Drinking soda to increase calorie intake?

[fmxda]

Reasons not to eat meat:
Source of saturated fats and LDL cholesterol, which are linked to heart disease.
Often fatty and calorie-dense; can lead to obesity.
Production of meat is very resource (feed/water) intensive and pollutes more compared to grains and vegetables.
Getting meat at the store or restaurant generally costs more than plant products.
Moral objections to the treatment of animals in commercial farms.

Reasons to eat meat:
It is delicious.

I still eat meat.

[cbloom]

Umm, you should be taking a Soy Protein supplement or something like that. Adding muscle/weight should be no problem.

[MikeyPatriot]

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Reasons not to eat meat:
Moral objections to the treatment of animals in commercial farms.
Production of meat is very resource (feed/water) intensive and pollutes more compared to grains and vegetables.
Source of saturated fats and LDL cholesterol, which are linked to heart disease.
Often fatty and calorie-dense; can lead to obesity.


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Those are my reasons, in that order.

[igetjokes]

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fwiw, I have been a vegetarian for 12 years and went from benching the bar to bodyweight in no time back when I started lifting weights.

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Beginner gains like this are standard, even for those not eating meat.

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your diet shouldn't be a problem at all for putting on plenty of muscle mass.

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I hope you're leveling here... Putting on muscle mass is 90% diet related. Where do you think the muscle comes from? It doesn't just appear, it's a product of what you jam down your throat.

Diet is #1 for hypertrophy, and red meat is a crucial part of diet.

[MasterLJ]

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First off, I'm 5'11" ~155 pounds (I haven't checked lately, will be checking tonight)

I'm about to start working out/weight training with these goals in mind:

1) Get back into the shape I was in when I was in high school and playing sports/being active. Thanks poker!

2) Cut some fat (there isn't much, but I have a little belly I didn't have 5 years ago).

3) Add about 10-15 pounds of muscle, mostly in my upper body.

I went over to t-nation.com and found a weight program that will suit me pretty well.

The thing that I'm most concerned about is getting enough calories to add muscle. I've heard from multiple sources that drinking soda (couple times on here, couple times on other forums) is a good way of adding calories. Is this true?

I wouldn't mind hearing other tips for adding calories. I play on trying to switch from eating 2-3 meals a day to 5-6, etc. I'm also a vegetarian.

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Way late, as usual... haven't read any response.

Drinking soda is a great way to add calories to the diet. Drinking soda is just about the worse thing to do to build muscle.

To gain mass you must take in more calories than you burn. To gain "good mass," or "lean muscle," you must eat lots of lean protein and an overall healthy diet.

[React1oN]

MSPaint graph, soda v positve health effects?

[kyleb]

Mikey,

Being a vegetarian is fine for whatever reasons you have. You can still reach your goals. Eat a lot of peanut butter, take fishoil/CLA/flaxseed oil caps (lots of them), drink meal replacement shakes, and eat a lot of nuts.

The upshot of all that is everything I named is pretty good for you, if you can stick to eating just that. The downside is that fish is one of the better things you could eat for these purposes (specifically salmon), so you should probably consider adding fish if you can.

[fish2plus2]

PICS OF YOUR EMO GIRL FRIENDS BOOBIES PLEASE

[ImsaKidd]

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Jesus don't drink soda. Drink fruit juice or eat pasta or anything but soda.

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Dont most fruit juices have the same amt of sugar as soda?

[JasonK]

I'd guess a third of my calories come from soda. I drink it way too much.