My sixteen-year-old is a body builder. A couple months back, I decided to join him. He’s excited to show me what he’s learned about it, and asks me my opinions about it as well. We work out together 2-3 times per week.<\/p>\n
Although I’ve trained for fitness for decades, I’ve never worked out specifically to gain muscle, so lifting weights, reps, sets, etc, are all new to me. It’s a fascinating lifestyle, and one I will likely be writing many posts about.<\/p>\n
I was at the high end of my weight when I began muscle training with my son. Trying to lose around 10 pounds, I was reducing carbohydrates in favour of fats and protein. I continued to do so, until this week.<\/p>\n
Although my “gains” in muscle (bodybuilders simply call it “gains”) are nothing like my son’s, they are noticeable. Moreover, my weight seems not to matter like before: I can be heavy on the scale, but my slim pants still fit. Perhaps the hardest change to ignore, however, is the hunger. Some days I just crave carbohydrates like never before. Two days ago I made a double batch of rice pudding which was gone that same day.<\/p>\n
I wondered – is my body telling me something, craving carbohydrates as it does? Today I looked up the matter on the internet.<\/p>\n
A dietitian’s article reminded me that, to train and gain muscle, you need more carbohydrates.<\/p>\n
When you have multiple objectives, sometimes you have to adapt your strategy to support them all. Apparently, the low carbohydrate diet I was following might be too low to support muscle building. In my case, the muscles continue to grow because of a hunger for carbohydrates I can no longer deny.<\/p>\n
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theglobeandmail.com<\/a><\/p>\nJack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane,<\/a> Campbell River, BC.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Self-tutoring about diet and health: the tutor inquires about a symptom he’s noticed. My sixteen-year-old is a body builder. A couple months back, I decided to join him. He’s excited to show me what he’s learned about it, and asks …<\/p>\n