RE: [fast5] (Phil: muscles, protein)

Sunday, February 28, 2010

RE: [fast5] (Phil: muscles, protein)

Thanks for this input, Phil.

I think part of my situation is my blood sugar.

I did not know I had a problem until last September.

In mid-August, I changed my WOE to high fat, low carb and moderate protein.

My protein intake now is about 60g where previously, i was consuming 100-150gP.

Perhaps if i try to have more fat (but this mean more calories...) with my Protein, i can have MORE protein...

but i had 4 oz of meat for one meal and my BS spiked.

I just don't know how to eat as much protein as i feel i'd need to eat along with enough fat to stabilize blood sugar within the 5-hr window...

(apologies. for some reason, i can't 'snip' Phil's post...)

From: fast5@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fast5@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Phil Voelker
Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2010 10:39 PM
To: fast5@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [fast5] Fast5 and P90X (Heather: muscles, protein)

Hola,

Heather - you rock! Thanks for the extra stuff on this. :-)

Karen, I can tell you that I actually feel like I'm getting stronger. I would submit though that my weight training is a little different than a lot of folks.

A while back (about a year or so ago) I read this article in Men's Health about muscle building. It was an article about these NASA scientists that studied muscle growth for 30 years for the space program, to address things like muscle atrophy in zero gravity, yada yada. . . .Anyhoo, the gist of the article was that their research indicated that the most efficient way to build muscle was not to do the typical weightlifting regimen (usually 3 or 4 days on, one day off, hitting opposite body parts in each lift), but instead to do a full body lift routine every other day. Their research approached the muscles in the body as one unit; when you work one body part you can't ever "isolate" it -- the whole body is involved. Once you do a hard lift, you put the whole body in a repair / growth phase for about 48 hours. If you lift the very next day it sort of puts the muscle-building back to square one. Very interesting article.

I've found that by doing a full body lift every other day (and cardio probably 6 days a week) and eating high-protein/low sugar, I do feel that I'm getting stronger and leaner. I overfeed a little after my weight training, and actually try to underfeed a little on the off/cardio days. I wouldn't offer it as a scientific experiment, but it's an armchair analysis in progress. :-)

--- On Sun, 2/28/10, Karen <laurvick@charter.net> wrote:

From: Karen <laurvick@charter.net>
Subject: RE: [fast5] Fast5 and P90X (Heather: muscles, protein)
To: fast5@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, February 28, 2010, 11:18 PM

Heather wrote (and wisely so....):

>>My take on this is that muscle mass is in fact influenced by how often you eat, plus how much protein. Just like the body builder magazines say. But that is NOT related to either health or "fitness".<<

So I'm trying to figure out why, even tho I continue to lift weights, I've lost muscle tone and now I'm noticing my lifts are not as 'heavy' as they used to be (indicating to me I'm losing strength)...

I LIKE the look of muscle. but i don't want muscle at the expense of health. And if i was just as strong as i used to be and didn't look muscular, i'd be OK with that (i think.....).

but to feel like i'm losing strength AND to not LOOK muscular is making me mad!

Before I was aware of my blood sugar issues, i would consume about 125g protein/day. Now i'm taking in about 60g.

do I hear you SUGGEST that i can get STRONG and muscular using Fast5 AND eating high(er) protein?

if so, then i need to figure out how to consume more protein and keep my blood sugar stable.

I find that if i eat 4 oz of meat and don't have enough fat w/it, m BS goes up. perhaps the answer is to have more fat...

I also find it difficult to eat as much as i'd 'need' to w/in a 5-hr eating window... As always, looking FWD to others' input...