when should i eat my carbs

[jonnyboii765]

i am currently on a low carb diet i was wondering if its better two have my carbs 1 cup of brown rice pre workout
or instead do waxy maze post workout

[--->>405<<---]

Not sure what ur asking? Not real familiar with waxy maize.. Id go with brn rice, oats, or sweet potato.. pre and post workout!

[Lil man]

Not sure what ur asking? Not real familiar with waxy maize.. Id go with brn rice, oats, or sweet potato.. pre and post workout!

Hey 405 you know nutrition pretty good and have great advice. It sounds like the op is only planning to eat carbs once a day. Traditionally that's thought to be a bad idea for extended periods correct? Like maybe a couple of days and you don't risk much muscle loss but longer than that would be bad huh? I may be wrong but just limit your daily intake of carbs through the whole day and up your protein is the better way I think!

[--->>405<<---]

Gotcha lil man u may be right.. and thx!

IMO even on a low carb diet u want carbs at least pre workout and post workout.. Id be curious to see ur macro split as well as total cals and ur stats.. Depending wat u considEr "low carb" u may also need a refeed every 14days ..

[DeadlyD]

Carbs pre/post work out , eat your Carbs earlier in the day, maybe no Carbs past 2pm this works for me but I train esrky in the morning.

[jonnyboii765]

630am
2 scoops whey protein calories-250 fat3g carb10g

total
calories-250
carbs-3g
fat-3g
protein -42


830
4oz chicken calories- 130 protien-27
1/2 cup of fat free feta chese calories 70 carbs 2g
lettuce
flax seed and oat bran wrap calories 70, fat 1.5g, carbs 11g, protien 7g
totals
calories-270
carb-11g
fat1.5g
protien-34g

1130
1 can tuna calories 120,fat 2g, carb 0g

2 tbs olive oil calories 240, fat 28g
totals
calories360
carbs0
fat30g
protein28g

230
8 oz chicken - calories 260, fat 2g,protien 54g



430

2 scoops of whey protein
total
calories250
carbs- 10g
fat- 3g
protein -42


7
4 oz chicken with vegetable stirfry
calories -170
fat-2g
carbs-8g
protien 30g

10
1 cup low fat cottage cheese
calroies-160
fat-2g
carbs-10g
protien-28g

total day macro


calories-1810
carbs-46g
protien-258
fat44g



here 405 ive been switching my wrap pre workout but didnt no if i should do brown rice pre and waxy maze after or jsut one or the other ive been doing this for a month or 2 now n lost close to 16 lbs but i have gyno which im soon getiing surgery for so my chest looks like shit still i have lost more musle then id like but my lower abs are still being pretty stubburn with fat which is why ive been countinuing low carbs im currently 165lbs 5"8 ill post pics so u can try to guess my bf bcuz i havent measured any help is greatly aprcieated
fat-44g

[jonnyboii765]

[busybody]

you haven't really said if you are trying to gain some mass or lose specifically.
if you are trying to gain mass, then carbs pre workout will do worlds. you'd be suprised
if you worked out on two similar days and 1 you had carbs preworkout, and 1 you didn't.

if you are trying to gain but cut a little, then do what those guys said. slow carbs.
eat only carbs that are low GI. and I've said it before and I'll say it again, you
would be suprised how you feel on a low GI carb diet. no peaks, dont get those tired spells
in the middle of the day or late, your metabolism evens out...you just feel all around better.
you stay fuller, dont crave shit so much. it really works.

as far as pre or post, if you are trying to lose some body fat, nevermind
the post workout carbs. get a little in you before for some good workout energy,
but forget the after. you body will utilize the stuff you put into it just fine with the
insulin spike (because it's in a catabolic state...it'll try to fix itself with what you are putting in).
Keep the diet high in protein, moderate in low GI carbs, and the fat should take care of itself (just due
to the meat youre eating).
and don't be scared of cardio. hit it hard for a short time and get that metabolism charged up...
like taking pills for fat burning, but without the massive headaches and passing out/sweating
episodes.
if you haven't watched the video on here by the pro bodybuilder, it will really open your eyes.
he might be a little on the extreme side, but it's a great lesson. really make you think
about what you are doing...
good luck bro

[jonnyboii765]

yea ive been doing 45 min of cadio post workout im trying to cut without losing to much more musle mass then i already have

[baseline_9]

Consume your carbs Post PWO cardio only IMO

This raises insulin when its needed and keeps it low when we dont want it around...

[gbrice75]

I haven't read all the replies, sorry. Are you planning to have just a single carb meal per day?

[jonnyboii765]

1 single high carb meal a day thats what somone recomended for cutting but ive lost a good amount of musle mass probaly more so then fat

[Turkish Juicer]

1 single high carb meal a day thats what somone recomended for cutting but ive lost a good amount of musle mass probaly more so then fat

I doubt it.

You probably lost a whole a lot of water and some fat due to low-carb diet, now your muscles look more flat when you look at the mirror, giving you the illusion that you have lost a ton of muscle.

[gbrice75]

^^ this.

Have you lost strength?

[jonnyboii765]

yea quite a bit of strength my body fat really hasent decreased much either i was thinking of eating oats first thing in the am with my shake then taking waxymaze with my post workout shake that way i work out on a empty stomach and spike insulin pwo also is 45 minutes on the stairmaster to much cardio should i only be doing 30 min? to prevent musscle lose

[Turkish Juicer]

Waxymaze.... spiking insulin... fear of too much cardio that it would cannibalize muscle...

you are not going to loose BF if you get on this path.

[busybody]

something is outta whack. you shouldn't be losing muscle if you are only cutting back on the carbs.
recount cals and make sure what you are eating is right. if you cut too low, then you will
notice the strength gains plummet. you just can't stop taking in calories. it'll cause the body
to go into survival mode and your results will go in the crapper.

now you will probably notice that the workouts arent as action packed as what they once were,
because without all that sugar, they will probably seem a little flat. this is normal.
hopefully this is what you are referring too and not actual lose of muscle mass.

and working out with nothing on board as far as calories....eh. i probably wouldnt' do it.
I'll let others chime in, but eating while completely hungry, man, your energy level
will suck and you wont accomplish anything. a 100 or two calories of sugars preworkout
isn't going to kill any diet, and you gotta have energy when you hit the weights. if you
dont, you wont only lose that physical drive, but the mental will start creeping up on you
if your workouts are not going as planned.

and remember...when you start a diet, and you haven't been doing it before, the first thing
your body is going to do is try to adapt to what you have been doing. if it's eating 2800 cals a day
of shit, then you move to eating 1800, it will change how it works. It takes a second for a diet to really
dig in. The body is a pretty neat creature, and it likes homeostasis. therefore, if you have weight on
you, it likes it. it is reserve fuel. so you have to find a way to put it into the negative to get rid of it,
and the body just doesn't like to be negative.
I read an article about carb cycling while dieting, but instead of doing it on a weekly or monthly or whatever
it is basis, you vary it according to day and what you are doing...more carbs on a workout day,
less on an off day. pretty interesting...
I dont know how much more intensive the diet is, but as far as cutting diets go, I like to make
one meal and stick to it, because I dont have to spend days figuring all of it.
the simpler the better...

hope some of this helps.
let us know if the strength is leveling off or getting better, and just make sure
to recheck calorie counts. as was said before, might just be that first hit of losing
the high gi sugars that you have to get used to.