Low calorie sources of protein are not as easy to find as you may think. Chicken, boiled eggs and tuna are fine, but I struggle to live off of them every single day.
So I am now on to canned fish...salmon, sprats, sardines, oysters, eel, kippers, mackeral, crab, shrimp, trout, clams, octopus, snails...all to give me a protein boost in a low calorie way. Pan-seared scallops at the weekend are about as good as it gets. I also take a protein shake if I am working out hard, but again all are not low calorie. I use Isoflex.
Building muscle is therefore hard on a calorie restricted diet because good sources of protein can be high calorie. I think I am managing it but I am definitely getting the toned look rather than beefing up. Maintaining as much muscle mass as you can is really the name of the game. But again you need low-calorie sources of protein to do that. And, of course, you need to bust your @rse.
Regarding weightloss, the biggest headache with exercise is not muscle gain but water weight from sore limbs. Expect your weight to get more volatile.
Last edited by IanG; 07-30-2013 at 11:22 PM.
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