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So I have always been overweight and trying different diets. I have yo yoed so much. My last diet was Alternate Day Fasting. I lost 40 lbs... fast, and gained 40 lbs right back.. fast.
My guess is that of the 40 lbs I lost... 20 of it was muscle. So I heard a doctor talking about how all her sickest patients had poor muscle and how muscle has a lot of good effects. Her question... are we obese or under muscled? So, I have never been able to work out before because I work. I leave at 7 am and come home at 7 PM. But working from home has changed that. I at least, have a shot at working out now. I also have worked out before and not gained muscle but, this doctor said you can't gain muscle without eating sufficient protein. And I had no idea that sufficient protein was wayyyy wayy more than I was eating and when I was working out before.... I probably wasn't gettting even close to enough. So I have decided to try to maintain working out for at least 6 months. Weight lifting and some cardio. I have been doing that for about 2 months now. The hope is that I will gain about 10 lbs of pure muscle and that will help with a higher TDEE. But it is difficult. I hate to have this chore over my head every day and I hate that I have to sometimes break off to get back to work. |
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