gallon of milk a day

[bob46]

Look at your calories because what ever you don't burn off by the end of your day, WILL BE STORED AS FAT (fuel). This is why your last meal should only be protein and fibrous carbs.

 

[Deleted member 33117]

Look at your calories because what ever you don't burn off by the end of your day, WILL BE STORED AS FAT (fuel). This is why your last meal should only be protein and fibrous carbs.

bob, think about what you just said. He has been in ketosis for a couple of days, and his glycogen stores in his muscle tissue and liver tissue are low. When in this situation, the body will allow you to injest an extremely high amount of carbohydrates, which will all be stored as glycogen (well the ones not immediately burned for fuel). The body tends to supercompensate in this situation, and store more glycogen in the muscles and liver than it would normally do. Thus, you will not gain fat from this meal, even if going to sleep immediately. Now, most of the people on this board (not me) drink a carb/protien drink post workout, and most serious trainers take at least a one hour nap right after training (I would hope at least) so using your logic, that is very fatten... after all its carbs just before sleeping.

Also, you are saying not to eat fat in your last meal? Great, a low fat meal (low fat being defined as 20% fat calories) reduces testosterone levels and increases SHBG in men within 2 hours of eating eat. This has happend consitantly in experiment after experiment. So are you saying it is a good idea to have less testosterone and more shbg (thus a lower percentage of free vs. bound testosterone) during the only period of time that muscle tissue grows??? Please explain to benefit of doing this, since I have always been under the impression that muscle growth (adaptation to resistance training) is greatly effected by the amount of free testosterone in one's bloodstream.

 

[Deleted member 33117]

So, in your opinion, the late night carb ups are good?

I don't think I'm going to follow NHE exactly, because I don't like the frequency of training and the no milk on carb ups.

I think I'm going to try this for a bulk:
*20-60g carbs daily
*2-2.5xbw protein protein
*50% calories from fat
*both pre/postworkout are fat+protein
*Carb up Sunday and Wednesday, the last 2 meals, ~250-300g carbs per meal

Maybe carbs should be higher for the carb up? I'm not sure about having fat postworkout either, I might have postworkout carbs.

That could work. No, take in fat post workout. A tbs of flaxseed oil in your protien shake isn't a bad idea. You may not need more carbs, that is 500-600 grams twice a week. What are your stats? I take in about 1500 grams of carbs for my weekly carbup right now. I've found from past experience that I need alot of carbs after depelting to totally fill out my glycogen stores. To get ready for a contest or photo shoot, I need 1000-1200 grams a day for 3 days straight to get where I need to be after depleting. Anything less and I look flat and soft.