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    Leaning out - Carbs?

    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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    Protein powder will spike your insulin alone. Ditch the malto

    Also, why are you taking BCAAs and whey... You know whey has BCAAs in it...
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    correct me if I'm wrong but you are consuming way too many carbs if you are trying to lean out..
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    reducing my calories and cycling my carbs has gotten me from 9.5 down to about 8%, im talking ~150 a day
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    Originally Posted by SayMilesAway View Post
    correct me if I'm wrong but you are consuming way too many carbs if you are trying to lean out..
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    Originally Posted by Calebyeah View Post
    reducing my calories and cycling my carbs has gotten me from 9.5 down to about 8%, im talking ~150 a day
    Okay I can see 150 but not 300.
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    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.
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    I'd suggest going carbs only from veggies, with a cheat meal with as many carbs as you want once every 5 days, if you want to lean out very quickly. And the user who posted that whey spikes your insulin is absolutely correct... you don't need the maltodextrin PWO
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    Originally Posted by hungryone15 View Post
    I'd suggest going carbs only from veggies, with a cheat meal with as many carbs as you want once every 5 days, if you want to lean out very quickly. And the user who posted that whey spikes your insulin is absolutely correct... you don't need the maltodextrin PWO
    bull****.
    OP - the key is to be in caloric deficit and keep carbs as high as possible while still losing bodyfat.
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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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    Originally Posted by shadowconspiracy View Post
    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.
    Also, for those who suggest lowering my calorie intake really low, I am a HARDGAINER, and you can burn fat without going negative in calories or going super low on carbs if you know what to eat. I am trying to lean out the most I can in 2 1/2 weeks.
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    Originally Posted by shadowconspiracy View Post
    Also, for those who suggest lowering my calorie intake really low, I am a HARDGAINER, and you can burn fat without going negative in calories or going super low on carbs if you know what to eat. I am trying to lean out the most I can in 2 1/2 weeks.
    You're confused.

    You need a caloric deficit to reduce adiposity. You just didn't estimate your TDEE accurately.
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    Originally Posted by WonderPug View Post
    You're confused.

    You need a caloric deficit to reduce adiposity. You just didn't estimate your TDEE accurately.
    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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    Originally Posted by Calebyeah View Post
    reducing my calories and cycling my carbs has gotten me from 9.5 down to about 8%, im talking ~150 a day
    really? I got there by aiming for a MINIMUM of 300 a day

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    and you can burn fat without going negative in calories
    are you trolling?
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    Originally Posted by shadowconspiracy View Post
    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?
    body weight measurement =/= body fat measurement. Today I weighed 2lbs more than I did yesterday, do you see what I'm inferring?
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    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.

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    Originally Posted by brendbro View Post
    body weight measurement =/= body fat measurement. Today I weighed 2lbs more than I did yesterday, do you see what I'm inferring?
    I'm not sure what trolling is lol but I see what you're saying.
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    Originally Posted by juliacheh View Post
    bull****.
    OP - the key is to be in caloric deficit and keep carbs as high as possible while still losing bodyfat.
    ^^^^^this

    And whey will not have an adverse affect on insulin
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