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Bottom line:
You can gain weight without exercise, but if you want that weight to be muscle you have to use them.
If you don't want to bodybuild I understand. The idea of lifting weights for purely aesthetic reasons doesn't really appeal to me. However, there are several activities you can do that are useful, fun, and accomplish the goal you want.
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I don't think you can burn fat just in your arms, and it doesn't seem like you're overweight anyway. Why do you want to get rid of the arm fat? It probably doesn't matter. If it's for aesthetics, you'd probably do better to just try to add muscle, which would firm up your arms despite the fat that is on them.
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It is possible that if you eat nothing but protein, you may starve even if you're theoretically eating enough calories. The reason being that there is a maximum amount of protein your liver can process for calories per day, and it is below the number of calories you burn per day. This is called Rabbit Starvation Syndrome (after settlers who were starving ...
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To answer your question, straight sugar is high in calories but low in fat. Its high in simple carbohydrates.
That said, I'm not sure the advice you read was so great. It likely comes from the outdated belief that dietary fat/cholesterol equals fat/cholesterol in your body. Eat too much of any of the 3 macronutrient categories (protein/fat/carbohydrate) and ...
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First, for those unfamiliar with the Sumo wrestler's diet, you can get a rough idea in this article. A main staple of the diet is chanko-nabe. A couple quick points from the first article:
Average life expectancy is 60-65 years (10 years younger the average Japanese male)
The lifestyle does carry with it increased risk of diabetes, heart disease, ...
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Only proteins or vitamins?No carbohydrates and no fat?? Well the thing is, if you eat more than your body burns, you will become fat, even if you don't eat fat at all. Carbohydrates are very energy dense, so if you eat too much carbohydrates your body will store the extra energy in fat cells. So if your daily energy intake is too big you'll get fat.
Also ...
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Your doctor is closer to being right (but probably not 100%).
The body starts eating muscle when you're out of glycogen. If you're drinking sugary beverages (i.e., not diet) that will delay the onset of chowing down on muscles, at least to some extent.
You'll become marginally de-conditioned after five days, but not radically; most of the issues will be ...
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Well the first part is true for some people. It's a fact that not everyone responds to diet and exercise the same way, and that's a reasonable hypothesis for why some people react in a certain way.
The last part about alternating high and low calorie diets being the only way to lose weight and gain muscle consistency isn't true. For weight loss it might ...
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I will do my best to address this question in a practical manner. Namely, I think the best way to burn fat and spare muscle while training is to construct a hypocaloric diet and workout plan with muscle preservation in mind.
Steps I would take:
Ensure diet is hypocaloric so that you actually lose weight over time.
Continue weight training while dieting. ...
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Depending on your current weight, that may be quite a high rate. A healthy average is 1% of your body weight per week. To lose that much that quickly, you would currently be well over 100Kg.
Secondly, if you want to keep the weight off "going on a diet" can be rather misleading. You need to change your current diet to one which will lead to you weighing ...
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For anyone who wants to follow this diet and has similar questions, here are the answers i found:
Q1: When they say High fat intake, is it a specific type of fat: saturated / trans
/ polyunsaturated / mononunsaturated , or any of these in general?
Answer:
Although all fats are allowed, foods with healthy fat are preferred, and will ultimately keep ...
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You can (and I did month after month) burn fat on a calorie surplus. I'm currently on a 150% calorie surplus and since I'm doing heavy weight training, I'm telling my body to put on muscle to adapt to my ever-increasing intensity in the weight room.
As for your plea to not talk about food in weights or calories, well you can't really expect to do random ...
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Cutting fat from your diet does not mean you will by virtue lose fat, in fact the very opposite could hold true! Good fats (poly- and monounsaturated fat) are good for your body and great sources of nutrients and calories. Some examples include avocado, nuts, seeds, and fatty fish like salmon. As an added bonus, a lot of these good fats also have a high ...
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Ok, lets address your concerns one at a time:
Quickest way to lose the weight is to resume your regular activities, and start eating a healthier diet. There is no "quick fix", it's taken a few months to put on the weight, it'll take a few months to take it off as well.
It's not metabolism, although that may play a part. You had an active lifestyle, and you ...
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If you start reducing your daily caloric intake you can run the risk of your body breaking down the muscles to use them as a protein source. This will only happen if you reduce by too much. For example, if your daily caloric requirement is 2000 calories and you reduce that down to 1000 then you will certainly lose muscle along with fat. That is if you would ...
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Micro carb cycling, as described in Tom Venuto's Holy Grail, sounds feasible. Essentially putting your body into a caloric surplus on your workout day, and into a deficit the days between workouts. Also trying to get a lot of your protein and caloric requirements directly around your workout, with other meals during the day much smaller.
He suggests a 3-1 ...
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Since you say non-vegetarian is fine. Whey Protein and Eggs will be your best source (technically that's still vegetarian in some books, but I won't dwell on the details of boundaries among various vegetarians).
Just get straight, simple whey protein that you can buy in a bulk package at your local grocery store, it's a lot cheaper than getting it in a tub ...
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I would second the recommendation for www.myfitnesspal.com or similar, and I would also recommend picking up a basic nutrition book. I would also caution you against revamping your diet in such a drastic way until you understand your needs a little better.
The diet you have listed is one that I'm afraid will introduce deficiencies, and I don't think it ...
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My first piece of advice will be to avoid casein protein, as it has a high cancer risk associated with it. Going vegetarian isn't the best choice if protein is your goal.
Eggs are your best bet for breakfast, assuming you use half (or less) of the yolk. Omelets, eggs on toast, scrambled eggs, etc. - Omelets are great because you can mix in all kinds of ...
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Losing weight is about expending more calories than you take in. As such, you'll get better results if you couple the diet with an exercise program and if you track your calories.
There are tons of different workout programs out there that have diet components to them. P90X (more geared towards working out at home w/ weights), Insanity (no equipment ...
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Try this diet
I read it, I know it is a hard one, but it sounds like a good diet to help you loose fats quickly.
As for me I couldn't follow it 100%, but I benefited from some points, and I lost some weight.
Try to add some excercises too, to help you loose more weight.
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I found this this Website lately and I think this is great for Beginners. It's easy to control your Calorie intake. You have to spend more Calories per Day than you take in. Don't just believe in the fact, that just working or doing the work you do everyday is enough to loose weight. I would recommend swimming, because you use a lot of muscles in your body. ...
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