how many carbs do you eat when cutting?

[briansauras]

Ive been eating 200g. That pretty much just includes some oats for breakfast and then my pre/post WO nutrition. Come 6pm I feel sooo run down and I want to just hibernate.
Ive been taking Clen or EC, Inj b12 and oral b complex....it only helps for acouple of hrs

how about you guys?

[steve0]

i suck down between 180-220

[briansauras]

i suck down between 180-220

do u get that shitty feeling too?

[steve0]

do u get that shitty feeling too?

shitty feeling ? what you talking about

[briansauras]

shitty feeling ? what you talking about

it just seems like once my body has used those carbs or whatever i get really tired and like my muscles/joints get achy almost like i have a fever/flu but i never get the feeling until about 5-6pm

[audis4]

i suck down between 180-220

ditto.

[steve0]

it just seems like once my body has used those carbs or whatever i get really tired and like my muscles/joints get achy almost like i have a fever/flu but i never get the feeling until about 5-6pm

no never have that problem unless i go keto

[GUnit33]

Carbs make me bloat, so I eat as little as possible. I don't react well with them, but I make sure I get down at least 100g a day. Oats in the am, and fiberous veggies throughout the day.

[MatrixGuy]

it just seems like once my body has used those carbs or whatever i get really tired and like my muscles/joints get achy almost like i have a fever/flu but i never get the feeling until about 5-6pm

I thought it was just me that felt this way on low carbs.

[briansauras]

I thought it was just me that felt this way on low carbs.

na bro i get it so bad. have you found anything to solve the problem?

[MatrixGuy]

na bro i get it so bad. have you found anything to solve the problem?

Caffeine/ECA helps me temporaraly, but no, not really

I once tried NO-Explode a year back and that really did help, made me a little hyper though and a bit sick

[*Narkissos*]

i'm taking in between 200 and 500 grams.

[audis4]

Lets say I take in 224g of carb on workout days and about 200 on non....is a carb up day on sunday still necessary to boost metabolism/fill your muscles without going over your maintenance cals?

[*Narkissos*]

Lets say I take in 224g of carb on workout days and about 200 on non....is a carb up day on sunday still necessary to boost metabolism/fill your muscles without going over your maintenance cals?

Isn't a cut and dry answer.. That'd depend on a number of factors.

Your individual metabolism.. whether 200-224 gr fills you out.. or if you're flat at that amount.

Some people will be flat.. some will spill over.

The carb-up day is totally unrelated.. as the function isn't simply to 'fill out'.. but to boost TSH and thus the metabolism

imo.. you're SUPPOSED to go over maintenance on the carb-up day.

Nark

[audis4]

Ok, makes sense. Ya, I usually feel fine but if I'm feeling sluggish etc. I'll do a carb up day eating like 2 cups of oats for each meal and the final will be pro/fat. We'll see how I feel. Thanks for the response buddy.

[chest6]

Usually around 200-220 last time I cut. Did a lot better than the first time where I had 100-120

[Columbus]

I Am Bulkn....today I Had About 75g With 2 Meals Left

[*Narkissos*]

bulking with 75 grams of carbs?

[Columbus]

Off Day

[KingMike]

100 a day is what i eat, unless beaver counts, if it does put me about 600 grams.

[Giants11]

I start at about 120 and then work my away up to about 200g or so the further I progress.

[chest6]

bulking with 75 grams of carbs?

What I thought. I thought he forgot to add a 0 at the end of it

[steve0]

I Am Bulkn....today I Had About 75g With 2 Meals Left

dude the brain alone needs 50 grams alone.

[Columbus]

Bull

[audis4]

when I bulk, I'll be around 450-500g carbs.

[Columbus]

I ALWAYS have a low carb day during the week when I clean bulk...ALways.....granted, there maybe some fiberous veggies, misc. junk, but for he most part, my low carb day is ALWAYS on my rest day and comes from oats early in the am....bulking I'm around 400-500g, such will be the case tomorrow...I sit i an office all day, so I dont need to feel bloated, tired, etc...from excss carbs example of today

SHAKE
FLAX,WHEY,EGG WHITES, CARB SENSE SKIM

10AM 1 CUP OF OATS, 2 SCOOPS CASEIN, EGG WHITES

1PM - 8OZ CHX, ALMONDS, HUGE SALAD, VEGGIES, SOME SHRIMP

4PM - SOME MORE SHRIMP, TUNA PACK, VEGGIES, SMALL SALAD COFFEE

8PM - 1 CUP DRY CURD COTTAGE CHEESE, HANDFULL OF ALMONDS, CASEIN SHAKE......BED SHORTLY AFTER, DRAINED!

[KingMike]

How does that 5 meal a day thing work out for you? I am sick of 6-7 meals but do not feel right unless I get 300 protein in me and I am only 180 lbs. It seems I am always watching the damn clock.

[Columbus]

off day is stretch it.......tomorrow will be 7 meals min.

[k_i_l_o_g7]

I'm kinda stuck with the same problem here, I want to slowly gain weight but at the same time I'm scared of rounding out, maybe this is just a weird paranoid thought of mine

[*Narkissos*]

dude the brain alone needs 50 grams alone.

more like 25-30 gr

[*Narkissos*]

How does that 5 meal a day thing work out for you? I am sick of 6-7 meals but do not feel right unless I get 300 protein in me and I am only 180 lbs. It seems I am always watching the damn clock.

300 grams @ 180 lbs?

Do you think that's necessary?

You do know that carbs are protein sparing.. Thus if you're taking in adequate carbs your protein needs'll be around 1 gr per lb LBM/BM

Have you been gaining?

When i hit 212 this year @ 5'6" i wasn't taking in more than 250 grams of protein

Narkissos

[*Narkissos*]

I'm kinda stuck with the same problem here, I want to slowly gain weight but at the same time I'm scared of rounding out, maybe this is just a weird paranoid thought of mine

Solution's simple.

Try carb cycling

Additionally.. incorporate cardio during your 'bulkers'

Narkissos

[stunner5000pt]

3 meals
breakfast oats, pre workout sweet potato and post workout sweet potato/brown rice

around 100 g give or take