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Today, I want to talk about gaining muscle and losing weight through diet. Most of the diet articles youll read will say that you need to cut your calories, but today, I have some good news, and some bad news.
The good news is, you are NOT going to do a traditional diet. To give you an example, last July I went to a doctor with the goal of losing fat. The doctor gave me a 1300 calorie diet and diet pills. After two months, I lost two pounds; yes thats TWO pounds on a heavily restricted calorie intake diet. The pills killed the appetite, and I found it very easy to stick to it. I had a program on my computer where I entered every meal, every thing I put in my mouth.
Didnt work. I was paying eighty bucks a month to meet with this doctor, and saw very little results. In October, I signed up with Vinces program, followed his recommendations, and lost twelve pounds.
Did I eat less? The answer is no. I actually increased my intake to over 2000 calories a week, and LOST twelve pounds. On top of that, I was able to increase my muscle mass, and lower my BMI. Ive have guys come up to me at the gym and asked, whats your secret, and I had to laugh to myself. You asking me? The last time a diet worked for me, I lost five pounds, and I was twenty five at the time, not fifty four. Then I realized that were so obsessed with the idea that the only way to lose weight was to eat less, than its almost heresy to say different.
Why am I saying that? Because what Im about ready to say, you will not believe. But please, have a little faith, and Ill explain why it works.
The first secret is this: On this program, you have to eat, and eat a Lot to lose weight. Sounds crazy dont it?
Vince emphasized, I mean really stressed that to gain muscle and lose weight, you have to eat.. but eat right.
Ok, the bad news youre going to eat five to six times a day, and youre going to be eating even when youre hungry. You are actually going to have to force yourself to eat. Youre actually going to have to set an alarm to remind you to eat.
Sounds crazy, I know, but it works.
When youre doing a workout like this, you have to forget to watch calories. Youre rebuilding your body, and you body needs fuel, and a lot of fuel, and you have to eat the right kinds of food.
Youre going to be eating food that will feed your body properly, and by feeding your body, you will gain muscle. That new muscle is going to burn extra calories. Remember yesterday when I talked about how fat doesnt burn anything, but muscle does? Thats what Im talking about.
Now, youre not going to be eating junk food. You eat junk, youre body will be junk. Youre going to being eating good proteins and good carbohydrates.
I pulled out my calorie planner, and this is what I ate in one day.
5:30 two boiled eggs. 8:30. bowl of cereal. 10:30 a protein shake. 1:00 a tuna fish sandwich. 2:30 protein shake. 5:30 mustard greens, chicken breast, brown rice, black eye peas, and a protein shake. 8:00 turkey sandwich.
This day came up to just over 1800 calories. Now depending on your size and weight, if youre a guy especially, you may be taking well over 2500 a day. Being Im in my fifties, this is right for me. Ive never been able to lose weight by dieting alone, but most guys I know can. Youll probably do a lot better than me.
I was full all the time, and I actually had to set an alarm on my computer to remind me to eat.
Its not the calories, its eating the right kinds of food, and a goal of at least 1800 calories for someone of my height and weight.
You need plenty of protein, like meat, poultry, fish, eggs, and milk. Eat the good carbs, brown rice, oats, whole gain pasta, etc and vegetables, I went for the low carb ones like, spinach, mustard greens, green beans, and stayed away from the high carb ones like corn, lima beans, etc.
Oh, some more good news, you get one cheat meal a week, that you can eat anything you want. Go out to eat, nothing fried, but no other restrictions. I love pizza, so Id eat three to four slices on Saturday night.
If youre tired after you work out, and Im talking about the hold on to your desk kind of tired, that was my body saying I wasnt eating enough.
The second secret is this: A good workout should not last over an hour. If my workout went over an hour, I wasnt gaining muscle, and I wasnt losing weight.
You see a workout is not a marathon. With the right kind of workout, youre in and out fast. Its what you do the rest of the day that will have you lose the weight you want, and gain the muscle you want. When you workout, youre actually creating little tears" in the muscle, and when your body repairs that tear, youre getting bigger and stronger.
The third secret may surprise you. The third secret is sleep. Without adequate rest, youre body wont have a chance to recover. Growth hormone releases when you sleep, so that means youre building muscle while you rest. You need to have protein in your body at night, so that you can build muscle.
The old adage is: You dont build muscles in the gym; you build muscles OUT of the gym. You spend 1/24th of your time working out, and youll spend the rest of your day feeding your body, and letting your body recover from the workout.
Oh, I almost forgot. Lots of liquids, (not beer or scotch) water, or high water density fruits like watermelon, cantaloupe, etc.
