Complex Carbs Help please????

[ed2005]

I don't cook to well so my intake of complex carbs somewhat poorly consists of Poridge (Oats)..I do have potatoes, etc when at home but as I work a lot is there any other way of getting complex carbs without cooking? I usually have sandwiches but I get tired a lot so I'm just thinking it could be the lack of carbs...
Thanks in advance...
Ed

 

[Throw2Far]

Much better complex carbs come from green leafy vegetables... sticking to salads is your #1 best bet. Throw a couple of almonds, a little vinegar, and some flax seed oil on your salad... eat a tub of cottage cheese and you have a VERY complete meal. Omega 3/6 fats, Complex Carbs, and Casein protein.

 

[The Red Dragon]

You don't have to cook the oats...you can be a nasty bastard like me and mix it into your shakes raw (if rolled oats or more processed - that shit wont work with steel cut/groats etc)
Umm, stone milled whole wheat bread - stay the fuck away from breads that have 'enriched wheat flower' in the ingredients
Brown/wild rice
-pull up the glycemic index list and start looking at the ones near the bottom - see if any interest you or require prep time...it might be a better idea to look up foods on an insulin index though

Leafy greens are a good way to dampen down carb absorption, your body really has to work for the carbs, perhaps it even spends more energy than it gains (negative calories)...good way to get vits/min while at it...again they MAY need cooking

I hate cooking myself...but I can down nasty shit while keeping extreme apathy for taste (as long as it doesn't taste like shit)

BTW, you may want to consider that it may be an insulin spike that makes you tired, rather than a lack of carbs ...being the insulin resistant bastard that I am, sandwiches ALWAYS knocks me out

 

[Blu Steel]

invest in a rice cooker, and cook about 3-4 days worth of whole grain slow cooking brown rice, and throw it some tupperware. Voila, instant complex carb on the side.

 

[ed2005]

invest in a rice cooker, and cook about 3-4 days worth of whole grain slow cooking brown rice, and throw it some tupperware. Voila, instant complex carb on the side.

Greta stuff and K to you all...Could be insulin now that you mention it.. Blood sugar is fine, must get that checked..
Thanks again
Ed