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Karl Sanders · 22-04-2006, 12:01 PM

Say like me you have some excess bodyfat, and are just about to start building muscle. If you need carbohydrates to build muscle (as is obviously the case) then why can't you just eat more protein and use the excess carbohydrates that your body has stored as flab, that way you can get bigger muscles and lose bodyfat, or can the body just not release the stored carbohydrates fast enough?
I have heard that newbies do lose some excess bodyfat when they start out, how long does this last for, I am now only about 5 pounds overweight (having lost 30 pounds since Jan 06) can I expect to lose this 5 pounds before the "newbie" effect wears off, bearing in mind that most of the extra protein I will be getting is from lean whey protein (but not protein isolate).
Thanks

22-04-2006, 12:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
Karl Sanders Banned Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 44	If excess bodyfat is carbohydrates then? Say like me you have some excess bodyfat, and are just about to start building muscle. If you need carbohydrates to build muscle (as is obviously the case) then why can't you just eat more protein and use the excess carbohydrates that your body has stored as flab, that way you can get bigger muscles and lose bodyfat, or can the body just not release the stored carbohydrates fast enough? I have heard that newbies do lose some excess bodyfat when they start out, how long does this last for, I am now only about 5 pounds overweight (having lost 30 pounds since Jan 06) can I expect to lose this 5 pounds before the "newbie" effect wears off, bearing in mind that most of the extra protein I will be getting is from lean whey protein (but not protein isolate). Thanks Last edited by Karl Sanders; 22-04-2006 at 12:18 PM.