Low Carb Day

[Warrior]

This is a sample Low-Carb day for me. For you diet gurus, how many calories total do you see here? I am guessing around 2000-2200?

0700
4 HydroxyCuts
2 g Vitamin C
600 mL Bottled Water

0900
2 whole eggs
2 egg whites
1 sausage (~10cm size)
1/3 cup chedder cheese
1 tbsp olive oil
600 mL Bottled Water w/1 Lipton Tea Bag
5 mg Bromocriptine
2 g Fish Body Oils
1 g Vitamin C

1000
1 Diet Coke
600 mL Bottled Water

1230
1and1/2 grilled chicken breasts
6 skinless hot chicken wings
1/2 can tuna and dressing
1 cup cumcumber and onion salad
1/2 cup shredded carrots
600 mL Bottled Water
2 g Fish Body Oils
2 g Vitamin C

1330
600 mL Bottled Water w/Crystal Light
1 Animal Pak

1630
900 mL Bottled Water w/2 Lipton Tea bags
4 HydroxyCuts
2 g Vitamin C

1730
[EVENING TRAINING]
2400 mL Bottled Water

1915
1and1/2 banana
50 g L-Glutamine
600 mL Bottled Water

2030
1and1/2 cups mixed nuts (pistacio, cashews, almonds, )
1 Diet Coke
2 g Vitamin C

2200
1 pound seasoned ground beef
2 medium tomoatos

2300
10 g L-Glutamine
600 mL Bottled Water

[sooners04]

Why not break those meals down into a couple smaller ones? You really only have 3 large meals there. I don't know how big you are but 1 pound of beef is around 90g protein, that seem like a lot for one meal. Just seems more efficient to have a couple other meals in there, you have room for them.

[Warrior]

Why not break those meals down into a couple smaller ones? You really only have 3 large meals there. I don't know how big you are but 1 pound of beef is around 90g protein, that seem like a lot for one meal. Just seems more efficient to have a couple other meals in there, you have room for them.

I have been cutting with a CKD and have flirted with 246 (while depleted) but rebounded all of a sudden... strength has been staying up (actually increasing), so I am not terribly concerned... but I would like to get down to 240 before changing gears...

I think it was a pound of beef... close to... usually I fry up some kind of beef (usually strips of steak) in a pan at night - if I don't have enough, I'll add some eggs to it as well...

But you're right. I take my time with dinner but I'll try and spread the calories out some more. I am putting in too much per meal. Now that I wrote it all down I can see where my errors are... funny how that works

[Kärnfysikern]

Im horrible at estimating without weights(in metric lol). But try www.fitday.com it should give a good value.

2000-2200 sounds like a decent estimation though.

[SwoleCat]

Also be careful w/your 1/2 cup of carrots that are included with that 12:30 meal, as carrots are VERY HIGH on the GI index. If you are attempting ketosis, that would definitely screw w/you.

~SC~

[Warrior]

Also be careful w/your 1/2 cup of carrots that are included with that 12:30 meal, as carrots are VERY HIGH on the GI index. If you are attempting ketosis, that would definitely screw w/you.

~SC~

Damn - I was hoping for the fiber... carrots are out for now on then. I need to keep under 50-60gm's carbs (preferably low GI) during the depletion days... so... close to keto, I guess. Any other high fiber, low GI/Carb veggies to suggest?

[Kärnfysikern]

do you eat the carrots raw or cooked?? raw they are very low gi(23), cooked they are high gi(83) like swole said.

Just about all veggies are low gi and high fiber. Stay away from corn, peas and cooked carrot and the rest is good to go as far as I know.

you could eat some soybeans. 19 weight % is carbs though so you would have to limit yourself to around 100grams(raw weight). But 100grams of soybeans are pretty filling.

[SwoleCat]

I'd go for raw brocolli w/ranch, that is what I use.

Yeah, raw carrots are lower than cooked, but they still do have more sugar in them than I'd mess with on a keto type approach.

Then again, it depends on how easily one gets into ketosis, etc. I may not be able to use carrots, you may be able to, etc. To be safe, choose a fibrous green vegetable.

~SC~

[Giantz11]

I'd go for raw brocolli w/ranch, that is what I use.

Yeah, raw carrots are lower than cooked, but they still do have more sugar in them than I'd mess with on a keto type approach.

Then again, it depends on how easily one gets into ketosis, etc. I may not be able to use carrots, you may be able to, etc. To be safe, choose a fibrous green vegetable.

~SC~

Yup, Broccoli, spinach, lettuce...

[brutesinme]

I couldn't live without broccoli
i just make a mix of broccoli, spinich and mushrooms and mow on it throughout the day.

[Warrior]

Kewl - I eat them raw but I'll grab a handful of Brocolli to replace them in the future... but yeah, I stay away from yams, potatoes, corn... I just didn't recall carrots having sugar - thought they were mostly undigestible carbs... guess it makes sense considering how dense they are...

I just had a dream (power-napped) that I thought I was eating my lunch then realized it was someone elses -and I was eating a burrito! I was pissed and threw it in his office... :P You know your a bodybuilding lunatic if... lol

[bcap]

hey guys, sorry to butt in here. but you say that carrots raw have a lower gi than carrots cooked - does this also apply to broccoli and coliflower? cause i eat lots of broccoli and coliflower steamed.

thanks a lot

bryan