Branched Chain Amino Acids for weight loss?

[Anonymous]

Just wondering if drinking Xtend BCAA's with water throughout the day and eating a low calorie diet would still stop me from losing any muscle, but would rather burn fat?

I understand that starvation 'aka very low calorie diet' will only help me lose weight, because it will eat up all my muscle. And I was just wondering if it would work the same. Most days I am at home doing Uni assignments all day long and only get about 1hr physical activity (at the gym). So I thought eating less would help me lose weight, but like I said I don't want to lose muscle just flab.

I also (I won't use the phrase lose weight) want to get thinner,and quite quickly, but I can't spend all day at the gym.

I thought I would keep foods strictly good carbs like veggies and lentils and protein in the Low calorie diet and drink water and BCAA's mix all day long.

By low cal I mean approx 800-1000 (I'm 171cm>5'7/5'8).

[madmisskelly]

eating a diet of about 1400 cals should be sufficient enough. You do need to eat, and taking those branch chain amino acids may or may not even do anything. I really haven't heard too much about them.

The thing to remember about supplements, is how unregulated they are by the FDA. The FDA won't check anything out unless there is controversy over people getting sick or something. So many things are just gimmicks that don't even work.

Up your calorie intake a bit, eat balanced and your body will take care of the rest. 1400 is a good enough spot that you're eating enough, and its a relatively easy limit to maintain if you try, I eat that much when I'm trying to lose weight, and I am 5'1.

Eating any less will throw your body off big time. There is no way your body will be adequately nourished with that low of a caloric intake. Lets face it, you'll be starving yourself. It sucks to starve, and it sucks to be hungry. You can't concentrate, and if you are studying, you need all the help concentrating you can get.

If you can't see yourself sticking to it for a year or more, it isn't right. Do you really see yourself eating only 1000 calories every day for 2 years?

[Asker]

I wasn't planning on staying on it for long, just till exams were over, but your right, no way in hell would I be able to concentrate without eating sufficient food. Thanks

[madmisskelly]

Short term diets produce short term results. If you do it the right way, you will keep it off. :)

[WeaponZero]

given your height and activity level I'm going to say you should be eating WAY more than you are. possibly even double as much, and that's for weight loss. there is no way to preserve the muscle without feeding it, and that means protein and carbs and healthy fats. and calories. the leaner you are the more calories you need to maintain it. probably doesn't make sense but it's true. michael phelps while training for the olympics was on a 10,000 calorie a day diet if that tells you anything.

[WoIIie]

It'll help but you still need energy to lift weights and shape up. I can burn that 1000 calories off in a few hours and the afterburn shaves off even more, and I'm not a serious lifter.

If you can up your calories by about 500-800 and continue to shape up and work out, you'll still lose weight and remain sexy.

[Cptn_Clutch]

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BCAA's are micronutrients and I wouldn't concern myself with those just yet although 1 to 2 scivation drinks per day wouldn't hurt, they themselves don't offer a lot of help unless you are trying to take in a lot of protein.

[martyfellow]

The're no way to avoid losing some muscle along with losing weight, but yes, higher protein and less carbs will help, or amino acids. Good luck!