it's not really that absurd when you consider that muscle is muscle and requires the same building blocks to manufacture - a gorilla or cow cannot turn carbohydrates into protein any more than we can...
actually much of the information regarding complete amino acid profiles is myth. ever seen a gorrilla? guess how they build their massive muscles? vegetation and fruit.
yeah it's way too low - a gazillion people told me that too - but that's one of the reasons i kept meticulous BF measurements - to see exactly how much LBM i'd lose with a super-aggressive 2 month...
i was about the same size as you and dropped 26lbs in 2 months (see sig) but it was a son of a bitch - hovering just above 1k calories per day, lifting and cardio nearly daily, but i was 36 when i...
i've gotten down to 8%, but i probably held it there for less than a month. i don't know how much i stock i'd put into the body-type thing, but if i did, i'm probably...
while we're on the subject - i just found a study that was performed on professional soccer players (super-fit sobs!) that showed an average additional body fat% drop of 3% vs a placebo group in 21...
to the people saying 2lbs per month isn't significant - i think you are missing the point - the point is that when you cut for a month you shed an extra 2.2lbs for free
take off your shirt and look in a big mirror - if you look fat then eat less, but 127lbs @ 4'11" does not at all sound fat to me - my wife is about 115 @ 5'1" but chicks are always way lighter than...
i did a lot of reading on all the supps i took, and only used the few that i had any faith in, but i can't really say which of my supps had any effect at all since i had no way of objectively...
it's skinfold thickness in mm as measured by a bodyfat caliper like this one:
http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/bbcom/metacalbodyfatcaliper.html?MCID=F-GOOG-BCOM176
hang in there mate. if you're in an actual deficit you should see your weekly weight go down steadily, and hopefully it'll be primarily bodyfat (if i'm not measuring BF weekly then i'm satisfied if...