Dear sifu,

Need help here, i have been work out for 1yr plus but my mucles aren't grow

recently i start to consume protein twice per week after my workout

instand of gaining muscle i notice that i have gain move belly fat

why izzit so???

how to avoid getting bigger belly fat when consuming protein???

protein cannot be transformed into fat.
it's the extra carb tat you are eating tat's causing it.

and unless you have alot of protein from solid foods, protein shake twice per week ain't going to make you grow, which explains your problem now.

u r not eatin right if u r not growing

too much carbo in ur diet?

No. Protein still consists of calories. I don't care how thermogenic protein is(it is...) but calories in vs out. Obviously he might not be training insanely enough.

ARE YOU BOY? ARE YOU??? I ASKED YOU A QUESTION!!! Are you training hard enough??

Are you eating the correct protein ? Dont say that you eat mass gainer protein. Mass gainer contains alot of calories or carb and sugar.

But, even if you eat weight gainer just twice a week, i dont see how can it develop muscle fat so fast. unless you also eat more on your other meal ?

Only Protein??? Some guys think that just because you drink a ‘protein drink’ after a workout that everything is dandy. Just because you put it into your mouth does
not mean it is traveling to the right place in your body. If you consume only a protein drink after your workout then you are short-changing yourself. The
protein is almost useless without its taxi driver - insulin! And the taxi driver (insulin) only shows up when the right passengers are on board (simple sugars).

But... but what if people don't have enough money to use a taxi? =(

and tons of taxi driver

I strongly suspect that you're training with the same intensity as my grandma.

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Added on January 6, 2011, 12:15 amWhey itself can cause an insulin spike. It's just that protein + simple sugars >>> protein or simple sugar alone.

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Added on January 6, 2011, 12:15 amI almost died from choking in my own saliva.
Bus, kenot?

This post has been edited by iamyuanwu: Jan 6 2011, 12:16 AM

Credit card also accepted....

Not training hard enough and not eating enough to build muscle.

Do you feel muscle sore in the morning after you workout? if not than not enough training.

If you do feel, but u didnt eat right also would be the reason why u didnt grow.

I didnt take whey, only eat chicken, meat, eggs, milk and other protein sources.
Because not enough money to use taxi, I walked

Cheers

u fly by eating real food.
there's a reason why there r stuffs called supplements.

sadly i see this case a lot in the gym.. lotsa so called bber hogging weights with beer bellies and chugging shakes

I depend A LOT on shakes to reach my required daily protein intake to maintain muscle mass. Real food is hard to come by, I just eat whatever my mom cooks and eating outside is real expensive. Maybe real food would do better, but I"ll try that in my cutting phase probably in March.

try a canned of tuna in water after workout...
but not too often cos it might b high in mercury...i hv canned tuna in water abt 2-3 times a week after workout

wat exactly is 'tuna in water'
doesn't sound edible to me.

aha, i think what he meant is the canned tuna. comes in water or olive oil IIRC?

canned tuna can come in oil, brine or water. i prefer in water

i found that canned tuna is too salty. And also quite expensive. Whey protein is cheaper by gram of protein

This post has been edited by kurtkob78: Jan 8 2011, 12:06 PM

+1. Eggs are the cheapest still though. But tuna makes a good alternative although it taste like cardboard and is slightly more expensive.