"ozgun.harmanci" wrote:

Hello there, I am 26 years old, trying to put off some fat while
keeping (and hopefully adding up some muscle mass, or increasing
muscle/fat ratio). I have 3 questions:

It is true that low carb dieting tends to retain more lean than
low fat dieting, but I'm puzzled why you posted to a low carb
support group rather than a low fat support group. Do you
have the impression that low carbers work out more than low
fatters and thus have more experience on the topic? I
wonder how true such an impression would be and how to
measure it. I find it a dubious notion.

I go to gym around 2-3 times a week. When i work out, I run around
50-60 mins, mostly aerobic, that is, 5 to 7 mph adding some incline
based on my heart rhythm. Then work out pecs, shoulder and biceps all
at the same time. I think that is not good, because I usually stay in
the gym around 2 hours and most probably overtraining. I know that I
should split the exercises over the week but I get bored doing that
and i want to do them all when i am at the gym. I started putting off
weight but I am pretty sure that i am also losing muscle bc of
overtraining. Any comments/solutions/advices on that?

Over training is based on your current fitness. Someone who
does 5K runs then suddenly runs a marathon is over training.
As long as you built up to your current workout and have been
doing it for a while you aren't overtraining.

Here's my post workout shake: 2 scoops of body fortress whey protein,
2 scoops (same as protein scoops) of carbo-gain maltodextrin, 1
banana, around 600 ml of fat free milk, around 3 scoops of fat free
plain yogurt. Do you think any of these are going to increase the
digestion time of carbo-gain? Should i use water instead of milk? Or
take out the banana (because of fiber in it)?

This is why I'm puzzled about where you're posting your question.
No matter what the claimed carb level is for the malto-dextrin,
malto-dextrin is a sugar and thus a carb. You're eating high carb
low fat not low carb high fat. As such you're asking on the wrong
group. What does the low carb support group report? What does
the weight lifting support group report?

Lastly, before workouts, I drink water+1 scoop of carbo gain so that I
hope to pump some sugar to my muscles. Do you think that is a good
idea?

You ask that on a low carb support group so you should not
be surprised at the obvious answer - No, sugar is not good for
you and it is not needed for workouts. Switching to low carb
does require starting out easy and building back up but it
works just fine.

Do you know if taking too much carbo gain is bad for the liver/
kidney, or anything?

Taking to much sugar is bad for the pancreas. It becomes a
problem for the kidneys if and only if you do enough of it to
go diabetic and get wild blood sugar swings. Neither low fat
nor low carb are bad for the liver.