NEW YEARS RESOLUTION WEIGHT LOSS THREAD

[sugar'n'spice]

Originally Posted by Bonnie

Still snowing?? Booo!!! :(

Well.....still have snow...as for snowing, please no more...I can't take it anymore!!! Haha!! It's been very sunny...but it's not melting fast enough for me!

[CFD]

Seeing we're on the subject of food I posted this a while ago and thought I'd bring it up again now that I tried it myself, it's pretty good.

Chocalate pudding anyone?
I was given this recipe and figured I'd pass it on. It is a great post workout snack (anytime for that matter)packed with protein, healthy fat,simple carbs and antioxidens. Delicious too.

One bannana
2 scoops chocolate protein powder
1/4 cup blueberies
1 tsp lemon juice
1 tbs almond butter

Add all ingredients into blender and blend, chill and eat

[Bonnie]

Originally Posted by sugar'n'spice

Well.....still have snow...as for snowing, please no more...I can't take it anymore!!! Haha!! It's been very sunny...but it's not melting fast enough for me!

When does it start getting warm there?

[CFD]

Originally Posted by sugar'n'spice

Well.....still have snow...as for snowing, please no more...I can't take it anymore!!! Haha!! It's been very sunny...but it's not melting fast enough for me!

I'm surprised we had unbelievable amounts of snow and it's almost all gone.

[Bonnie]

Originally Posted by CFD

Seeing we're on the subject of food I posted this a while ago and thought I'd bring it up again now that I tried it myself, it's pretty good.

Chocalate pudding anyone?
I was given this recipe and figured I'd pass it on. It is a great post workout snack (anytime for that matter)packed with protein, healthy fat,simple carbs and antioxidens. Delicious too.

One bannana
2 scoops chocolate protein powder
1/4 cup blueberies
1 tsp lemon juice
1 tbs almond butter

Add all ingredients into blender and blend, chill and eat

Oh thats a new recipe I haven't tried, I'll try sometime this week! Thanks...

[sugar'n'spice]

Originally Posted by Bonnie

When does it start getting warm there?

May...mostly June !

Originally Posted by CFD

I'm surprised we had unbelievable amounts of snow and it's almost all gone.

Um...well, yes...but I live in Canada !!! We are the winter capital !!! :(

[CFD]

Originally Posted by Bonnie

Oh thats a new recipe I haven't tried, I'll try sometime this week! Thanks...

I usually don't try these recipe's 'cause when you like them you figure they're healthy and ok to eat so use sparingly LOL.

[Bonnie]

Originally Posted by sugar'n'spice

May...mostly June !

Um...well, yes...but I live in Canada !!! We are the winter capital !!! :(

Yay for the snow melting!!!! lol

[CFD]

Originally Posted by sugar'n'spice

May...mostly June !

Um...well, yes...but I live in Canada !!! We are the winter capital !!! :(

I feel for you.

[sugar'n'spice]

Originally Posted by CFD

I feel for you.

I feel for me too, but, I mostly feel still too cold!!

[hrpiii]

Originally Posted by Speedy1975

Not necessarily size, but "peak" as in making the center taller.

I had preacher curls in the workout prior to this one. Biceps look pretty good from the front, I want them to be more peaky in back poses like above.

I hate to break this to you, but "peak" is actually in genetics. Your muscle form/shape is determined here, no way to make a "peak", can only make the whole muscle 'bigger'.

[hrpiii]

just sharing info shared to me....

There is a reason that morning cardio in your fasted state from the night is so effective. It is becasue your blood glucose levels have good down so has your insulin. In fact you are in a insulin deficit upon waking and why that is when lab glucose readings are taken to check for type II..

It well known that fat burning does not happen in the presence of insulin. We also understand that glucose causes the its release into the blood stream. Once that happens fat burning or more specifically released of fatty acids from our bodies into the blood stream to be used as fuel is stopped. As far as how sensitive our panaceas is to glucose in our blood. Only 2 mg of carbs per 100ml is enough for the panceas to release insulin.

Now normally protein only has a very small effect on blood glucose levels and thus has only small effects on insulin release. But of the various aminos BCAA will trigger the largest release.

But beyond that there is an issue and it has to do with one of the reasons why morning cardio is so effective in the first place. You are at your lowest insulin levels. That means the most release and effective burning of fat. The issue is that in that small insulin deficit condition. Any amount of protein will trigger gluconeogenesis. Also the idea that you are burning the protein instead of the muscle does not fly. You are burning the protein turned into glucose instead of fat and have also becasue of that effect cause your pancreas to release insulin in response to the blood glucose and have effectively turn off your fat release and burning ability.

So if you actually want to use morning cardio as a effective way to burn fat as the best rate you do it with in the fasted state.

[CFD]

Originally Posted by hrpiii

just sharing info shared to me....

There is a reason that morning cardio in your fasted state from the night is so effective. It is becasue your blood glucose levels have good down so has your insulin. In fact you are in a insulin deficit upon waking and why that is when lab glucose readings are taken to check for type II..

It well known that fat burning does not happen in the presence of insulin. We also understand that glucose causes the its release into the blood stream. Once that happens fat burning or more specifically released of fatty acids from our bodies into the blood stream to be used as fuel is stopped. As far as how sensitive our panaceas is to glucose in our blood. Only 2 mg of carbs per 100ml is enough for the panceas to release insulin.

Now normally protein only has a very small effect on blood glucose levels and thus has only small effects on insulin release. But of the various aminos BCAA will trigger the largest release.

But beyond that there is an issue and it has to do with one of the reasons why morning cardio is so effective in the first place. You are at your lowest insulin levels. That means the most release and effective burning of fat. The issue is that in that small insulin deficit condition. Any amount of protein will trigger gluconeogenesis. Also the idea that you are burning the protein instead of the muscle does not fly. You are burning the protein turned into glucose instead of fat and have also becasue of that effect cause your pancreas to release insulin in response to the blood glucose and have effectively turn off your fat release and burning ability.

So if you actually want to use morning cardio as a effective way to burn fat as the best rate you do it with in the fasted state.

This is why there is so much debate on the subject. More body builders use this method for the reasons you mentioned but most bodybuilders are concerned with loosing the small amounts of body fat they have while preserving as much muscle as possible.Cardio in the fasted state as well as lower intensity cardio tends to burn more fat as fuel. That is why I mentioned you cannot use bodybuilders or exceptionaly lean people for an example. On the other side of the scale the debate goes like this. For weight loss on most people it boils down to cals in vs. cals out. weight loss is achieved by a calorie deficit. In theory lets say your maintenance intake is 2000 cals a day and you want to create a 500 cal deficit by exercise. If you are in a fasted state you tend to burn more of those cals from fat as you stated, if you exercise for a lengthy time your body switches from a catabolic state to an anabolic state so the actual benefit from the exercise has changed, when not in a fasted state although much of the cals you burn come from carbs untill that source is depleted you can burn more calories before this change occurs so in theory you burn moree cals in general creating a bigger cal deficit. I nor the studies are claiming one is better than the other and both methods have their purpose but studies tend to show that for total cals burned non fasted cardio burns more cals in general which is desireable for weight loss. Fasted cardio seems to be more effective for those with low amounts of body fat to loose than those with larger amounts. Again this is one of those things that may work better for some than others depending on body type and genetics. I personally use both strategies depending on my current goals.

[Speedy1975]

Originally Posted by hrpiii

I hate to break this to you, but "peak" is actually in genetics. Your muscle form/shape is determined here, no way to make a "peak", can only make the whole muscle 'bigger'.

Well that sucks.

Originally Posted by hrpiii

just sharing info shared to me....

There is a reason that morning cardio in your fasted state from the night is so effective. It is becasue your blood glucose levels have good down so has your insulin. In fact you are in a insulin deficit upon waking and why that is when lab glucose readings are taken to check for type II..

It well known that fat burning does not happen in the presence of insulin. We also understand that glucose causes the its release into the blood stream. Once that happens fat burning or more specifically released of fatty acids from our bodies into the blood stream to be used as fuel is stopped. As far as how sensitive our panaceas is to glucose in our blood. Only 2 mg of carbs per 100ml is enough for the panceas to release insulin.

Now normally protein only has a very small effect on blood glucose levels and thus has only small effects on insulin release. But of the various aminos BCAA will trigger the largest release.

But beyond that there is an issue and it has to do with one of the reasons why morning cardio is so effective in the first place. You are at your lowest insulin levels. That means the most release and effective burning of fat. The issue is that in that small insulin deficit condition. Any amount of protein will trigger gluconeogenesis. Also the idea that you are burning the protein instead of the muscle does not fly. You are burning the protein turned into glucose instead of fat and have also becasue of that effect cause your pancreas to release insulin in response to the blood glucose and have effectively turn off your fat release and burning ability.

So if you actually want to use morning cardio as a effective way to burn fat as the best rate you do it with in the fasted state.

So what if you hit weights for an hour then cardio? That's how I roll. I have one scoop of the ON Pro Comp first thing, then hit weights 30 minutes later for an hour. Then I do 30-45 mins of cardio.

I figure the 30gr of protein is good to get in to the muscles during the workout. I did try not eating at all before the workout last summer and felt really rough during the workout and my stamina was in the toilet.

Slept like a baby last night. I think that is a HUGE factor as I'm always stronger and can blast through my workouts easier when I've slept good. My body is finally adjusting to the time change. I feel great today.

Yesterday's meals:

8am - 2 egg beater, 1/4 cup low fat cheddar, 2 turkey bacon
10am - 2 cups coffee with splenda and 1tbsp creamer
12pm - 5oz tuna, 1 cup broccoli, 1tbsp ICBINBL, 5 whole wheat ritz crackers
3pm - carb master yogurt, apple, 1oz raw almonds
6pm - whiskey LOL
7:30pm - 5oz turkey meat loaf, spinach salad

Today:
6:30 am - 1 scoop ON Pro Complex
7:15 - Gym
9:30am - 1.5 scoop ON AfterMax
10am - 2 cups coffee as above
12pm - 5oz grilled pork chop, 1 cup broccoli, 1 cup brown rice
3pm - carb master yogurt, tangerine, 1oz raw almonds
6pm - whiskey
7:30pm - 1 grilled chicken breast, spinach salad

Today's workout:

Shoulders/Back
Smith behind head mil press - 140/140/140 10/10/8
incline dumb bell reverse fly - 25/25/30 10/10/9
HS under chin rope pull - 70/75/75 - 10/10/9
Smith bent over row - 205/205/205/205 8/8/8/8
HS low reverse grip row - 215/215/215 10/10/9
Dumb bell shrug - 120/120/120 20/20/20
HS Lat Pull - 160/160/160 10/10/8
Front rack chin - wide grip - bodyweight 8/8/8

35 mins elliptical