The Bodybuilding Diet to add Muscle Mass and control Fat Loss is where real results happen. If you workout hard and lift heavy weights, all that effort will be in vain if you are not eating the right kinds of foods and the right amount.

The same is true when you are trying to lose weight. If your diet is not right and you are eating to much, you will not lose the weight. This article will discuss the basic key points for both gaining muscle mass and fat loss.

Muscle Mass

A bodybuilding diet for gaining muscle is a lot different then when you are trying to burn fat. The calorie intake has to be higher then your maintenance level to add muscle.

Fat intake should be low and should come from unsaturated fats such as monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats.

Your protein intake should be high. For every pound you weight, your ratio of protein should 1 to 1 ½ grams for that weight. So, if you weight 200lbs, your intake of protein will be around 200 grams.

Finally, your carbohydrates will be 2 grams for every pound you weight. If you weight 200lbs, your carbohydrate intake will be 400 grams.

Fat loss

Your bodybuilding diet for losing fat is a little different then that of adding muscle mass. As in gaining muscle, you need to have a surplus of calories. These added calories are need to build muscles. But in that process, you will add a little stored fat in the process. To lose this stored fat, your calorie intake needs to be less then you use each day.

Now, how do you do this and still keep the add muscle you gained? It is simpler then you may think…

• Keep your protein intake the same and
• Lower your intake of carbohydrates.

Lets keep the same example of a 200lbs person. You need to keep the proteins around 200 grams and lower the carbohydrates intake to 200 grams. Playing around with the carbohydrate intake will allow to burn the stored fat.

Also, all of your carbohydrates should be complex carbohydrates. Cut out most of the simple carbohydrates when trying to lose weight. Carbohydrates play a big role in the transformation of your body.

That is the difference between bodybuilding diet to adding muscle mass versus fat loss.

Henry Chervenka