Question about amount of carbs in PPWO meal

**Tommy Gunn** · 09-24-2005, 04:38 AM

I know for PWO shake you should have twice as many carbs as protein (I take 50 g of whey protein and 100 g of dex right after my workout). Does the same hold true for the PPWO meal?

Usually around 45 minutes after my PWO shake I have my PPWO meal which consists of an 8 oz. chicken breast (which is about 50 g of protein) and either some rice or pasta. My question is should I use the same formula, should I have 100 g of carbs (from the rice or pasta) with the 50 g of protein (from the chicken breast) PPWO, or would 25 g of carbs from the rice or pasta be good enough to have with the 50 g of protein from the chicken breast?

**G-Force** · 09-24-2005, 07:02 AM

good question

are you bulking or cutting?

**Tommy Gunn** · 09-24-2005, 10:02 AM

bulking

**Tommy Gunn** · 09-24-2005, 05:52 PM

Anyone else?

**Austex** · 09-24-2005, 08:55 PM

Consume the amount of carbs you normally would in a protein/carb meal. Take for example:

1. You are taking in 400 grams of carbs/day.
2. Including your PWO shake as a meal, 5 meals/day are protein/carb meals.
3. Your PWO shake includes 100 grams of carbs.

Now say with exception to your PWO shake, you decide to split the remaining 300 g of carbs evenly over the 4 pro/carb meals. That would put each pro/carb meal around 75 grams (carbs).

With all that said and done, your PPWO meal does not need to be "configured" like a PWO shake. The reasoning behind using a 2 to 1 Carb/Protein formula is to shuttle the necessary nutrients to your muscles (protein synthesis) with SIMPLE CARBS. This releases insulin and promotes glucose uptake to prevent your body from becoming catabolic. A normal protein/carb meal is just the opposite...you want complex carbs to be slowly released as energy, with a minimal change in insulin (blood glucose) levels.