How crucial are carbs for breakfast while cutting?

**KingMike** · 06-21-2006, 01:56 PM

Cut for a month or so a while back and had P/F meals all day and then 2 carb meals PWO and PPWO. I plan on cutting for 8 weeks before school and was wondering if carbs breakfast, PWO and PPWO is that big a difference in carbs only PWO and PPWO as long as the calories are in check. I had great results with no carbs for breakfast but started to look real flat.

**Giants11** · 06-21-2006, 02:03 PM

I don't think they are critical at all.

**chest6** · 06-21-2006, 02:08 PM

The lower I cut carbs..the more strength and size I lose. I've seen the best results eating carbs throughout the day and then one or two pro/fat meals at the end..

**spound** · 06-21-2006, 02:42 PM

It all depends on how your diet is layed out. I personally like oto have carbs with breakfast while cutting though jsut to get the metabolism started and to refill glycogen stores from my nightly fast.

**Kärnfysikern** · 06-21-2006, 03:02 PM

Originally Posted by Giants11

I don't think they are critical at all.

I second that.

When I cut the only carbs I eat is pre workout and pwo.

**DNoMac** · 06-22-2006, 11:50 AM

Originally Posted by chest6

The lower I cut carbs..the more strength and size I lose. I've seen the best results eating carbs throughout the day and then one or two pro/fat meals at the end..

I have similar results when cutting carbs. I'm gonna try this for a few weeks and see how I respond.

**taiboxa** · 06-22-2006, 12:29 PM

depends on ur days activities and rest of ur meals...

**novastepp** · 06-23-2006, 03:55 AM

Originally Posted by chest6

The lower I cut carbs..the more strength and size I lose. I've seen the best results eating carbs throughout the day and then one or two pro/fat meals at the end..

exactly, my mood and energy go down the pooper if i dont have carbs. last time i attempted to cut i lost strength immediately on a pro/fat kind of diet. now i am maintaining nearly all of it with a smarter more educated pro/carb approach.

**nevaenuf** · 06-23-2006, 08:14 AM

I take carbs in all day long while I am cutting but only take in simple carbs pwo. I think they are important for anybody who trains and does cardio daily. Which you should be doing if you are cutting. I even take in a few crackers or have a small glass of juice before bed if I feel that my blood sugar is low.

**tinyguy2** · 06-25-2006, 08:12 PM

everbody is different i personally benefit from oats for breakfast and around my workouts. try it see what happens

**wolfstriked** · 06-25-2006, 08:55 PM

If you do the pro/fat way of eating then I think it depends on how much carbs you take in when you do your PWO/PPWO carb ups.If you have a hard labor job as I do then even on non workout days....right after cardio,ingest a PWO drink.I drink 80gms Dex on workout and also cardio days PWO.

This is what I do and it seems to be stopping the fast muscle loss I was experiencing when I would go low carb on my cardio only days.And man the hunger pains and feelings of dizzyness were intolerable where now I feel fine.

I also take 20gms dex 20 gms whey pre-workout plus my booster....one sugar free redbull

.This is at 5:30am.

I really feel that by doing 4 pro/fat meals for rest of day I prime my body to accept as much of the carbs into my muscles instead of fat on my next carb up..I also take 400mg of R-ALA---15 minutes before shake and wanna try adding some vanadyl sulfate to the mix.

Crazy thing is when I wake up I look so flat its discouraging but by 11am I look pumped.Its kinda weird!!