when do you eat carbs?

[wynterskye]

As far as i understand you want to take in carbs pre and post workout. right? so what i was thinking is doubling my dinner portion so i have a second dinner to eat the next day through. which consists of chicken, fish, and mixed veggies. which would leave my oats with berries to be utilized about 2 hours pre workout instead of lunch. then that nights dinner of chicken, fish and veggies but with a small serving of brown rice.

 

[Buildingup24]

Keep it simple. If you're trying to drop fat, have most of your carbs pre-workout/during/ some post. Keep majority pre so you have the fuel to kill the weights.

For low intensity cardio- you don't really need carbs. You're not going to go catabolic unless you're getting contest ready.

For mass gain, keep around workout as well but up the dosage. Also, to minimize fat gains, don't go carb crazy on off days or light days

 

[wynterskye]

well i eat about 50-75 grams of carbs a day. mostly in one meal pre workout. with mixed veggies in my post workout meal and one serving of veggies in the day. i am trying to cut fat. im about 25% so i know i will start to lose fat pretty easily as along as i stay active. ive been doing consistent cardio and weightlifting routine. and have got my diet pretty on track. just trying to learn the finer elements of dieting.

i am still learning my body and how i react to things. so im gonna try and optimize my current diet plan for a few months and then adjust from there i suppose when gains start to diminish. but i know i will have quite a while i think before fat loss slows. i should at least get into my teens in bf% with my current diet and then go from there

thanks for your input

Wynter

 

[Buildingup24]

I think others will give a better explanation but if you really are above 20% bodyfat. Simply by cleaning up your diet, lifting heavy with progression, and some conditioning, you'll drop fat quickly. The thing with going so low on carbs from the get go is that you don't have any room to move as you get leaner. I think we'd be able to help you more if you post your current stats( height weight, lifts and training plan) as well as what your typical day of eating looks like.

I say this because 50-75g a day is low when you're at a high bodyfat.

Example:
If person X is say 5'8" 185 with roughly 15% bodyfat.
They could start at 200 carbs a day and then when they get down to say 12%, drop 50g to 150 a day.
Basically I just want to say don't be scared of carbs, avoid crappy, un-nutritious food choices.

 

[wynterskye]

i understand, and i have gotten help and posted my diet in here, macros all that stuff and have settled on a doable diet with others help. ive had a cleaned up diet for about 2-3 weeks now, and im actually already starting to notice little differences. a bit of definition in my lats, a seperation between my shoulder and chest.. minor things, but new things . even at that carb level my lifts are still going up. perhaps even 50-75 good carbs and good diet for all my macro and caloric intake is better than the previous crap i ate which included significantly more carbs and well.. everything lol. i did chin ups with a 25 pound weight for the first time ever a decent amount yesterday. 5,4 and 2 reps. i was pretty stoked.

Some of the questions i have been asking recently and in the near future are not so much to put into practice right away either. but to learn more about dieting, and understanding it more thoroughly for when i do need to make adjustments down the road.

but to help i am 25 years old, 5 foot 11, 195 pounds (2-3 weeks ago-im trying not to live by the scale) i used to be in really good shape more from being young i suppose and active and weightlifting.. although with minimal knowledge and bro-science so very poorly lol. after using the benedict equation my caloric intake is 2200 cals and i was recommended a 50/30/20 macro breakdown. so 50-75 is a little low but im still figuring this shit out. fat 72, carbs 75, protein 200. this is the actual breakdown for macro content i did in my notebook that i aim for every day. once a week i eat an extra 6/700 cals. still clean tho.

this is my first go at doing a diet this proper and breakdown and so forth so it is a learning process as i go and i appreciate all comments and input and it will be a work in progress for a long time, so all help and shared knowledge is appreciated

Wynter

 

[theoak01]

I take about 150g carbs a day, usually 50 pre,50post and the other 50 spread out through the day in a few smaller meals.