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I have looked at many cutting diets from people who have very low body fat and one thing i have noticed is that they do not include fruit an any of their meals, particularly apples and bananas
I have done some resarch and some articles embrace fruit while cutting body fat because it gives you a 'full' sensation making you not feel as hungry
What are your thoughts on having fruit while cutting? particularly apples and bananas
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I keep fruit intake to a bare minimum while cutting. The most I'll have is some berries with my oats preworkout, but that's about it. The goal is to keep sugar intake as low as possible, <20g is ideal IMO, and while fruit provides plenty of benefits (fiber, antioxidants, vitamins, etc), it still contains sugar, and plenty of it.
i love fruit but not for cutting cuz they are too high in carbs. blueberries is about all i touch when cutting and then only a 1/2 c.
i eat fruit when cutting but only pre workout. usually a banana and not every day
Raspberries with my whey shake
Blueberries in my plain greek yogurt
I stick to the berries
The mandarin oranges are so friggin good right now. It could be worse.
Fit it into your macros and you're all good. I maintain 8-9% and eat fruit 2x daily, and usually a poptart or cereal postworkout.
You must be doing a lot of cardio to maintain 8-9% whilst eating pop tarts lol what's your secret?Quote:
Originally Posted by LiveFitBeFit
0 cardio for the past 8 months. Strictly diet carb cycling for a lean bulk, keeping high carb days on leg and back days, where carbs are 350-400, and on other workout days carbs at 200-225, off days carbs at 175. Works for me fast metabolism lol I used to be CRAZY about "clean" foods, but now I eat usual bodybuilding foods 90% of the time, and that 1 meal postworkout is usually simple carbs like poptarts or whatever I enjoy as long as they fit within my macro numbers. I also make sure of hitting micros such as fiber.. But other than that 0 cardio, just solid diet I weigh every single thing I eat.
Fruit is ok.
I was eating lots of fruit but recently was told to cut it out due to the sugar contents.
Great work then LiveFit I'm very impressed!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by LiveFitBeFit
If you've got your diet and training dialed in as such what allows you to do this, that's great - but doesn't make it good advice in general for the 'average' guy. Most people here don't have their diets dialed in like that, hence the reason they're here. JMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by LiveFitBeFit
^ thanks
Fair point gbrice what works for one won't work for me lol if I look at a banana I put 2 lb on lolQuote:
Originally Posted by gbrice75
Thanks guys, I have been carb cycling recently, I was eating a lot of fruit pretty much with every meal
Since I've cut down on it I've seen a change, especially since cutting down on the amount of bananas I've been eating every day
Ditto - I try to cut out as much sugars as possible -- which includes apples and bananas, sadly.
Bananas and berries only, but when cutting, VERY minimal and mostly early on in the day.