Protein Drinks

[newbie]

Hi Kerry

I have just joined a gym for the first time but i do a lot of running and cycling. I am trying to lose weigh, i have lost about 2 stone and have another half a stone to go. Now when i train i feel tired and i would like to know if a high protein low carb/fat powder drink will help me train and still lose wieght and then maintain it.

If i am way of course please let me know the best way forward.

I am not trying to become big in the gym but more definition.

Thanks

[kerrykayes]

kk - If you want to lose body fat you need to eat fewer Kcals (units of energy) than you use then your body has to cannibalise it's stored energy (body fat). Taking Pro MR's would be perfect as they are only 270 Kcals (half of a clean meal) but give you 42 grams of truly undenatured fast and slow proteins that will give you a release of amino acids for a minimum of 7/8 hours making sure your body only cannibalises body fat. Let me give you a little bit of info on Kcals.

A calorie is a measurement of energy, specifically the amount of energy needed to raise 1 gram of water by 1 degree C. The energy needed to increase the temperature of a gram of water by 1 °C depends on the starting temperature and is difficult to measure precisely, however in the food and nutrition industry the term is widely used. The term Kcal is more often used and this means the amount of energy required to raise 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree C. These are identical but for simplicity in the food industry we use Kcal.

On some packaging the energy is listed in KCals and Kjoules. A Kjoule is simply the metric equivalent of a calorie which you multiply by approximately 4.2. Example 10kcals = 42 Kjoules.

Macronutrients are proteins, carbs and fats and these are measured in Kcals.
1 gram protein = 4 Kcals
1 gram carbs = 4 Kcals
1 gram fat = 9 Kcals
1 gram of alcohol = 7 Kcals although we would term these as “empty” Kcals because they have no nutritional value.
There are examples of obese people that are malnutritioned because they have put gained weight eating or drinking high Kcal, low nutrient foods. Some examples of these are

Alcohol
Sugars
Processed Foods
High Fat foods etc.

Some examples of these high Kcal/low nutrition meals are
A KFC meal – 3 pieces chicken, chips and a cola is 1500 Kcalories.
A McDonalds average meal – 1500 Kcalories
A large Pizza can be 3000 Kcalories

Some examples of low Kcal/high nutrition meals/food/supplements are
A chicken breast, baked potato and veg is about 450Kcals
A Salmon steak, pasta and veg is about 550 Kcals
A grilled piece of white cod, rice and veg is about 400Kcals
2 boiled or scrambled eggs on 2 pieces of brown toast is 300kcals
A very big (250g) of green veg is only 60Kcals
I piece of fruit 60Kcal
A Pro MR (42g of protein) is 270Kcals
A Pro Recover is 300Kcals