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To supplement or not to supplement?

flyonthewall Posts: 1,823 Joined: 2005/01/18	2005/01/20, 03:49 PM I've been tracking my diet during the past week and am having a heck of a time trying to get the numbers up to what FT recommends for me (5'7, 150lbs). C/310,F/25,P/155, calories at least 1800. I am trying to drop that pesky last 10lbs. I've made the switch to egg whites and eat primarily chicken, tuna, 1%cottage cheese and whole wheat products. I'm finding that when I try to get my calories up (I've reached 1500 so far) I inevitably shoot up the fat over 30, so I'm trying protien supplements. I'm already drinking a protien smoothie (low carb, 22g Prot and yummy) that I buy after my workouts at the gym, and am also drinking a protien supplement later in the day (mid day snack). Is this too much supplementing? I work out 6 days a week (2X wt training, 4X cardio) If I don't take the extra supp, I will find it very hard to get up to 1800 cal without over doing it in fat. Any comments, suggestions?
kakaroto Posts: 893 Joined: 2002/05/09	2005/01/24, 04:43 PM 1-. no it is not over supplementing, but avoid it if you can get whole meals: they must be your prior source of nutritient. 2-. what do you eat that makes your fat goes up? 3-. 25?? i think thats kind of low. better get it up for muscle building. and i think that 30g compared to 25 is not much of a deal. if worried, well 5 x9 = 45 cals, just walk a bit mroe and you got them spent. i dont htink 5 grams of fat will do harm to you, as long as they are good fats, EFA.