Which carbs PWO??

[xenithon]

Hi there,

I am at a phase where I am neither cutting down nor bulking up hecticly - ie. a maintenance phase trying to maintain lean mass, and put on only muscle - even if very slowly - rather than put on any fat. I am thus limiting carbs (working well for me) such that the major carbs I get are oats in the morning, around 40g carbs; and then postworkout I used to have whey with dextrose, and post PWO meal would be lean protein + oats or rice. The rest of the day is fibrous veges. I started a while ago changing that so I get oats in the morning, and after my workout I would have whey with oats and dextrose together - this keeps me full, gives me a mixture of high and low GI carbs, and prevents me starving till the next meal which I then have about 2-3 hours later. I was wondering if that is okay, or if it is better to have ONLY dextrose PWO and then the meal 1 hour after without oats, only veges. The reasoning is because when I had dextrose and oats an hour later, I could not lean out, whereas having oats with the dextrose all in one shot aided me in leaning out.

Pretty much the question is: after a workout, along with quick acting whey for protein, is it better to :
1. have only simple sugars, such as dex/malt., and have a meal an hour later with lean protein and fibrous veges
2. have simple and complex carbs, such as oats with dex/malt. and then a meal with protein and fibrous veges about 3 hours afterwards.

the main thing I want to maintain is having serious amounts of carbs only in the morning and PWO, not post PWO.

[yellows2k]

You use simple sugars PW regardless of cutting, bulking, maintaing, super cutting, super bulking, on gear or not on gear, been lifting for 10 years or 1 day.

[BIG TEXAN]

Originally posted by yellows2k
You use simple sugars PW regardless of cutting, bulking, maintaing, super cutting, super bulking, on gear or not on gear, been lifting for 10 years or 1 day.

AAaaaaagggrrrreeed! I would use the whey/dextrose pwo and than the meal 1 hour later with oats or rice or potatoes!

[xenithon]

hi there,

like i said, when i consumed carbs both post and post postworkout i have trouble leaning out, but it worked having carbs only postworkout.

[litt;edaddy]

try it both ways everybody responds different sometimes!