No shake before bed while cutting?

[612Playa]

Should I still have a shake before bed or should I pass if cutting.

 

[Thandie]

Should I still have a shake before bed or should I pass if cutting.

That depends on how many calories you're consuming.
Are you tapering down your calories?

 

[timtim]

yes. regardless of how you scale back calories, you dont remove meals.

 

[desmond]

yes. regardless of how you scale back calories, you dont remove meals.

x2

You still burn cals when asleep. U still have protein demands.

8 hours of sleep burns about 600 for an 80kg man: Calories Burned

I haven't got a precise link, but I think about 75% of that energy is fat from memory, 25% is carbs, or 50G fat, 37.5 carbs (hence in the morning you have partial liver glycogen depletion).

Even on cutting you should consume something pre-bed, and I don't see the harm of eating a bit of tuna or something at 3-4am if u habitually wake up (just factor it in overall cals)

 

[612Playa]

I get all of my requirements in b4 7pm but dont go to sleep till 11-12 so i get hungry again i guess ill just make a meal or two smaller too add a shake in b4 bed.

 

[cobracock1979]

Yep - you cant go 8 hours without nutrition. I go for 50g casien protein before bed. Or cottage cheese if you wanna feel fuller

 

[dabuffguy]

Yep - you cant go 8 hours without nutrition. I go for 50g casien protein before bed. Or cottage cheese if you wanna feel fuller

Bingo. 50 gram casein shake does the trick for me.


Definitely no carbs at bedtime if you are trying to cut.

 

[cobracock1979]

Bingo. 50 gram casein shake does the trick for me.


Definitely no carbs at bedtime if you are trying to cut.

Unless ur name is GJohnson5....

 

[dabuffguy]

Unless ur name is GJohnson5....

OMG, don't even get that started again.

 

[cobracock1979]

LOL just kiddin, he posted up some good stuff so I have no problems with him. Even tho he said I got all my training infor from mags...