23 lbs
September
Weight: 177 lbs
Body Fat: 30%
Lean weight lost: 3 lbs
Fat weight lost: 15 lbs
October
Weight: 161 lbs
Body Fat: 25%
Lean weight lost: 3 lbs
Fat weight lost: 13 lbs
November
Weight: 150 lbs
Body Fat: 20%
Lean weight lost: 1 lbs
Fat weight lost: 10 lbs
First, notice the difference! This time she lost:
Fat lost: 61 lbs
Lean lost: 11 lbs
So, over the course of 5 months, she lost 1 lb of lean mass for every 6 lbs of fat. I find this encouraging. By training with weights and eating quality food, she only lost 11 lbs of lean mass out of 72 lbs. WOW!!! If she can do that, surely we can too!!!
Naturally, this leads me to make an assumption. The assumption is that all the pigging out she did that got her to 222 lbs also gave her an increase of lean body mass. So, her "overeating" lead her to increase her lean body mass by MORE THAN 11 lbs. Maybe somewhere in the neighborhood of 20 to 25 lbs of lean body mass. Just how much would be very very interesting to know! But because she did alot of weight training, she forced her body to keep "ALOT" of lean body mass, only giving up 11 lbs total.
There may be alot that can be drawn out of this. Maybe some here that are wiser than me can share some more on all this. I would love to hear some opinions.