Weight Gain Diet

Are Common Weight Gain Diet Strategies Harmful to Bodybuilding Progress?

Executive Summary about Weight Gain Diet by Francesco A. Castano

Although many weight gain diet plans are designed to accomplish their stated goal, which is to increase body weight, many adopt this as proof that such a diet routine is worth following, but doing so fails to consider that the type of weight gained may be undesirable. 

A weight gain diet technique may easily produce more body fat increase than muscle gain if designed without effective macronutrient ratios, and because of this, the term "weight gain diet plan" can easily refer to rapid, unnecessary and unwanted body fat gain.

An important point to keep in mind is that common weight gain diet routines overload the body with carbohydrates, causing a quick boost in body fat percentage, instead of properly balancing fat, carbohydrates and protein for sustained muscle gain, without dramatic expansion of body fat levels. 

Frequently, body fat will need to increase somewhat as muscle is gained, since many metabolisms cannot build muscle mass without a moderate level of fat accumulation, but common weight gain diet techniques fuel the greatest amount of fat gain, as opposed to providing a balanced method that offers consistent muscle building, while controlling body fat increase. 

The more body fat that is produced throughout the weight gain process, the longer a weight lifter must waste burning fat in the future, and the quicker he or she will reclaim that body fat in the future due to conditioning fat cells to accept a far higher level of body fat than otherwise would have been possible when following a properly structured bodybuilding weight gain diet routine.

The worst possible scenario for a bodybuilder is to spend much time aiming for added muscle mass, while following a flawed weight gain diet plan that causes body fat to encompass the vast majority of weight gained, so make sure to consider the importance of a correctly designed weight gain diet strategy prior to embarking on a bodybuilding quest.

Personal Weight Gain Diet

Executive Summary about Weight Gain Diet by Ronek Bhatt

When trying to gain weight, your diet plays a very important role.

A good weight-gain/high-protein diet is made up of 30% proteins, 30%fats, and 40% carbohydrates. So if you consume 3000 calories; 900 calories should come from fats, another 900 calories from proteins, and 1200 calories from carbohydrates.

1 gram of carbohydrates equals 4 calories, 1 gram of protein also equals 4 calories, and 1 gram of fat equals 9 calories. So a 3000 caloric diet will consist of 100 grams of fat, 225 grams from protein, and 300 grams from carbohydrates.

Once you understand this break down of calories you can get started on your weight gain diet.

My Weight Gain Diet

Breakfast

• 3 boiled eggs
• Glass of low fat milk
• 2 slices of whole wheat/whole grain toast
• Bowl of strawberries (you can eat a fruit of your choice)

Snack

• Turkey or Tuna Sandwich

Lunch

• 1 cup brown rice
• 1 baked potato
• 2 servings of vegetables
• 8-10 ounces of chicken

Post-Workout Snack

• Protein Shake with low-fat milk
• 1 banana

Dinner

• 1 cup brown rice
• 1 baked potato or 2 servings of whole wheat pasta
• 2 servings of vegetables
• 8-10 ounces of salmon

Night-Time Snack

• Protein Shake with low fat milk

This is a sample diet I have used in the past to gain weight. During the weight gain diet phase, don't ever let yourself go hungry. So EAT! EAT! EAT! and gain that muscle.

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1200 Diet

1200 Diet - What Is It and How Does it Work?

Executive Summary about 1200 Diet by Trey Thomas 

What is a 1200 diet, and what makes it different from all the other diets out there? A 1200 diet is a diet that allows you to have twelve hundred calories per day, and this is the minimum recommended by doctors unless you are extremely obese and are put on a restricted calorie diet for medical reasons. This number of calories is high enough to meet all of your nutritional needs, but low enough to help you lose weight.

You can eat a piece of chocolate cake for five hundred calories or you can eat five large apples, the choice is yours.

If you are going to follow a 1200 diet this means making healthy low calorie choices instead of eating like usual.

Your 1200 diet should include many different types of healthy foods, and a wide range of colors.

A 1200 diet can be quite effective at helping you slim down. Most people burn more than this number of calories each day, and this means a calorie deficit and weight loss. Adding exercise will cause even more weight loss, so the 1200 diet and working out combined can be a one two punch that works great.

Water is essential for your weight loss and your health.

1800 Calorie Diet - If the 1200 Calorie Diet is Not Enough For You, Try This One Now!

Executive Summary about 1200 Diet by Harold McDaniels

Tried the 1200 calorie diet, but found out it just wasn't enough for you? Maybe you should go for the 1800 diet instead. Dieters do not realize that cutting back calories of more than 500 from their diet can greatly slow down their metabolic rate.

Things to keep in mind with this diet:

• One important consideration when going under this type of diet is your body specifics. Some people need more calories daily, so the 1200 diet will cause them to get hungry.
• To know your intake, list the foods that you eat for one week.Once you have an idea of your calorie consumption, work to take out 500 calories off your diet every day.
• The right diet menu is also essential. There are plenty of sample menus for an 1800-calorie diet available for you to check out.

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Fast Diets

Fast Diets

Executive Summary about Fast Diets by Maggie Musgrave

What have you heard about fast diets? Most people will tell you that if you lose weight too fast that you will put it up again just as quickly of even more quickly. Many of these people speak from experience. There are studies that show that if you lose weight quickly and properly that you improve your chances of success.

These studies on fast diets were researched by Dr. Dana Myatt (discussed in her book). It works. She makes no wild claims about her weight loss system called The Super Fast Diet. The Super Fast Diet is nutritionally complete and avoids negative affects of not having a balanced diet which is the dark side of many other fast diets. New information today shows that fluctuating hormone levels can have a negative impact on your dieting efforts. 

Your hormones may have been preventing you from losing weight successfully in the past. On The Super Fast Diet, you'll be eating specific meals and meal replacements, which the studies show leads to much higher success rates. After you reach your healthful weight and re-establish youthful hormone levels, you can eat a variety of foods --- "whatever you want" --- and use The Super Fast Diet techniques to keep your slim figure.

The Lifetime Optimal Weight (LOW) Maintenance chapter explains in detail how to maintain your desired weight, but the bottom line is this: any diet strategy you choose --- low calorie, low carb, no white foods, allergy diets --- can be used successfully for maintenance once you understand the Super Fast Diet principles.

Fast diets Or Fast, Safe, Healthy Diet?

Executive Summary about Fast Diets by Oliver D’Souza

A Fast diets program is something that every overweight person wanting to lose weight desires. While a Fast diets may produce quick results, it invariably involves health risks. Only a diet that follows a specific scientific principle can truly be a Fast diets that is also safe and healthy.

• Three Types Of Diets

Despite all the grand terminology used to describe them, basically, dieting programs are of three types: the first are those that focus on reducing food (calorie) intake to burn off excess fat in the body. These are purely starvation ones.

The third type is those which burn off fat through regulating food intake in a manner that ensures not only fast weight loss, and also safe and healthy ones.

• Risks

Starvation, for instance, because of the deprivation of food, deprives your body of vital nutrients such as, proteins and vitamins that are necessary to keep your energy levels high.

• Fast, Safe And Healthy Diets

For a diet to produce results quickly and yet remain safe and healthy, it ought to effectively burn off the fat already stored in your body, not just the food that you eat, while at the same time providing your body with its daily requirement of nutrients.

• Proven Diet

From among the so-called fast and safe diets of the third type, only one diet really employs the shifting calories method. This diet has provided amazing, quick and safe results for hundreds of thousands of overweight people. The diet is called Fat Loss 4 Idiots and produces clearly visible results in as little as 2 weeks.