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Originally Posted by willravel
Fat doesn't turn into muscle, it turns into fuel for the muscle. Protien turns into muscle. Eat a big breakfast (oatmeal + fruit + egg or nuts), 6 full size sandwiches, and a large dinner every day and you will grow. Be sure that you even it out with proper weight training and aerobic exercise, so you don't just build up your body fat.
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Bump to that.
Basically, cut down on fats, raise your low GI carbs (brown rice & wholemeal bread e.t.c) and eat as much protein as you can.
The idea of getting more calories is that working out damages the muscle, and they need energy to repair themselves, along with protein to do the job. Not enough protein will mean no muscle growth due to lack of raw materials, lack of energy will result in the same thing, your muscles will have no fuel.
Whilst it is entirely possible to eat 3000 calories of fats and protein for all your needs, you'll look like a blimp, and have some health issues along the way. 'bad' carbs, such as sugars, white breads e.t.c will more often that not be digested and absorbed into your blood much too quickly for them to be any use over the length of time needed for muscle repair.
Alcohol is also a kick in the teeth when trying to build muscle, unless you have super-man genetics or a chemistry lab behind you.