I eat a moderate amount of carbs. Usually around 200-250g. Just focusing on carbs this is my breakdown on my carb consumption as of right now. I get roughly 300g of protein and 108g of fat. I am a hardgainer if I go to low in calories good by muscle mass.
Wake Up (530am): 25g
Meal 1 (630am): 25g
Meal 2 (830am): 25 g
Meal 3 (1130am): 25g
Prewrokout meal (230pm): 25 g
Post Workout shake/snack (630pm): 60g malodextrin with 20g whey, 10g amino acids, 5g BCAAs.
Meal 6 (730pm): 10g from veggies
Bedtime Snack: 10g cottage cheese
this is a rough estimate of my carb intake. The reason for the 60g is the insulin spike. I'm trying to lose that last % or 2 of BF. Im sitting at 10% right now. I seem to see results so far in 2 weeks of following this routine of carb intake. I was wondering if since I'm trying to lose BF should I drop the 60g P/W to keep my isulin from spiking since it stops the fat burning process and spread out the carbs and get about 40g of complex carbs. Looking at these 2 nutrition plans which would be better to lose that last bit?
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Thread: Leaning out - Carbs?
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02-18-2012, 04:26 AM #1
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Leaning out - Carbs?
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02-18-2012, 04:34 AM #2
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02-18-2012, 06:30 AM #6
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02-18-2012, 06:32 AM #7
If the topic is leaning out, why has there been no mention of calories?
EDIT: In hindsight, if you're comparing equal pro/fat intakes then I see that reducing carbs would reduce calories so my comment might look idiotic
I'd ditch the PWO dextrose for starters.Training log: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=160275721&pagenumber=
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02-18-2012, 02:17 PM #8
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02-19-2012, 04:05 AM #10
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I mentioned roughly about how many g of each macro Im taking in. I'm taking in from 2972-3172 calories. I am a hardgainer and the reason being that I am taking in 200-250g of carbs is because when I take in lower carbs/a really low amount of calories my energy levels start to suffer when it comes to workout plus my muscle mass suffers. This is why I threw in hardgainer<----Thanks for the PWO advice. Also, the reason why I am taking amino acids is because since I started doing what I said in my first post, while I have been leaning out I have also gained .5 lbs. I take in 20g of amino acids/bcaas throughout the day. I want no chance of losing muscle mass which is easy for me when dropping into low caloric intake territories. I dropped my carbs to around 150 today and plan on staying there for a couple weeks. So with everything I said, how can I keep the intensity of my workouts/energy levels up with such low carb intake.
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02-19-2012, 04:11 AM #11
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02-19-2012, 04:38 AM #13
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I have a job that does not require much physical work, I do have a high metabolism, I do not do cardio, and I got to the gym from 1hr to 1 1/2hrs. With certain resources I've used to calculate my TDEE I burn around 2700-2800 calories on workout days. I just do regular lifting, no circuits, and I don't superset much. But if I am estimating my TDEE how am I leaning out but also have gained roughly 1lb in 2 weeks. When I way myself I weight myself in the morning first thing before I touch any food or beverage. I know I'm leaning out because my lower abs are coming in more noticably, I'm starting to see new lines all over. I have however just come off a clean bulk which I was taking in 4500 calories per day and since than have dropped about 3oo calories a week in carbs down to what you see I take in now. I have kept strict track of my caloric/macro intake almost obessively. Do you have any advice on where I can maybe calculate my TDEE more accurately?
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02-19-2012, 04:45 AM #14
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02-19-2012, 04:47 AM #15
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02-19-2012, 04:55 AM #16
Work out protein and fat macros then use rest of calories for carbs.
Adjust calorie intake for said goal and you're good to go.
Simplesinb4pug
To learn how to compose a reasonable diet, please see:
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=121703981
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=136691851
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This may shock you, but the names of the foods you eat do not determine the outcome of your diet and nor does the frequency of your feeding.
What determines the outcome of your diet is caloric balance and micro/macronutrient sufficiency.
:)
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02-19-2012, 06:57 AM #17
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02-19-2012, 07:33 AM #18
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