Foods that aid muscle repair/fat reduction

look up the paleo diet , try get the modfied version for athletes book

 

Hey Charles do you drink Protein? Whey is the best but drink it with water as milk just adds calories, that is if you are want to repair your muscle but not add weight. I havent boxed in years but just lift weights and do Cardio now is that what your are doing?I am trying to drop 25Lbs but i also want to maintain my strength from lifting.

 

Negative calorie food? sounds useful.

 

Not true at all, first of all there is no such thing as a negative calorie food, all food has calories. And you need Calories to function, if you aren't getting enough calories your body stays in a catabolic state and eats away at your muscle which will in turn lower your basal metabolic rate (BMR) making it harder to lose weight.
Are you getting the carbs, proteins, unsaturated fats, vitamins and minerals from these so called 'negative calorie foods'? Of course you're not, if you want your body to function efficiently you need to put the right things in it. It's okay to have less calories than you usually do but you don't want to go too low, especially if you're exercising aswell you'll still need to eat a fair amount. Unless of course you want to get sick, weak and lose the will to get out of bed each morning.
The thermic effect of food will use up on average around 10% of your energy consumed, your BMR around 60%, your activity during the day the other 30%. Worry about quality of foods on a slight calorie deficient diet with strength work to increase your BMR, as you progress you might have to eat more to lose more as your fitness and intensity of exercise increases.
Carbs (quality carbs- wholegrains, vegetables etc.)are your friends in the right quantity, they will keep your glycogen levels up to help your muscles repair quickly after a workout and they will spare your protein levels so the proteins consumed will do what they were meant to do instead of being used as a poor source of energy. Protein drinks are totally unnecessary, you don't need that much and too much protein will effect your kidneys and weaken your bones by leaching calcium from them. Most diets are already too high in protein and it's mostly from animal sources which while it is a complete source of protein it isn't too good for you.
Weights are excellent for losing weight and pre-conditioning your body, if you're getting back into exercise and you think you're susceptible to injuries then in my opinion you should be doing more weights than cardio at this stage.

 

No problem, good luck with it. I guess you could say it's true about the negative calorie food technically speaking but I think it's a bit misleading because it sort of implies that eating it and in large amounts will make you lose weight which may be true to an extent in the short term due to a calorie deficiency but in the long term it isn't going to do anything for you. Losing weight is balancing alot of factors but aslong as you aim for healthy and you stay active it should take care of itself, there's no shortcuts or incredible weight loss secrets out there.

 

most nutritionists are stupid assholes..
the topic of nutrition is like religion or polictics, everyones got something dumb to say.
lefty is on the ball though

 

I had a chicken salad roll earlier today that could be considered in the negative calorie variety. :hey

 

im no nutritionist ..........HEALTHY BALANCED DIET! lol :good

 

Have you tried Paleo? I know the top Crossfit guys use Paleo and Zone diet and they are ****ing amazing athletes.