As soon as you start lifting weights with the goal of building muscle, you're on track to becoming a bodybuilder. But it will take some time before your gains are noticeable.You can expect large gains as a novice but eventually your muscle growth will begin to slow.A novice adult lifting weights three hours per week can expect to gain four to 15 pounds per year without the use of steroids or hormones.f you lift more often you can expect bigger gains. If you lift for seven hours per week you can expect to gain eight to 20 pounds annually. After two years this will slow to five to 15 pounds.
For right around 160 calories, you can have 3 ounces of plain grilled flank steak. That portion size of flank steak has 7 grams of fat. Since all fats have 9 calories per gram, youâll get about 63 calories from fat. The big chunk of the calories in grilled flank steak stem from protein -- 23.5 grams or 157 calories from protein, since each gram has 4 calories.
A roasted pork tenderloin steak weighing 3 ounces gives you fewer than 125 calories. If you have a broiled blade chop, a 3-ounce boneless cut has around 145 calories, while the same amount of a boneless cooked top-loin chop has closer to 170 calories. Center-cut rib chops generally have the most calories -- over 220 per 3-ounce broiled chop. Consider using nonstick spray in place of oil during cooking to minimize calories. Just 1 tablespoon of oil can pack on another 125 calories, compared to nonstick spray, which only has a trace amount of calories.