Headaches on carb cycling diet?

[DJLegacy2k1]

Try it, but try to get some better carbs than Fruit for cutting. Throw in some more veggies, maybe a baked potato or something. I dont think you need the sugars, maybe just some more cals.

-Legacy

 

[mus1cjunk1e]

I love baked potatoes. And they are only around 100 - 150 cals. I already have one post workout. Would it be bad to add one to my meals 2 and 3 along with doubling my oatmeal? I think that would add about 400 extra cals which would bring my low days to about 2800 cals and my high carb days up to about 3600.

Btw I eat them with just some fake soy butter and a little pepper and salt so nothing bad there.

 

[DJLegacy2k1]

Thats what I do. That or you could throw in some wheat toast with a little natural PB in an early meal, thats quick cals. I just dont think alot of fruit is good while trying to cut, it always slows me up.

-Legacy

 

[mus1cjunk1e]

Thanks I'll give that a go. I friggin love backed potatoes so this is like music to my ears lol.

What do you think about the fruit I have in my high days? Should I not worry about it on those days because I'm trying to carb up anyway? From what I understand, you can pretty much eat all the carbs you want on the high days as long as its not candy or donuts or something.

 

[DJLegacy2k1]

Eh, its probably not hurting you around workouts but I would try to keep it around lifting, pre/post, but Id try to stay away from sugars in the rest of your meals. Brown rice is good, potatos, small amounts of natural pb or nuts. Eat some LOW cal veggies like Cucumbers, I eat a bunch while at work as between meal snack, no cals basically but you feel like youre eating. I see no probs with fruit around workouts, some people dont like fruit period. They are good for antioxidants and all that but some people think the fructose is a bad choice. As long as you still get results go ahead. If you start having trouble losing those last few lbs, cut the fruit out.

-Legacy

 

[mus1cjunk1e]

Thanks for the help man. I think after a month or two I should have a good handle on what works for me.

 

[mus1cjunk1e]

Well I finally figured it out and I feel like an idiot for not realizing it right away.

About 6 months ago I pulled/strained/dont know the right word a muscle in the back right of my neck -- right where I keep getting these "headaches". It hurt in a similar way, but it wasn't on and off like this. I think sometime the day or two before I started getting the headaches I must have done something to strain it again. It's just weird that I am able to go in the gym and lift heavy and it actually stops hurting instead of hurting more.

I finally ruled out diet, supps, etc and it has to be that muscle.

 

[mus1cjunk1e]

Also for anyone interested in using my spreadsheet but doesn't want to carb cycle, I decided to just create a sustainable diet and save carb cycling for the last couple stubborn lbs. Then when I do it, I'm going to really cycle carbs down low, below 100g a day on low days.

I just took the low day diet, doubled the oatmeal/applesauce/cinimmon breakfast from 4oz oatmeal and 2oz applesauce to 8oz/4oz, added a baked potato to meal 2 and 3, and added a whole wheat bun to the first turkey burger that I used to eat by itself.

I'm going to follow that mon - fri and mostly follow it on the weekends with a healthy dose of eat whatever the hell I want. That keeps my daily cals around 3000, keeps me full, and with some added AM cardio should still lose me some steady weight while gaining some muscle and strength.