2 questions: About Macronutrients and about fat and workouts relation

[narkerbyt]

Q 1 : Its known that you have to increase your calories intake in order to grow. Now, the only food that makes you grow are the ones high in protein? I mean, it would be useless to eat a meal like a an apple, orange, bread, some high in fat or something like that? So, should I limit myself to eat chiken, eggs, etc and if there're not such foods, just not eat? You say to eat each 3 hours... but what if I don't have enough food high proteins in my kitchen?

Q 2 : In terms of losing fat, is it the same having a bulking diet while doing weightlifting and having a bulking diet without doing weightlifting? I mean, if I do weightlifting, will I avoid some kind of fat gaining or will I gain the same fat as I weren't doing WF ? Doing WF makes in fat some kind of conversion to muscles or energy?

[bigcityboy]

Originally Posted by narkerbyt

Q 1 : Its known that you have to increase your calories intake in order to grow. Now, the only food that makes you grow are the ones high in protein? I mean, it would be useless to eat a meal like a an apple, orange, bread, some high in fat or something like that? So, should I limit myself to eat chiken, eggs, etc and if there're not such foods, just not eat? You say to eat each 3 hours... but what if I don't have enough food high proteins in my kitchen?

Q 2 : In terms of losing fat, is it the same having a bulking diet while doing weightlifting and having a bulking diet without doing weightlifting? I mean, if I do weightlifting, will I avoid some kind of fat gaining or will I gain the same fat as I weren't doing WF ? Doing WF makes in fat some kind of conversion to muscles or energy?

Just make it simple eat your breakfast eggs toast whatever..It is very easy to skip lunch so make sure You eat lunch. a chicken breast or tuna sandwich and a salad. Than for dinner Chicken leg and thigh rice corn..
Now, don't do any cardio for 8 weeks keep up with Your routine at the end of the 8 weeks did You gain weight or loose weight? Either way Youll have put in 8 weeks of weight trainning under Your belt.
As for adding fat to Your diet the eggs chicken or whatever You eat during the day should be more than enough fat.
If You lost to Much weight than You may need to add calories. Some people need to bulk up for their performances on stage or whatever, Diets like these can be dangerous if You do not know what You are doing..
I hope this helps.

[Ch3wy]

Originally Posted by narkerbyt

Q 1 : Its known that you have to increase your calories intake in order to grow. Now, the only food that makes you grow are the ones high in protein? I mean, it would be useless to eat a meal like a an apple, orange, bread, some high in fat or something like that? So, should I limit myself to eat chiken, eggs, etc and if there're not such foods, just not eat? You say to eat each 3 hours... but what if I don't have enough food high proteins in my kitchen?

Q 2 : In terms of losing fat, is it the same having a bulking diet while doing weightlifting and having a bulking diet without doing weightlifting? I mean, if I do weightlifting, will I avoid some kind of fat gaining or will I gain the same fat as I weren't doing WF ? Doing WF makes in fat some kind of conversion to muscles or energy?

A 1: For a bulking diet, protein is the most important nutrient to be consuming, but don't leave out your carbs. You are going to need to intake a very large amount of carbs as well to put on that weight. It won't kill you to eat something that doesn't have a large amount of protein as a snack or something to add on the extra calories. Just aim for about 1-1.5 grams of protein per pound of bodyweight and you will be fine.

A 2: I guess what you are trying to ask with this question is that if you weightlift while doing a bulking diet will it keep your fat gains lower? While weight lifting, you will burn a decent amount of calories which in return prevent you from gaining some weight / fat. So yes, lets say if you eat exactly the same for 2 months and the first month you lift and the second month you don't lift, i'm sure you're fat gains will be higher the second month since your metabolism won't be as high, not as many calories will be getting burned and your muscles won't be acting like a sponge trying to absorb nutrients. So all that food you just ate will in return sit there and not get burned off whatsoever and turn into fat.

[Memoryflaw85]

Personally I eat a lot of healthy fats (Omega-3) in my diet to get my calories. Your body has a harder time digesting proteins (you burn more calories digesting proteins, than fats), so if you are trying to bulk, you want to get your calories from either fats or carbs. I chose fats because all I do is throw some olive oil in my protein shakes. Simple as that.

In terms of protein, you could do some research into bioavailability of different foods to see which ones will give you the protein best suited for muscle growth. Eggs are good and I know if you buy a decent protein shake, the protein will be geared to have the amino acid structure your muscles need to build muscle.

Also, don't forget to eat your fiber, you want a 1:1 ratio of soluble to insoluble fiber in your diet. I try to eat about 30g of fiber a day. If you don't eat enough fiber it taxes your body (I forget which organ gets taxed, but it's bad!). Anyways on the flip side, if you eat too much fiber, it will block the absorption of nutrients in your digestive tract. So stick to about 30g - 40g of fiber.

And on a final note, I only gained weight when I was eating 6,000 calories a day. Some people need to eat a lot of calories to gain weight, so don't be frustrated if you are having trouble bulking, just eat more. I think I covered it all unless someone wants to clarify or add to my statement.