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Last week, I had to experience my workout on an empty stomach. I’ve never tried it because my schedule was 4:00-6:30 p.m. But my schedule has recently become a little too busy with my social project, classes, and tasks. That day, I had only two choices. Don’t go to the gym or go early in the morning. The answer was clear to me, and I was there before 7 o’clock in the morning. My mom was heading to work when she suddenly stopped me and asked: “Where are you going? You don’t have to give classes today is Friday”. I told her the plan and disappointed said to me: “But you haven’t eaten yet. Eat something!”.   I just answer: “I’ll be fine”. Back at home, I asked myself: “Is it really bad?”. Then, I took some time to investigate if it’s safe to lift weights on an empty stomach.  Is it safe or dangerous? According to an article in Strenghtlog , it is safe, if you're in good health, you can engage in various activities without eating first. This includes physical activity, intense ...

 “How do I lose weight?” is one of the most frequent questions people ask before starting a diet in which we are restricted to eat ONLY fruits for breakfast, lunch and tells you to skip dinner or paying a 150$ annual gym membership. Some people hate to do physical activity and some others can´t stop eating, so we try to figure out what is the best way to lose weight effortlessly and painlessly. Nevertheless, most people have a misconception in diets, workouts, and the actual meaning of “losing weight”. What does “losing weight” really mean? According to Healthline Networks, “losing weight” refers to a decrease in your overall bodyweight from muscle, water, and fat losses. Being skinny doesn’t mean you are healthy. A person who daily drinks more than three energetic beverages can be lean, yet his kidneys are completely dehydrated. Diet I’ve heard people saying: “I just need to eat no carbohydrates, and I’ll lose weight”. Nevertheless, people don’t know that our diet is compo...

Welcome to The Protein Pub. Party of one? In this blog, I want to share my experience and clear up misconceptionsand myths that some people might have about nutrition, workout, supplements, and anatomy for having a healthy lifestyle.  Before starting, I want to make you, guys, acknowledge that I am not a professional on the subject, yet I have tried different ways of losing weight, building muscle and strength since I was fifteen years old.  I started worrying more about my physique in high school because I felt ugly and uncomfortable with myself, so I started trying to lose weight in an unhealthy form. I stopped taking meals. For breakfast, I usually dunked a cookie in coffee and that was it, and I always skipped lunch and waited until I get home to eat something lighter.   I never lost wight because this practice fires back in different ways, and I wasn’t aware of it. First, it does the opposite to what you are thinking of. It causes your metabolism to slow down, w...