Even more random thoughts, in no particular order, to attempt to help beginners separate the wheat from the chaff and get themselves on the right nutrition path, based on thread topics posted recently in this forum:
*Skinny guys who lose weight to display their 'abs' are barking up the wrong tree, and limiting their ability to build an impressive physique. You have to have developed muscles (this includes abdominal muscles) before you can display them. The oft-repeated old saw, "Abs are made in the kitchen," is only partly true unless you also have a fully-equipped gym in your kitchen.
*A $150.00 ( or $429.99) gizmo you strap onto yourself isn't going to be anywhere near technically-sophisticated enough to return any information that will assist in weight loss. It might be entertaining to use though---for a while.
*And as an adjunct to the above bullet point , do you remember that hand-held device---you, know; the one touted a couple of years ago on the interwebz by some company that was taking "pre-order" deposits---and that was slated to be coming to market "soon," and would allow you to scan up and down your body and then tell you your body fat percentage, and show exactly where those fat deposits were located?
.......nobody else remembers either, other than maybe those who were scammed into paying that deposit.
*Don't fret over insignificant details when trying to make a change in your body composition. All you really have to do is stick to the basics---in addition to a structured weight training program, a consistent, moderate calorie deficit to lose fat, and a consistent, moderate calorie surplus to build muscle/strtength.
*Building even just a moderate amount of new muscle tissue (not to be confused with simply adding "body weight") takes time. If you are really serious about doing so, be in it for the long haul. The vast majority who start out on this pursuit become disillusioned and impatient, and fall away within the first few weeks. Don't be that guy.
*Likewise, losing a significant amount of body fat isn't going to happen quickly either, at least not if your health is also valued. You didn't get fat overnight, and you won't get lean again overnight either. Be persistent; stick with your plan. For every normally-healthy human on the planet, a consistent, moderate calorie deficit will always produce the desired result, given enough time to do it's job.
*If you've been consistent in weight training on an experience-appropriate program but still aren't seeing any change in the mirror or in your body weight, it's because you're not eating the right amount of calories for your specific goal. It's not because you're not taking the "right" supplements, or that you're not eating "clean" enough, or that you're eating your meals at the "wrong" times. It's really not. You're either eating too many or too little calories.
*If you believe that three very different "body types" exist among humans, you would then, by application of logic, also have to believe that it's impossible to change that "body type," and thus, your appearance.
*If you want to jump into the 'vegan' camp, be my guest. Just don't step away from the best protein source on the planet because you think that it's somehow "healthier" to do so. If it's for ethical or moral reasons, that's another matter altogether; just realize up front that you're adding one more level of difficulty in regards to building muscle/strength.
*There's no such thing as special foods for "cutting" or "bulking." There is just food, so stop seeking acceptance for some particular food item. If you enjoy it, and it doesn't contain industrial trans fat or ingredients you can't pronounce, fit some into your daily nutrition plan.
*If you're seeking knowledge/information from study data, read the entire study, not just the title---and pay particular attention to the makeup of the study subject group. If it is comprised of one specific sector of the population such as obese subjects, the very old or very young, diabetics, those who are untrained, those on some specific course of drugs or some other medical treatment, or, most of all---rodents---ask yourself if the study results would be relevant to you.
*Frequent threads posted by already-thin beginners (most often teens) seeking muscle gains while at the same time losing body fat to display their abs are often advised to "recomp"--- to either eat at a calorie deficit or else a small surplus. Looks good on paper, but IRL, attempting this tactic will leave the poster pretty much exactly as he was at the start. Sure, such a plan is possible, but it's easy in this game to confuse "possible" with "probable."
I usually advise such posters to go ahead and try anyway if they don't mind wasting a couple of months. I'll also urge them to start a journal in the 'nutrition' or 'losing fat' journal subforums to chart their progress, but so far, AFAIK, not a single one of these people has ever done a journal that ran for more than 4 posts.
I suspect there's a correlation there.
*The 'Glycemic Index' was irrelevant 10 years ago when forum members here first began posting and asking about it. It's irrelevancy hasn't changed in that time period. And for those of you who unfortunately happen to be diabetic, and are asking from that standpoint, why are you asking for advice of a medical nature on an internet forum populated by random posters?
*Sodium (in practical, every-day terms, table salt) is a requirement for life; your muscles can't function without adequate amounts of it (along with the other electrolytes). Unless under a doctor's orders to do so, arbitrarily limiting one's sodium intake is the wrong thing to do. Instead, do this: salt your food to taste, and make sure you're also eating plenty of potassium-rich foods (easy to do since K is abundant in a very wide variety of common foods).
*Recommended amounts of daily protein and fat are still .7 grams/pound for protein, and .4 grams/pound for dietary fat. No problem with eating more if you prefer; just be sure to keep total, overall daily calories in mind.
*Again, the key words in any change of body composition are consistency and moderation. Bonus words would be patience and persistence.
*If you feel the need to preface your thread with, "This is probably a dumb question....," you'd do well to look through the current thread topics from the past few days before posting. Commonly-asked questions have already been answered here ad nauseam; asking again will likely cause the more-experienced posters here to ignore you due to your lack of initiative to do a little bit of prior research. Those seeking to be spoon-fed in this forum generally don't fare well.
Just a freindly suggestion.
*And as always, think. Common sense and logic go a long way in all things. Bodybuilding nutrition is a 'thing' too.
The original, "Random Thoughts For Noobs" thread:
https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showt...hp?t=152504293
The Sequal: "Random Thoughts V2.0:"
https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showt...hp?t=174300301
The Ongoing Saga: "Random Thoughts V3.0:"
https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showt...1&pagenumber=1
*Skinny guys who lose weight to display their 'abs' are barking up the wrong tree, and limiting their ability to build an impressive physique. You have to have developed muscles (this includes abdominal muscles) before you can display them. The oft-repeated old saw, "Abs are made in the kitchen," is only partly true unless you also have a fully-equipped gym in your kitchen.
*A $150.00 ( or $429.99) gizmo you strap onto yourself isn't going to be anywhere near technically-sophisticated enough to return any information that will assist in weight loss. It might be entertaining to use though---for a while.
*And as an adjunct to the above bullet point , do you remember that hand-held device---you, know; the one touted a couple of years ago on the interwebz by some company that was taking "pre-order" deposits---and that was slated to be coming to market "soon," and would allow you to scan up and down your body and then tell you your body fat percentage, and show exactly where those fat deposits were located?
.......nobody else remembers either, other than maybe those who were scammed into paying that deposit.
*Don't fret over insignificant details when trying to make a change in your body composition. All you really have to do is stick to the basics---in addition to a structured weight training program, a consistent, moderate calorie deficit to lose fat, and a consistent, moderate calorie surplus to build muscle/strtength.
*Building even just a moderate amount of new muscle tissue (not to be confused with simply adding "body weight") takes time. If you are really serious about doing so, be in it for the long haul. The vast majority who start out on this pursuit become disillusioned and impatient, and fall away within the first few weeks. Don't be that guy.
*Likewise, losing a significant amount of body fat isn't going to happen quickly either, at least not if your health is also valued. You didn't get fat overnight, and you won't get lean again overnight either. Be persistent; stick with your plan. For every normally-healthy human on the planet, a consistent, moderate calorie deficit will always produce the desired result, given enough time to do it's job.
*If you've been consistent in weight training on an experience-appropriate program but still aren't seeing any change in the mirror or in your body weight, it's because you're not eating the right amount of calories for your specific goal. It's not because you're not taking the "right" supplements, or that you're not eating "clean" enough, or that you're eating your meals at the "wrong" times. It's really not. You're either eating too many or too little calories.
*If you believe that three very different "body types" exist among humans, you would then, by application of logic, also have to believe that it's impossible to change that "body type," and thus, your appearance.
*If you want to jump into the 'vegan' camp, be my guest. Just don't step away from the best protein source on the planet because you think that it's somehow "healthier" to do so. If it's for ethical or moral reasons, that's another matter altogether; just realize up front that you're adding one more level of difficulty in regards to building muscle/strength.
*There's no such thing as special foods for "cutting" or "bulking." There is just food, so stop seeking acceptance for some particular food item. If you enjoy it, and it doesn't contain industrial trans fat or ingredients you can't pronounce, fit some into your daily nutrition plan.
*If you're seeking knowledge/information from study data, read the entire study, not just the title---and pay particular attention to the makeup of the study subject group. If it is comprised of one specific sector of the population such as obese subjects, the very old or very young, diabetics, those who are untrained, those on some specific course of drugs or some other medical treatment, or, most of all---rodents---ask yourself if the study results would be relevant to you.
*Frequent threads posted by already-thin beginners (most often teens) seeking muscle gains while at the same time losing body fat to display their abs are often advised to "recomp"--- to either eat at a calorie deficit or else a small surplus. Looks good on paper, but IRL, attempting this tactic will leave the poster pretty much exactly as he was at the start. Sure, such a plan is possible, but it's easy in this game to confuse "possible" with "probable."
I usually advise such posters to go ahead and try anyway if they don't mind wasting a couple of months. I'll also urge them to start a journal in the 'nutrition' or 'losing fat' journal subforums to chart their progress, but so far, AFAIK, not a single one of these people has ever done a journal that ran for more than 4 posts.
I suspect there's a correlation there.
*The 'Glycemic Index' was irrelevant 10 years ago when forum members here first began posting and asking about it. It's irrelevancy hasn't changed in that time period. And for those of you who unfortunately happen to be diabetic, and are asking from that standpoint, why are you asking for advice of a medical nature on an internet forum populated by random posters?
*Sodium (in practical, every-day terms, table salt) is a requirement for life; your muscles can't function without adequate amounts of it (along with the other electrolytes). Unless under a doctor's orders to do so, arbitrarily limiting one's sodium intake is the wrong thing to do. Instead, do this: salt your food to taste, and make sure you're also eating plenty of potassium-rich foods (easy to do since K is abundant in a very wide variety of common foods).
*Recommended amounts of daily protein and fat are still .7 grams/pound for protein, and .4 grams/pound for dietary fat. No problem with eating more if you prefer; just be sure to keep total, overall daily calories in mind.
*Again, the key words in any change of body composition are consistency and moderation. Bonus words would be patience and persistence.
*If you feel the need to preface your thread with, "This is probably a dumb question....," you'd do well to look through the current thread topics from the past few days before posting. Commonly-asked questions have already been answered here ad nauseam; asking again will likely cause the more-experienced posters here to ignore you due to your lack of initiative to do a little bit of prior research. Those seeking to be spoon-fed in this forum generally don't fare well.
Just a freindly suggestion.
*And as always, think. Common sense and logic go a long way in all things. Bodybuilding nutrition is a 'thing' too.
The original, "Random Thoughts For Noobs" thread:
https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showt...hp?t=152504293
The Sequal: "Random Thoughts V2.0:"
https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showt...hp?t=174300301
The Ongoing Saga: "Random Thoughts V3.0:"
https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showt...1&pagenumber=1
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