<p>I love this thread.</p>
<p>gotta love being an ectomorph</p>
<p>Did you know that humans can’t process most of the nutrients in salads without some fat intake at the same time? It’s true, I heard it on NPR.</p>
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<p>being an ecto would suck</p>
<p>look i know that bodybuilders only care about the here and the now <em>checks out self in mirror</em> and it may be the case that saturated fat doesn’t inhibit weight loss or muscle gain, but it is well-known that eating a lot of sat. fat leads to heart disease.</p>
<p>I wanna be an ecto :(…</p>
<p>I think I’m alone in this, but I’ve always preferred skinny to muscular :D.</p>
<p>Common “knowledge”, ie misinformation. It’s a myth stemming from over 30 years ago (much like other health and nutrition myths). Updated studies have shown that saturated fat won’t increase risk of heart disease. Here’s one. Well, it’s an article that cites the study (conducted in 2009).</p>
<p>[No</a> evidence that saturated fat causes heart disease (it’s official) | Dr Briffa’s Blog](<a href=“http://www.drbriffa.com/blog/2009/04/17/no-evidence-that-saturated-fat-causes-heart-disease-its-official/]No”>http://www.drbriffa.com/blog/2009/04/17/no-evidence-that-saturated-fat-causes-heart-disease-its-official/)</p>
<p>here’s another (from 2008)</p>
<p><a href=“http://trusted.md/blog/vreni_gurd/2008/01/05/the_saturated_fat_heart_disease_hypothesis_is_false_and_that_fact_is_finally_getting_more_press[/url]”>trusted.md;
<p>that’s good to hear. now i can flex my bis in harmony with the wobbling stick of butter on top of my protein shake.</p>
<p>“being an ecto would suck”</p>
<p>I assume you say this because ectos are usually hard gainers when it comes to muscle…while this is true, its not all that bad…I can avoid the unhealthy never ending cutting and bulking phases and just basically bulk all the time with out gaining any fat, and have definition without ever doing a ton of cardio or high reps…Not to mention I would rather be lean than one of those 250lb bodybuilder types.</p>
<p>Could someone steer me towards a site/list/something about how to gain weight/what to eat so if I start exercising I won’t loose more weight and die? </p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
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<p>Ectos are also blessed with narrow shoulder girdles, small ribcages, basically small everything. It doesn’t matter how much muscle you gain or how lean you are, you still have a crappy ecto bone structure. They also commonly have underdeveloped facial features. Do not want.</p>
<p>Maybe you like being long and slim, but I wouldn’t trade my meso bone structure for anything.</p>
<p>lol yea ok your talking extreme ectomorph…i guess im more of an ecto meso.</p>
<p>i was thinking…</p>
<p>get julienne carrots or carrot sticks, salt them and dash potato essence (if there’s such thing) on them and OM OM OM OM… they’ll taste like crispy french fries!</p>
<p>Okay, I think this thread got a bit off track. The original point of the thread was for advice on eating HEALTHY, not for the purpose of gaining large amounts of muscle quickly. Muscle, thank you for the input, I’m sure it’s helped any of the bodybuilders who’ve seen this thread, but most people are NOT built like you and do NOT have the commitment or basic health habits to support your kind of diet.</p>
<p>For a diet purely based on limiting fat gain, basic pillars: stay away from simple carbs (such as white flour, white rice, and sugary foods–those become sugars farrr too fast for your body to get any sort of lasting energy from them), fatty meats, and anything cooked/coated in butter, grease, or massive quantities of oil. Small amounts of fat are essential for healthy skin and hair, and for the proper absorption of nutrients, but eating excessive amounts can only add fat and bad cholesterol to your body.</p>
<p>HOWEVER, the opposite end of dieting is just as bad. You CAN’T eat purely veggies and fruits. Muscle was right about some things, mostly that eating a garden salad, nothing on it, for every single meal doesn’t have even CLOSE to the amount of nutrients and calories a person needs to survive.</p>
<p>Your best options for weight loss at college are to check your portions, get in the 5 servings of fruit/vegetables and 6 servings of water recommended by the FDA every day, and control your sugar and alcohol habits.</p>
<p>A word of caution: NEVER make ANY food totally off-limits. One thing I have learned throughout my life is that most people DON’T have the willpower to never eat sugar, white flower, or greasy stuff EVER. Allow yourself to indulge–again IN MODERATION–every once in a while, or you will feel deprived, unhappy, and unmotivated to keep on your weight-loss plan. Work your weight loss into your lifestyle, don’t make it your only thought. If you don’t work it into your already-established habits, you won’t be able to maintain the loss long term.</p>
<p>For more info (and I swear I’m not a sales rep, I’m just a strong believer in Weight Watchers!) go to their website (weightwatchers.com) and check out this study by WebMD: [Weight</a> Watchers Diet Plan](<a href=“http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/weight-watchers-diet]Weight”>http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/weight-watchers-diet).</p>
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<p>embord, thank you for the input, but I don’t really give a *<strong><em>. You don’t even understand what I was saying because the advice I gave has nothing to do with build. I said that you could eat whatever the *</em></strong> you want as long as you keep track of calories. I’m well aware that people can’t commit to a proper diet. Mentally weak people are a joke (99% of the population).</p>
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<p>I completely disagree here. I gave up soda, ice cream, chocolate, cookies, most deserts, etc, about a year ago in September. I no longer feel a need to eat them anymore. They are not healthy, and people only eat them because they are delicious and they like to eat it. Food is not entertainment.</p>
<p>If you do something for 40 days, it becomes a habit. I say it for food it takes three months of not consuming sweets before you no longer feel ANY craving for it. I do not “want” a cookie or something after meal, the sweet taste is no longer necessary to complete the meal.</p>
<p>I wasn’t even trying to weight loss (or weight gain e.g. muscle). I was just trying to become a healthier person. I already had a very healthy weight (5ft10 and 150lbs) and just wanted to actually be healthy.</p>
<p>(The same holds true for fast food.)</p>
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<p>I want to try that. I just have to think of something to give up. I should probably abstain from soda.</p>
<p>I haven’t had sugar (except from certain fruit) in 54 days because of my cut and I still get bad cravings sometimes. Yeah, I avoid sugar during a cut, along with a lot of other things, because losing fat while sparing as much muscle as possible is a lot more complicated than maintaining bodyfat.</p>
<p>Why be miserable while trying to lose weight? You’re right, Muscle, “weak” people make up most of the population. I include myself in that; I ENJOY eating, I take PLEASURE from it. Good food tastes GOOD; I don’t consume it purely for the nutritional value. If I did, all of my meals would be perfectly calorie-controlled, tasteless blobs. If eating foods that I like that taste good makes me weak, then I’m a weakling that’s losing weight!</p>
<p>I’m not saying don’t count calories; OBVIOUSLY, that’s an important weight loss habit. That’s what Weight Watchers is built on: weighing calories and fiber against fat, and budgeting your foods based on those.</p>
<p>Good for you all who have the willpower to give up sugar for the rest of your life. MOST PEOPLE DON’T. Your system is great for people who have that superhuman willpower, Muscle, but stop looking down your nose at us normals.</p>
<p>Also, your diet advocates going up and down in your body fat on a regular basis. Most people’s goal is to MAINTAIN a weight, not go up and down like a yo-yo! ANY doctor will tell you that rapidly fluctuating weight is NOT healthy OR a long-term fix.</p>
<p>And none of my original post was an attack on you, Muscle, I was giving a different option for people who don’t have your same health goals. There was no need to jump on me.</p>
<p>My most recent one was, however. Don’t turn your nose up at me because I don’t want to give up things I like. I can be healthy AND eat tasty food. I can have my cake AND eat it too, pun most definitely intended.</p>