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Posted by: kay

Hello,

My question was after eating a meal such as breakfast/lunch/dinner. Is it bad to sit down and do work such as reading, meaing would this make you gain fat/slow metabolism. Or is it better to walk at a easy/moderate pace for 20 min to jump start metabolism and avoid gaining fat.

Just a little background, I eat 6 meal per day, weigh 130 lbs and want to gain lean mass to about 145lbs.

I do cardio at 60-75 percent of my target heart rate for 30 minutes 4 times a week and lift one body part 6 times a week.

in this order
chest
back
shoulder
legs
triceps
biceps
rest

Thanks appreciate it

Posted by: blueboy75

Quote:

Originally Posted by kay

Hello,

My question was after eating a meal such as breakfast/lunch/dinner. Is it bad to sit down and do work such as reading, meaing would this make you gain fat/slow metabolism. Or is it better to walk at a easy/moderate pace for 20 min to jump start metabolism and avoid gaining fat.

Just a little background, I eat 6 meal per day, weigh 130 lbs and want to gain lean mass to about 145lbs.

I do cardio at 60-75 percent of my target heart rate for 30 minutes 4 times a week and lift one body part 6 times a week.

in this order
chest
back
shoulder
legs
triceps
biceps
rest

Thanks appreciate it

IMO if you are eating clean and regularly (6 times/day) as well as training adequately you would not need to worry about your meals being stored as fat. I dont think a light walk after a meal would do you any harm, but neither would sitting down and relaxing with a book. For better feedback post your diet and you can get better responses. You are already doing 4 cardio workouts each week so let your body rest.

Also you may wish to review your workout from 1bp 6days per week to a better split where you combine say chest/biceps, back/triceps, shoulders/forearms and legs. This could make up a 4 day split which is quite popular. You want to have sufficient rest days to grow.

Im sure you will get many more posts from others.

Posted by: kay

Thanks for the info

my diet consist of the following (attached)

Some background, i am a vegetarian, going on to age 22

Again goal is to gain mostly lean muscles/weight (thus get stronger), so I can increase my weight to 145-150lbs

right now i am 128-130lbs

appreciate it, Thanks

Posted by: Phred

Quote:

Originally Posted by kay

Thanks for the info

my diet consist of the following (attached)

Some background, i am a vegetarian, going on to age 22

Again goal is to gain mostly lean muscles/weight (thus get stronger), so I can increase my weight to 145-150lbs

right now i am 128-130lbs

appreciate it, Thanks

FWIW - I find it interesting that as a "vegetarian" you do not eat any vegetables (or fruits for that matter). Wheather or not you are a vegetarian, whole foods are a good thing to make part of your diet. I did not see any fiber other than grains (ww bread). Suggest some fiburous(sp) carbs and a little fruit.

Posted by: kay

Yeah, by vegetarian i mean no meat, even fish

but i can eat dairy

i used to eat vegetables and fruits and milk

but i changed my diet recently to this from a recomendation

Posted by: Phred

Quote:

Originally Posted by kay

Yeah, by vegetarian i mean no meat, even fish

but i can eat dairy

i used to eat vegetables and fruits and milk

but i changed my diet recently to this from a recomendation

So you are ovo/lacto? That is a lifestyle you choose and I am not going to comment on that because it is a choice and I respect that.

However, I still do not see why someone would recommend that you not eat any vegetables or fruit (spinich, lettuce, celery, squash, etc.). Fiberous carbs do not contain many calories, but do have vitimins and minerals as well as help your digestive system. So I am baffled at that. I can understand the desire to minimize consumption of starchy carbs (white rice, regular potatoes, white bread, surgar, etc.).

What is the basis for cutting out the fiberous carbs?

Posted by: kay

Yeah, I am an ovo/lacto, based on religion, been all my life

The recommendation was based on getting lots/plenty of complex carbs and whole grains from a trainer at the gym, and I though since a garden burger has vegetables already in it, adding extra spinach/lettuce or fiberous carbs would not help in sandwich since the
fiber intake should be between 20-35 grams daily (as far as I know/read)

Thanks, appreciate your input

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