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Originally Posted by Vansnxtweek
I'm wondering if this is real but I feel like typing so...
If you want to lose weight, you need to be in a calorie deficit. End of story. Supplements are just that, to supplement a solid diet. Unless your doctor tells you you NEED to supplement for some sort of deficiency or something than most likely you don't need any supplements and they aren't going to make you lose weight faster or easier.
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No, no one does. Technically. Your calorie deficit should not come in the way of not consuming enough calories, but rather burning excess calories you do consume daily. If your body doesn't see enough of any particular type of fuel - carbs (fast or slow) fats (non, trans, etc) or whole protein, it begins to do several things to repair as bloodsugar levels fall.
1. It begins to break down ingested proteins to convert to aminos then convert to glycogens.
2. It begins to break down bodyfat (the slowest but most efficient process).
3. It begins breaking down muscle tissue to convert to aminos then convert to glycogens.
Now if you add into the mix resistance training or long session cardio, your body continues to do the 3 steps above, but reverses #2 and 3. Its easier and much faster to breakdown whole muscle to aminos and convert to glycogen in the liver than it is to breakdown stored fat and then use that as lipid or ketone energy. Blood sugar is far easier to make, use and dispose of its waste than ketones. However,, ketones are far, far more efficient and come with far fewer side effects.
Ever see a massive bodybuilder going out for a 5 mile jog? Nope. You see them exercising their heart rate to a level of maximum, minimum resistance to optimize fat lose and maximize muscle retention. Too fast and the above process starts to take over.
Lets take a guy who is 200lbs at 25yo. Climb on the treadmill fasting (first thing in the morning) warm up and then hit 3.0-3.4mph at 3-6° of incline and take their heart rate to roughly 130bpm for 30 mins. That's all the cardio you need to do. There are other variations but this is the easiest to see and do for most people.
Can you gain muscle and lose bodyfat? Sorta, but neither is efficient. To gain, you need X calories. To lose you need to burn X calories... so testosterone will create a cause an effect on stored bodyfat, it will also create an anabolic environment (given all of the other tools are there) to grow.
As for background... I am a former Worlds Strongest Man competitor, clinical researcher and editor for a pharmaceutical company. I've been doing this a long ass time!
In short, it takes time to know how many calories per day you need. But I will say this - 1.5g of whole food protein (not powders) per pound of bodyweight is an excellent starting point for growth. Reduce any sugars. Increase clean fats and only quality carbs and you will begin to see great changes, quickly.