one meal a day science project.

[aj_rock]

All I'm saying is that losing fat while gaining muscle is damn near impossible unless you're stupendously out of shape and overweight. For your current condition, you'll either have to concentrate on doing muscle gain vs fat loss one or another, or use a specialized program that attempts to do both.

You CAN do both, but it usually requires some tricks that amount to miniaturized cutting/bulking cycles.

[Loren Wade]

The only thing I can say is get enough protein and fat in your system as that one meal can handle.

[Guest Snake McClain]

well i'm back to three meals a day so it's cool.

But AJrockstar i think you're right. I'm going to have to...figure out how to eat a ton and not look fat. i hate it. lol. I don't need to get THAT much bigger. like i keep saying only 10 pounds. I've done it before. Just a few more chicken breasts a day and i should be good right?

(note the last sentence was said without actually knowing anything about what foods actually do what besides the basic of protein or veggies)

[aj_rock]

Welllllll cuz you called me a rock star, I'll give you a direction to go

Here's a few key words to just plug into google and let 'er rip:

Intermittant fasting

cyclical (or targeted) ketogenic diet

calorie zig-zagging

These are all basically variations of the same thing, but the long of the short is, you eat a lot some days (hint hint* when you work out), and eat less on rest days.

And I usually tell myself NOT to make website recommendations. But if you want a good, scientific, easy-to-digest primer on EXACTLY what different macro nutrients do in your body, I'd suggest heading over to bodyrecomposition.com. Very knowledgeable guy, won't try to sell you on any of his products (well, a little bit, but he warns you when he does a book plug and never while giving you the low-down), and is easy to understand.

[spezzy]

wait did we go over the why? did i miss that?

[Guest Snake McClain]

Welllllll cuz you called me a rock star, I'll give you a direction to go

Here's a few key words to just plug into google and let 'er rip:

Intermittant fasting

cyclical (or targeted) ketogenic diet

calorie zig-zagging

These are all basically variations of the same thing, but the long of the short is, you eat a lot some days (hint hint* when you work out), and eat less on rest days.

And I usually tell myself NOT to make website recommendations. But if you want a good, scientific, easy-to-digest primer on EXACTLY what different macro nutrients do in your body, I'd suggest heading over to bodyrecomposition.com. Very knowledgeable guy, won't try to sell you on any of his products (well, a little bit, but he warns you when he does a book plug and never while giving you the low-down), and is easy to understand.

i actually have seen a lot of IM and am implementing it. My plan is to do the IM on wrestling training days (one day a week usually). So dinner the night before then no meal until after training ends. I will look at all these things you showed me though.

wait did we go over the why? did i miss that?

if you're asking why i took a week and basically didn't eat the answer is because i had a bad muscle strain/tear (still sort of there) and couldn't lift. SO i got bored and basically just wanted to see what happened.

[spezzy]

if you're asking why i took a week and basically didn't eat the answer is because i had a bad muscle strain/tear (still sort of there) and couldn't lift. SO i got bored and basically just wanted to see what happened.

wait, so you injured yourself, so you stopped eating the majority of your meals?

this was a good idea how?