Question by v_siau: Should I take protein while taking hydroxycut hardcore?
I’m currently focus on loosing weight but also wish to gain some muscle. So i taking hydroxycut hardcore everyday and drink protein shake after workout. But I heard some people say that protein is a weight gaining supplement, i even heard someone said lifting weight is not recommended for weight lose.
I’m confuse, So Should I take protein while taking hydroxycut hardcore?
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Answer by lthom1975
Protein is not a weight gaining supplement although weight gain supplements do contain protein. Taking protein as well as the Hydroxycut Hardcore will help you feel fuller for longer, and also help your muscles recover quicker. It will also stop your body using your muscle protein for fuel and ensure any weight you are losing is bodyfat and not muscle.
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You need protein in your diet whether it is from a protein shake or from other foods. Lifting weights does aid with losing weight and building muscle. So I think the protein shake should be fine. I don’t know much about hydroxycut.
Anything you put in your mouth has calories and may work to help you gain weight. Protein works to help you build muscle and thus is fine to take when trying to be lean. As a nutritionist, I argue with many clients that that do not want to lose weight! They want to lose fat. Lean muscle takes up three times less space then fat. To be lean, protein supplementation is advisable. Roughly .75 grams of protein per lb. of body weight. Check out:
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I can’t believe you’re taking hydroxy cut to begin with. I used to take it, and between the jitters and the (sorry) urgent bowel movements I realized how terrible it is. That’s when I started to take Alli. It’s amazing. but you HAVE to eat right with it. No pill is going to help you lose weight all by itself without you doing the extra work it takes to be healthy.
I have a personal trainer at Gold’s Gym, and i asked him the same thing about protein. After working out, our bodies need the vitamins and nutrients to be replenished. Usually at a gym they will make the shakes right there for you, adding the protein powder.
If you really want to lose weight, here’s how to do it (per my trainer). Our bodies do not start burning calories at the core until about 10 minutes into our work out. Lifting weights/Resistance training for 10 minutes is important. You are ststrengtheningour body, while getting to the core of calorie burning. It is important to then do 20 minutes of Cardio exercise, whether its the trtreadmilla dance class, or the elellipticalanything to get your heart rate up.
and finally the MOST important part of your work out is drdrinking4 oz of water after your work out. Your body is naturally dehydrated. I drink 4 Liter’s of water a day. your body needs to be able to sweat out “extra” water, not what you naturally have in your body.
If you’re really set on taking the hydroxycut (which i dont reccommend) you should take a multi vitamin along with it, cuz that stuff messes with your body. Its crap in a pill, and a waste of money.
Good Luck!!
Regardless of any other “supplement” that you take, you must always injest proteins, preferably complete proteins. Your body needs these to break down into amino acids and then use for protein synthesis. This is not just for muscle building but for many other functions throughout the body.
If you do not injest complete proteins, your body will go into what is known as a catabolic state which will lead to further muscle loss and fat accumulation.
Before I go further, you need to change the terminology within your statement and although it may just seem like words, there is a huge difference. You focus should be on FAT loss, not weight loss. With fat loss you are going to be concentrating on dropping your body fat percentage whereas in weight loss you are not concerned where the weight comes from. As a result you could put yourself in even a more unhealthy state by focusing on weight loss than by focusing on fat loss.
Take for example you start out at 200# with a body fat percentage of 30%. If you were to focus on weight loss instead of fat loss…
Before:
200# @ 30% bf
140# lean mass
60# fat mass
After:
175# @ 30% bf
122.5# lean mass
52.5# fat mass
So out of 25# lost, 17.5# were from muscle and only 7.5# were from fat. The muscle loss will result in a descrease in metabolism as the body does not need to feed as much muscle any more – which means that you will have to work that much harder to keep the “weight” off. Result – viscous circle.
To address the related myths…
– Protein is not a weight gain supplement. Weight gain supplements will be very high in carbs, both simple and complex. You will see this in the form of (-ose) types of sugars as well as maltodetrix, a long chain sugar. These weight gainers will also add protein in order to make them an “all-in-one” drink.
– Lifting weights is highly recommended for losing body fat. There are two main reasons for this:
1. The additional exercise will both burn calories and raise your metabolism post-workout.
2. As you build muscle mass your body is going to need to feed this new muscle. This will result in an increase in your basal metabolic rate – basically your metabolism at rest. This means that overall you will be burning more calories throughout the day.
Good Luck!!