Posted by bleauberry on January 11, 2008, at 16:42:12
In reply to Protein Powder worsens mental health? wow..., posted by AdamCanada on January 11, 2008, at 3:33:11
> Anyone else have bad experiences with protein powder.
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> Perhaps I should try a brand that has nothing BUT protein in it and none of that fancy amino acid garbage...
>Yeah, me. Protein powders made me feel bad from second day onward, following a nice pleasant boost on the first day. I've tried whey, rice, soy, and hemp.
I am 6' tall and weigh 128lbs. I sought the help of a nutrition professional. I was told protein powders are for gaining muscle, not weight, and that it only works when accompanied by serious gym workouts once or twice a week. To put on weight requires an intake of calories greater than the calories you burn. With a fast metabolism you probably burn a lot. So you need a lot of calories. Even though you and I eat a lot we are probably only feeding the metabolism with nothing left over for weight gain. So, we have to eat even more than we eat. A nutritionist calculator determined if I want to gain one pound per week I have to eat 5000 calories a day. Wow. I tried one day to eat as much as I could and it came out to 3500 calories.
My doc said that contrary to American paranoia over fats, there are good fats and they include butter and dairy. He told me to eat tons of butter and since I had been avoiding sugar, add in modest amounts of sugar. Oh, and chocolate. Actually healthy stuff it is. So I'm back to eating chocolate ice cream and candy bars. I've gained 1.5lbs in the last month, which for me is a miracle. I love butter and chocolate and carbs, so it's fine with me.
For weight gain carbs are better than proteins. Lots of pastas, breads, pies, butter on everything, in addition to what you already eat.
Since this is a pharmaceutical forum, there is always the prescription route. Zyprexa even at a low dose of 1.25mg or 2.5mg would probably put about 5 to 10 pounds on you. I was on zyprexa for 8 years at 5mg. The first 3 months I went from 130lbs to 148lbs and later settled into about 142-145. That was with prozac, which usually causes weight loss.
Maybe even low doses of lithium would slow metabolism just enough to give you the edge.
When it gets right down to it, when a woman is given a chance to know your sensuality and confidence and caring and stuff like that, your looks will have nothing at all to do with anything. I've seen some real babes at times who had their arms all over a real ugly guy. Ugly on the outside, but a prince on the inside.
Eat more. Forget the protein stuff. Eat more carbs.
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