Just a heads up; first post! So sorry if it's an ignorant, simple-minded question. I did a quick search and found no significant answers.
If I ate protein and fat throughout the day, and no more than 20-25g net carbs, could I eat my carbs around 7 pm? Maybe 100-150 g? I'm thinking that this would fill my glycogen storage enough for a morning workout. Would my body be burning fat rather than carbs throughout the day, while my metabolism is at its "peak"?
Would this aid in fat loss, if I incorporated a workout around 11 am, and ate "clean", complex, or low GI carbs before bed?
In theory, wouldn't my body burn more fat throughout the day this way, as my glycogen storage would deplete and I would be forced to?
By the way, I'm planning on a 1-2 lb caloric deficit, if that matters.
(e.g. If I ate eggs for breakfast instead of oatmeal, and saved the oatmeal, fruit, &c for night)
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Thread: Carbs @ night only?
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07-25-2012, 01:04 PM #1
Carbs @ night only?
Last edited by iEatChicken; 07-25-2012 at 03:13 PM.
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07-26-2012, 04:58 AM #2
There's nothing wrong with eating your carbs at night as long as you are hitting your target for calories, etc.
http://musclereview.net/carbs-at-night/
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07-26-2012, 09:33 AM #3
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07-27-2012, 09:45 AM #4
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07-27-2012, 11:04 AM #5
I would actually prefer to eat ~50-100 carbs before bed, as that would be easier. However, the brain requires AT LEAST this much glucose for a night's sleep.
So wouldn't I use those carbs for glucose before my body needed to convert proteins? My body would produce ketones when it needed glucose, and there's no carbs.
Again, correct me if I am wrong.Last edited by iEatChicken; 07-27-2012 at 12:27 PM.
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07-28-2012, 11:46 PM #6
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07-31-2012, 11:20 AM #7
@ChickenandYams
Well, due to the the absence of carbs from morning to evening, I would have a "peaked" metabolism, and stabilized blood sugar. My body would release glucagon, which would then convert fat stores to energy.
Cortisol will reduce while i am asleep, i limit insulin and allow glucagon to be released throughout the next day, which would end up burning more fat as energy.
It helps with sustaining muscle mass and maximizing fat loss to compensate for the caloric deficit.
Going to bed in the "fed" state would help my muscles too, right?"The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something. You can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent." -Arnold Schwarzenegger
"It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.” -Mark Twain
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