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Brandon Ball

Professor Angela Pedrotti

English 1201

18 January 2019

Dieting

I’ve always been big on lifting and being fit. It all started in eighth grade when I was first

introduced into lifting by my football coaches, it was hard but I enjoyed the process. I lift

regularly and it’s something I have fun doing, me and my friends go to the gym and compete

with each other through our lifts. But as most people know, working out is only 20% of the battle.

Eating right is crucial if you want to make as much progress as possible. The problem is, many

people have different ideas of what “eating right” means.

I feel that diets are dependant on what you’re wanting to do, if you want to lose fat you’re

going to have more protein and less fats/sugars. If you’re wanting to gain mass you’re going to

want to eat more protein and eat more calories than you burn. I think diets can be effective and

ineffective for many reasons. A diet might be effective in making results but you might be

miserable on the diet so you give up on the diet before reaching your goal. I believe that you

don’t have to cut out eating foods that taste good even if you are trying to lose weight. I believe

that any good diet contains a medium to high protein intake. I know many diets that people

believe are the “most effective diet”. Keto is an example, it’s where you’re basically eating no

carbs and just fats so your body is tricked into burning the fats off as energy instead of the

carbs.

I need to find out actual results and studies of different diets and the results from the

varied studies. I don’t think there will be a set in stone answer but I think I can narrow it down to

a couple of options. Two research questions I have are “What is the most effective diet for fat
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loss” and, “What is the most effective diet for muscle gain”. I believe that asking these can lead

to an answer where you incorporate fat loss and muscle gain in one diet.