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.
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