Carb loading for competition

[Sassy69]

I asked my trainer about amounts of fats during the last week- he said he hadn't seen any reports or anythign that really indicated that we know much about how fats affect the body. Why were you flat? If you weren't carbing, you were probably flat. What about water retention as well? Carbup pulls the subQ water out.

Can't speak to teh carb load yet because I hven't started it. Its been a few yrs since my last show & I don't recall teh carb details & I"m too exhausted to go look it up right now. (LOL sorry -- very little attention span & patience this week)

 

[musclegirl28]

Oh yeah!! Good luck on your show this weekend!!!! Sorry I can't be there... but I'm waiting to hear good news on that Sunday! I hope everything works out well for you!!

 

[The Shadow]

just rememeber fats will hinder the carb up process

 

[Sassy69]

Miss24K asked this too - in a way - especially during the carb depletion, how much fat do you want in there? I've relied on fats to carry me as far as energy goes when I'm really carb depleted, but how much? How much is too much? What is the result of too much? Just the excess calories or ?

 

[musclegirl28]

From what I've learned through experience, you don't want too much fat... as a matter of fact, what Shadow says makes sense... it hinders the carb-up process. I was told that you EITHER carb load or fat load... but not both. I never really varied the way I carb loaded... in fact, I don't think I'll ever fat load again now that I know how carb loading works (eating carbs just a few days before a show always scared me!) Although I thought that I felt and looked fuller after carb loading, looking in retrospect, I could've looked better.

My fat loading only takes place on the night before the show. It begins at 4pm and goes on until the morning of. Basically, I had pnut butter on rice cakes at 4, a steak at 9 (after a normal meal at 6), an eatmore bar at 11 with some cashews, and I'd continue eatmore/cashews the next morning after breakfast (normal breakfast with a jelly danish). Lots huh?

 

[Sassy69]

Man that peanut butter sounds good right about now....

I find too much fat first adds significantly to the total cals and my intestines don't like it too much either...

 

[The Shadow]

you want as little fat as possible...the energy willcome form the complex carbs....

 

[musclegirl28]

I agree shadow... this time, I'm doing it differently... Good luck on your show tomorrow Sassy... you look great!!!