ive been taking protien twive a day for the last two months but have also noticed alot of fat gain on abs and love handles has anyone had the same
results or am i doing some thing wrong, am thinking of stopping the protien intake to get my stomach back in shape.

By Anonymous on Monday, January 03, 2000 - 03:01 am: Edit

I'm not sure, but I read somewhere that excessive protein intake gets converted into fat.

By FP on Wednesday, January 05, 2000 - 09:47 pm: Edit

No, it does not turn in to fat it is just not used by the body and excreted out, you have to have a hell of a lot of protien for that to happen, very little turns in to fat, you should be taking in 1.5 grams of protien for every pound of body weight, providing you want to grow in lean body weight. And roadbum are you taking just protien shakes, or protien meal supplements meal supplement contain alot of carbs and fats in order to replace a large meal like dinner or lunch, make sure that is not what you are taking. How about your diet, are you on a good diet and are you doing cardio. Did you change your diet since you started training. Let me know so i can help you out.

By roadbum on Thursday, January 06, 2000 - 05:07 pm: Edit

thanks FP what i am taking is a product called
BODY RIPPED an aussie protien powder. I am taking it in the morning with my breakfast "usally just a bowl of cereal" and a coffee.
the i usally take it after a workout appox
5 pm, shower the eat dinner. thats it.
i generally eat well but probally not as much as i should considering the training i do. ive heard of people eating all the time so that they can put on size but i dont.
i workout most nights to the following routine
one night.. chest
next night shoulders and back
next night arms and triceps
next night legs
next night start routine over
abs are done most nights
most weights are heavy and give a good pump when finished workouts .
sorry for boring you fp but i thought id lay it all done for you. thanks mate for taking time to reply talk soon..... roadbum.

By fp on Saturday, January 08, 2000 - 01:24 am: Edit

No Problem roadbum, anytime.
about your routine, you need a few days of in thier for your body to rest and grow. You should keep your chest, and shoulder work outs a few days apart since they both use some of the same muscle groups try this routine

Monday - Legs
Tuesday - Chest
Wedsday - Rest
Thursday- shoulders and back
Friday - Rest
Saturday - Arms
Sunday - Rest (or back and take it off thursday)

Also do abs 4-6x a week and cardio 3-4 times a week (try to do it in the moorning before breakfast)

This way every body part gets a good work out plenty of time to rest and you are not working the same muscle groups the day after. About your weight gain I can garantee its not from the protien there, try to do cardio more often and eat less saturated fats, you are probably taking in to many carbs that can be your problem do you eat alot of pasta, bread, rice, cereal, potatos, suger, etc. if you do cut down and try to take most of them before your work out. If none of this works try a fat burner like ripped fuel, thermo lean, hydroxy cut, etc.

Good Luck

By fp on Saturday, January 08, 2000 - 01:28 am: Edit

Oh ya Roadbum another thing on the jug of your protien shakes read the nutrition information per serving and let me know what it is.

example
protien 25g
carb 10g
fat 4g
etc.

By roadbum on Monday, January 10, 2000 - 04:39 pm: Edit

thank again fp for all your help.
i'll give it a go and let you know how it goes.


the label reads like this.....

serving approx 45 grams (2 heaped teaspoons)
protien 38.4g
fat 0.9g
carb 6.og
energy 729 kj
calcium 414mg
sodium 13mg
potassium 60mg
all of the above are to a 45 gram serve of product.
i normally mix it with 250 mls of no fat milk.

thanks again hope to talk to you soon
how about dropping me you email address so i can keep in touch? see ya soon...........

By Anonymous ( - 198.133.22.74) on Monday, April 03, 2000 - 08:11 pm: Edit

whats the calories on that?

By sica ( - 205.188.198.176) on Thursday, March 15, 2001 - 09:54 pm: Edit

is zero carb isopure a good supplement