I need some Protein bars

[bran987]

what I'm mostly confused about is how to treat these carbs. When I log my meals, do I ignore 19g of carbs and only log 2g, or do I log them all? ?

That is what the general public is confused about at the moment as well
IMO count them all

 

[SoreArms]

The way my diet is currently structured to fit my schedule, the places where I could need the bars I can't use the carbs so I guess I need another solution.

 

[bran987]

The way my diet is currently structured to fit my schedule, the places where I could need the bars I can't use the carbs so I guess I need another solution.

it's probably better than nothing.
but
maybe we can come up with something better
what macronutrients do you need at those times and why?

 

[SoreArms]

I'm currently doing a 50/30/20 P/F/C. My roughly calcualted BMR (bodyweight x 12) is around 2400 cals, but I rounded down to 2000 cals to make a small deficit. So I scatter 100 g of carbs through out the day in the following manner

non-WO day
Meal 1 carbs
Meal 2 no carbs
meal 3 carbs
meal 4 no carbs
meal 5 carbs
meal 6 no carbs
meal 7 no carbs

Wo day
meal 1 carbs
meal 2 no carbs
meal 3 no carbs
meal 4 no carbs
meal 5 carbs
meal 6 carbs (post WO)
meal 7 no carbs

meal 1 is between 6:00-7:00 AM at home, so it is controlled, I usually have brown rice and eggs or protein and oatbran shake. Meal 3 is my lunch break and meal 5 is at a time when I can almost always be at my desk, so I usually have brown rice and chicken (yeah, everyday). The times where I might need the bars, or a quicker source of nutrition, is at meals 2 and 4 since I am not guaranteed to have time to be at my desk to have my shake (oh yeah, meals 2 and 4 are protein and udos oil shakes).

Since needing to eat something like a protein bar would be unplanned (emergency case), throwing something with 21g of carbs at meals 2 or 4 would screw up the rest of my day. But I guess you are right, it's better than eating nothing.

I hope there's a 2-3g total carb alternative.

 

[bran987]

I'm currently doing a 50/30/20 P/F/C. My roughly calcualted BMR (bodyweight x 12) is around 2400 cals, but I rounded down to 2000 cals to make a small deficit. So I scatter 100 g of carbs through out the day in the following manner

non-WO day
Meal 1 carbs
Meal 2 no carbs
meal 3 carbs
meal 4 no carbs
meal 5 carbs
meal 6 no carbs
meal 7 no carbs

Wo day
meal 1 carbs
meal 2 no carbs
meal 3 no carbs
meal 4 no carbs
meal 5 carbs
meal 6 carbs (post WO)
meal 7 no carbs

meal 1 is between 6:00-7:00 AM at home, so it is controlled, I usually have brown rice and eggs or protein and oatbran shake. Meal 3 is my lunch break and meal 5 is at a time when I can almost always be at my desk, so I usually have brown rice and chicken (yeah, everyday). The times where I might need the bars, or a quicker source of nutrition, is at meals 2 and 4 since I am not guaranteed to have time to be at my desk to have my shake (oh yeah, meals 2 and 4 are protein and udos oil shakes).

Since needing to eat somethign like a protein bar woul be unplanned, throwing something with 21g of carbs at meals 2 or 4 would screw up the rest of my day. But I guess you are right, it's better than eating nothing.

I hope there's a 2-3g total carb alternative.

you will probably be ok with bars in this case. I am pretty sure there is no debate that you have to count them as calories, but whether or not you have to count them as CARBS is the Q.

you could rearrange a couple carb meals to be the bar meals or just go with the bars and see how it works out.

or use the bar as one meal and not 2

yeah big help I am

the other meal could be one of my (no/low carb) favorites and also requires no refridgeration or preparation: Beef or Turkey Jerky with a serving of your favorite kind of nuts (raw, not roasted or salted)

sorry I couldn't help more!

 

[SoreArms]

If anyone is interested, this is a workbook I made on excel that I use on my pocket PC. I use it to log all my meals and it counts all my macros and calculates my pecentages. I have a database with all the foods I consume, so that all I do is copy the cells from the database sheet into whatever day and meal I ate it at. In this case I used it to create three possible meal arrangements for the day. Use it if you like it.

Not exactly perfect percentages as far as 50/30/20 goes but good enough approximations IMO.

http://f1.pg.briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/[email protected]/lst?.dir=/MacroSamples&.view=l

 

[SoreArms]

you will probably be ok with bars in this case. I am pretty sure there is no debate that you have to count them as calories, but whether or not you have to count them as CARBS is the Q.

you could rearrange a couple carb meals to be the bar meals or just go with the bars and see how it works out.

or use the bar as one meal and not 2

yeah big help I am

the other meal could be one of my (no/low carb) favorites and also requires no refridgeration or preparation: Beef or Turkey Jerky with a serving of your favorite kind of nuts (raw, not roasted or salted)

sorry I couldn't help more!

I wouldn't want to have the bars for 2 meals, I dont to have them at all, so they would only be used in emergency cases only. I guess if I only need them now and then it might not be so bad, I was just surprised by the carb content for something called "carb sense". Maybe Jkurz knows something to make me feel more at ease about eating these since he seems to like them.

 

[NJRipped]

If you guys insist upon eating this crap, you might as well get it cheap.
http://www.a1nutritionproducts.com/buy/Labrada/lean_body_gold_bars

 

[Ulcasterdropout]

I make my own, funky protein cookie
whey
soy isolate
natty P butter
oats
flax seeds
wheat germ
oil
egg

lotsa P, fiber, no sugar

 

[mrzap]

ISS Research Pro42 bars used to be really good, but now they changed the formula to include partially hydrogenated oils so I would not recommend them anymore =\