freshman 15

Training Bodybuilding
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Katobie, more protein is not what you need, because your body does not get an energy source from protein. For you, as a girl, and the intense training that you do, you need 1g protein per pound of LBM.(Which you’re probably already doing)

Here’s some rules of thumb that work good for me:

  1. Most of your carb intake should take place in the 4 hours after your workout. (Including a good PWO shake within 30min of finishing training)
  2. The rest of your day should have your carbs come from vegetables and fruit.
  3. Eat breakfast AS SOON as you get up.
  4. The binges are coming at night because you haven’t provided enough of an ENERGY SOURCE for your body (ie Fat or Carbs). The way you fix this is by eating more carbs around your training, and increasing your good fat intake(omega-3,natural PB,coconut milk,MCTs,Fish) in the latter half of your day.

Your training sounds exellent. I would bet that you’re not feeding your body ENOUGH. The more fuel you give your body, the better. Increase cellular turnover. You body will respond to how you feed it. If you restrict calories, then you will still have fat deposits, and poor muscle gains.

My $.02

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I am very impressed that you cold actually talk the lady into doing real lifts. Sounds like you’re a lucky guy.

Too bad she’s in Connecticut and you’re in Colorado. :stuck_out_tongue:

Also, sorry about my offhanded comment if it offended you. I was just being dumb.

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Thanks Edgar. Yeah, I’m thinking about purchasing a blender or something–because I have protein powder with me, but I tried mixing it with milk and water and seriously thought I was gonna puke. Ill have to play around to get it to be at least palatable.

No offense taken by anyone, Merlin :slight_smile:

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Merlin- No problem about the comment, and I am a very lucky guy!

I don’t know what all this “long distance relationships never work” stuff is because we are an example of how one does work. And for those wondering…we aren’t internet bf/gf.(not that there is anything wrong with that…) We went to highschool together and have been together for 3+ years and still going strong(and getting stronger–she can DL her body weight for reps after just a few sessions with the DL).