How many supplements is too many

Drizmod · 20 Oct 2015 at 11:29

Only supplements I take are Protein and Creatine. Thats it.

tom_e · 20 Oct 2015 at 11:33

Jim99 said:
Having spent a few months eating nothing but protein, and suffering no ill effects, I came to the conclusion that most of this stuff is drivel.

Rabbit starvation, look it up. I feel you may be talking rubbish.

kai · 20 Oct 2015 at 12:15

I use to be really bad, now I take nothing even when on prep.

sometimes Ill have a shake after training but a balanced diet needs little to no supplementation.

tom_e · 20 Oct 2015 at 12:20

kai said:
I use to be really bad, now I take nothing even when on prep.

sometimes Ill have a shake after training but a balanced diet needs little to no supplementation.

That's pretty impressive considering I'm sure there was a point when you were practically supplementing your supplements with the odd bit of food

Jim99 · 20 Oct 2015 at 13:27

Begbie said:
Nothing but protein, I'm afraid that is drivel. Your body needs either fats or carbs. Plus, what food are you finding with nothing but protein?

Or are you being sarcastic?

Serious, though I confess I was being a bit over the top in that probably 5% of what I ate was fat.

Mainly chicken, tuna, beef and eggs.

SixTwoSix · 21 Oct 2015 at 07:55

So how are you fueling your body, you either need carbs like most of the population or be in ketosis to burn fat for energy?

Yes you can burn protein for energy but this is best used elsewhere in your body.

Jim99 · 21 Oct 2015 at 15:02

SixTwoSix said:
So how are you fueling your body, you either need carbs like most of the population or be in ketosis to burn fat for energy?

Yes you can burn protein for energy but this is best used elsewhere in your body.

I suppose I was burning a combination of body fat and protein for energy.

I have done ketosis since then and that requires a much, much higher consumption of fat than I ever did whilst eating primarily protein.

Begbie · 21 Oct 2015 at 15:08

Not even slightly worth it imo. Losing weight is easy with a little dedication.

SixTwoSix · 21 Oct 2015 at 17:53

Jim99 said:
I suppose I was burning a combination of body fat and protein for energy.

Don't take this the wrong way but did you have a lot of body fat to start with? Genuine question, not fat bashing.

Jim99 · 22 Oct 2015 at 09:49

SixTwoSix said:
Don't take this the wrong way but did you have a lot of body fat to start with? Genuine question, not fat bashing.

Yes, that was the point of it. I dropped approximately half a pound a day for three months whilst doing that. A bit of walking as well, but not really much exercise of significance.

Interestingly though, once I got to the minimum, and my weight was stable, I still did OK on that diet - no ill effects. But given that I was no longer losing weight, nor needed to, I stopped.

Mr-White · 22 Oct 2015 at 14:10

Creatine, vitamins, beta alanine, L-Glutamine, BCAAs and omega 3, 6, 9

I found when I stopped taking my supplements I suffered muscle fatigue much quicker when mountain biking.

MW

SixTwoSix · 23 Oct 2015 at 07:29

Jim99 said:
Yes, that was the point of it. I dropped approximately half a pound a day for three months whilst doing that. A bit of walking as well, but not really much exercise of significance.

Interestingly though, once I got to the minimum, and my weight was stable, I still did OK on that diet - no ill effects. But given that I was no longer losing weight, nor needed to, I stopped.

Makes more sense now, you had a goal and hit it.

However you're initial post sounded as though you were a regular guy on a primarily protein diet which is why a few of us were questioning it.

Mind if I ask what the weight change was?