It’s trash. Just eat right.
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No you have to eat right and supplement mass gainer. Big difference.
I'm here a month into my cut eating a cheeseburger, in a calorie deficit, no mass gainer during this period, cardio every day. I'm losing weight eating "trash". How is this possible?
Because you’re in a calorie deficit. But are you losing muscle? That’s what matters. Your body prioritizes muscle cells over fat cells WHEN you workout often. But your body is limited by genetics. There is a certain number of muscle cells you can grow in a given week. Eating more DOES NOT change the number of muscles you can grow. Otherwise, the key to becoming as big as Arnold would be to just workout and eat like an obese American at McDonald’s.
I would be losing muscle if I were not working out or eating enough to maintain them. Your body does not "prioritize" fat or muscle cells. And you're totally wrong that "fat cells convert to muscle cells". Eating more gives your body the fuel to 1) exert yourself at the gym enough to cause muscle breakdown. 2) provides enough energy for cells to breakdown the protein you give your body into ATP that fuels and grows muscle.
You're straw manning me by saying if I workout and eat 10000 calories I will just gain fat and muscle vs eating 3000 calories I will gain less fat and same amount of muscle. So easily dismantled.
So if I’m on a calorie deficit, and my body needs more energy, where will it get it from? My fat or my muscles?
I’m not strawmanning you. I’m asking you if your logic makes sense. If I eat more then I’ll gain more fat and muscle right? That’s what you’re saying, is it not? lmao
Your body burns fat first then your muscles. Your body does not want to break down proteins for fuel because it's very inefficient relative to carbs or sugars for fuel.
Your body burns glucose, carbs, fat then proteins. In that order, for fuel.
You will gain more muscle given the same amount of protein intake at a maintenance of say 2000 calories vs a calorie surplus of say 3000 or 4000 calories.
It depends. At high intensities, your body will burn carbs or muscles before fat. Your body actually prioritizes muscle only when you workout on a regular basis because there is demand for it. Otherwise, your body prioritizes fat over muscle. That’s why fat asses lose their muscle and continue to grow fat. The shit you say doesn’t make sense. If the body prioritized muscles, then you wouldn’t lose muscles over time. Muscles are actually extremely inefficient when it comes to calories/energy. They require a lot of energy to build up and maintain. We wouldn’t have survived if we evolved to be the way you think we are.
Your body will not burn muscle for energy unless you have a serious medical problem or you're starving yourself.
You seem to have fat storage and fat from diet confused as well
I can tell you don’t workout because the most common meme in gym culture is the meathead’s fear of cardio. Why? Because they are afraid they’ll burn muscle.
Cardio is great and mostly improves lifts. Unless you are in an extreme catabolic state and have extremely low levels of body fat your body will never burn muscle for fuel. Protein is the most inefficient fuel source for your body.
If you work out and eat more food your body will use the energy from that food towards your workouts and you'll gain muscle.
It's really that simple.
During a calorie deficit, if you have the fat storage and you're working out enough but not too much, and you continue to eat enough protein you'll loose fat and maintain the muscle.
Steroids fix this
If you take steroids and do not give your body the fuel to grow along with a high level of muscle stimulus they will do absolutely nothing.
Correct. You still need to workout like a psycho and give it resources to grow.
Resources like excess calories lol
Or glycogen stores and fat. Your body breaks down fat for energy. Read about Angus Barbieri. Went nearly 400 days without food by living off fat for energy.
Correct you're learning. Glucose, carbs, fat then protein in that order for fuel.
Don’t patronize me. Protein gets broken down faster than fat. If your body is in fight or flight like it is with athletes, they are burning muscle as soon as they run out of glucose. That’s why sports drinks have some sugar in it. And that’s why fat athletes in sports still drink a sugary sports drink.
Everything eventually gets broken down to glucose either way. Protein -> Fat -> Carbs -> Glucose.
Your body wants glucose for immediate fuel, then will convert carbs to glucose next, then will convert fat to glucose next, then will as a last resort convert protein to glucose.