Not exact matches
It is believed that simple sugars cause weight
gain when
in essence every food (even low GI carbs and proteins) will cause weight
gain when consumed
in large quantities that result
in caloric surplus.
So, if one who has continued to eat the same amounts of food as he did when he was extremely active, they would find themselves
in a huge
caloric surplus, which means lots of unnecessary calories per day, which
in turn would inevitably lead to fat
gain.
Consuming more protein than you need isn't harmful, but can result
in fat
gain if it puts you
in a
caloric surplus.
If you want to
gain more size or muscle mass, you need to be eating
in a
caloric surplus.
Otherwise, your
gains will hit a plateau, and you will be
in a
caloric surplus and hinder any progress made.
Your diet was spot on, but of course, with all diets
in a
caloric surplus, you
gained a little bit of extra fat.
That's why this is the
caloric surplus that will usually produce the best results possible
in terms of maximizing muscle
gains and minimizing fat
gains for the majority of the population looking to build muscle.
Now you can minimize fat
gain by being really strict about how many extra calories you consume (10 % above your TDEE is a good goal) and doing HIIT and sprints, but you need to make sure you still are
in a
caloric surplus to build muscle.
If we are trying to
gain muscle, we need to be
in a
caloric surplus.
As I detailed
in Season 2, an experiment
in which subjects consumed a
caloric surplus of 800 calories (3,360 kJ) for eight weeks
gained an average of just 1.7 kg, and it was fat - free mass (the good stuff like muscle, skin and water).