diet ? and rice cakes

**heytheresmoker** · 06-03-2006, 01:54 PM

I work out at 5am so can my first meal be my pow?? also can you replace oats with rice cakes..
looking to put on some LBM and only eat oats and potatos as my carb sources..

diet looks like this.

7:30
8egg whites 2 eggs
1 cup oats or 6 rice cakes

10
10oz chicken or tuna and broccli

1230
10oz chicken or steak with 1 cup rice

3
low carb shake 50g protein

630
10 oz chicken or fish 6 rice cakes green veg

9
10 egg whites or shake

**zimmy** · 06-03-2006, 02:06 PM

aren't there carbs in rice cakes? Do they even have a nutritional value?

**WEBB** · 06-03-2006, 02:27 PM

i would lose the rice cakes and use them only as a cheat...replace them with sweet potatoes, or whole wheat pasta...i would have a shake after you work out in the am, then come home and have eggs and oats....throw in 1/2 a serving of complex carbs at 10 and 3...drop the rice cakes and just have protein at 630 with veggies....try for egg whites at last meal instead of shake, unless you cant...but i think you still need to eat more...i am dieting for a show and i eat more...imo

**DNoMac** · 06-03-2006, 02:48 PM

I would def eat something before working out. I couldn't have an intense lift on an empty stomach aside the fact that you would be in a catabolic state. I would at least have a protein shake and maybe a piece of fruit.

**WEBB** · 06-03-2006, 03:41 PM

he might be doing so in order to lose some BF...cardio on an empty stomach is fine, but if you are then doing weights or weights only definately should eat first..

**JohnboyF** · 06-03-2006, 05:44 PM

heytheresmoker go with what webb said. LOOK AT HIM lol

Webb,

Why do you need to drop the Rice Cakes ( even if they are plain 100% brown Rice couldnt they be used a Brown rice sub 3 rice cakes=1 cup of B.Rice)

**WEBB** · 06-03-2006, 08:45 PM

i drop the rice cakes cause i prefer a sweet potato instead, it has a lower GI so it s with ya longer and just plain better...rice cakes ar ea nice treat is all...