Carbs for losing fat..

[Gordz24]

What are the carbs i am allowed to eat while on a fat loss plan. Im eating anywhere between 1000-2000 calories a day. Im 5'8'' 190lbs at the moment, down from 214. But im getting my thermorexin and sesamax in this week. Should be here tuesday i believe. But i was told to up my carb level from the 60-80g a day that i am eating.

So my question is, what are the sources of carbohydrates that i can eat while on a low cal diet. I run and lift 5x a week. And how many grams should i be taking in?

Thanks

Ron

 

[thelion2005]

What are the carbs i am allowed to eat while on a fat loss plan. Im eating anywhere between 1000-2000 calories a day. Im 5'8'' 190lbs at the moment, down from 214. But im getting my thermorexin and sesamax in this week. Should be here tuesday i believe. But i was told to up my carb level from the 60-80g a day that i am eating.

So my question is, what are the sources of carbohydrates that i can eat while on a low cal diet. I run and lift 5x a week. And how many grams should i be taking in?

Thanks

Ron

Any colorful veggie you want by the bushel!
No fruit, pasta, oats, bread, "whole grains"... nada!

 

[psychedout]

You should keep your calories consisten at 2000 per day. Anything less is not ideal. If you consume less than that, your body will loose muscle because it needs to consume it as an energy source.

Ideally you should be dieting on about 200 carbs per day. Many individuals seem to forget that CHO have a protein sparing effect. You also should carb up once a week. I usually choose Saturday's and will consume around 700-800 carbs.

 

[Epiphany]

You should figure out what works for you individually...I definitely agree with psyched...you shouldn't go under 2000 cals, in my opinion. For me personally, dropping all carbs resulted in RIDICULOUS muscle loss eventhough I got plenty of cals from protein. Due to this, I believe you should keep the complex carbs in your diet (I'm talkin' oats, maybe brown rice once in a while...just keep FAR away from anything refined.)

Also, try carb cycling (some days eat a few more grams than others, make those your w/o days.) And make sure whatever carbs you do get in, you get in some time early in the day...not before bed!

Oh, and another thing...very important to get enough HEALTHY fats in as well. If you don't consume enough fats your body will be more likely to hold on to what it's got. This is EFA's in the form of nuts, fish, flax seed oil, etc....try to have those before bed, far from the carbs you had in the morning.

Hope that helped!

Good luck

 

[Gordz24]

Like just eat a bunch of pasta and that kind of carbs on saturday?

 

[John WB]

How many calories should the carb up be?

 

[pintoca]

You should figure out what works for you individually...I definitely agree with psyched...you shouldn't go under 2000 cals, in my opinion. For me personally, dropping all carbs resulted in RIDICULOUS muscle loss eventhough I got plenty of cals from protein. Due to this, I believe you should keep the complex carbs in your diet (I'm talkin' oats, maybe brown rice once in a while...just keep FAR away from anything refined.)

Also, try carb cycling (some days eat a few more grams than others, make those your w/o days.) And make sure whatever carbs you do get in, you get in some time early in the day...not before bed!

Oh, and another thing...very important to get enough HEALTHY fats in as well. If you don't consume enough fats your body will be more likely to hold on to what it's got. This is EFA's in the form of nuts, fish, flax seed oil, etc....try to have those before bed, far from the carbs you had in the morning.

Hope that helped!

Good luck

agreed

also, the age-old question of how many cals of this or that?

Work it out based on %ages of your daily caloric intake: if you take 2000 cals, a tipical range would be: 45% prot, 30%carbs, 25% fat

1 gram fat: 9 cals
1 gram carb: 4 cals
1 gram prot: 4 cals

do the math, work out how many grams of each you need

 

[kimchee411]

IMO it's all about timing. I eat some high GI carbs (not much, maybe 10-20g) in the morning and PWO and do allow myself to take in some low GI carbs during the day (again, just a little, like one piece of fruit or a slice or two of whole grain flax seed bread). But I'm cautious about keeping it low, not so much because I'm afraid of halting lipolysis, but because I'm trying to maximize my protein intake with such low calories (1800-1900). Green veggies are the exception -- it's open season on those since they are so low in calories and so high in fiber. Coupled with taking Thermorexin and starting HIIT, it's been working out really well for me; better than trying to essentially cut out all carbs. I don't have refeed days, but I don't think I've lost any muscle. I'm even getting a little stronger!