When bulking - why are certain carbs BAD?

[MonarchX]

Since its hard to me to gain muscle with more than enough protein, I started taking in more carbs. Primarily healthy such as potatoes, and whole grain breads.

However, I started jamming on fruits, noodles (nudles?), yogurt, and other semil healthy high calorie foods.

Adding those semi-healthy carbs gave me 10lbs of weight in 3 weeks. I don't think its all fat weight.

I can see how certain carbs are unhealthy when it comes to cutting, but what about bulking? Wouldn't you want every carb calorie whether its processed or not?

[bulkin_ up]

how many calories are you consuming daily? you could be eating a little too much!

[MonarchX]

how many calories are you consuming daily? you could be eating a little too much!

2500 or so. 17yo, 182lbs, 17-18% BF, 6'2.

[KingOfChaos]

Certain carbs are bad because they cause your body to overract and create too much insulin. This can cause fat gain and can also cause you to feel hungry again much sooner than you normally would and we all know over-eating causes fat gain. That's a scientific fact.

Remember that bulking is about gaining MUSCLE weight, not fat. Don't get it confused.

[RipStone]

Certain carbs are bad because they cause your body to overract and create too much insulin. This can cause fat gain and can also cause you to feel hungry again much sooner than you normally would and we all know over-eating causes fat gain. That's a scientific fact.

Remember that bulking is about gaining MUSCLE weight, not fat. Don't get it confused.

Great post.

Good carbs to eat: oats, barley, brown rice, sweet potatos, fruit, veggies, ww bread(w/o HFCS)

If you stick to these foods for carbs you don't even need to worry about what the bad carbs are

[MonarchX]

Great post.

Good carbs to eat: oats, barley, brown rice, sweet potatos, fruit, veggies, ww bread(w/o HFCS)

If you stick to these foods for carbs you don't even need to worry about what the bad carbs are

Thats pretty much all that I eat if you take away the cheat day and maybe 200 calories worth of yogurts. Those 200 calories alone won't give you 10lbs of fat in 3 weeks.

[RipStone]

Thats pretty much all that I eat if you take away the cheat day and maybe 200 calories worth of yogurts. Those 200 calories alone won't give you 10lbs of fat in 3 weeks.

In that case, you are prolly eating too many calories. Start tracking your calorie intake for a few days. A good website for that is fitday.com or you could just use old fashion pen and paper.