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Originally Posted by Douche Baggins
Eh. Most days I have an apple for breakfast, go work out, come home and slug a 50g protein shake. Lunch varies. In the evening I usually have two chicken breasts for dinner with vegetables. Is adding two eggs to that really gonna be that big a deal, besides extra calories?
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Look up anabolic v. catabolic.
My basic understanding is that:
Excess calories get stored as fat.
The body chooses to store fat calories as fat first.
Carbs are easily broken down and stored as fat.
Complex proteins are harder to break down into glucose, so it gets chosen last.
If you don't eat enough protein, you can lose weight, but you may still have that "pudginess" to you. Also, simply not exercising will put you into a catabolic state.
Again, that's my VERY basic understanding, and, of course, could be very wrong.
All I know is that it's important to get enough lean protein in a day and time any carbs or fats I do have so that they get used most effectively.