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Another reason for me to envy Americans
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The Solution said:
I see a big bowl of slop lol. needs more carbs :) Just made a Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Pumpkin Bread (video up on youtube)
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It's my one lower carb day so it's a veggie party ha. Back to the cereal and cream of wheat party pwo tomorrow.
 
The Solution said:
Thought you were bulking?
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Lean bulking. I keep one day (my rest day) lower carb (veggies only) and lower cal just to help keep my insulin sensitivity solid and burn a few cals while not doing any real work.
 
booneman77 said:
Do you ever cycle your carbs at all to help with insulin sensitivity?
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Insulin Sensitivity is fine, just like how a lot contest coaches keep their kcals similar or the same even on rest days or non workout days to help refuel the body/system. You grow out of the gym not in the gym. Got to give the body what it wants to restore for your next workout day. Micromanaging coming off a long cut with trying to go into a deficit on off days when the day of rest is beneficial for you to keep the nutrients flowing and aiding the recovery/building process.

My metabolism and insulin is my alltime best right now and the results are showing the mirror.
 
They only reason I drop carbs usually on rest days is I don't have my normal 45-50g of HBCD. Otherwise I keep them in and it's been fantastic in terms of progress and recovery.

And I've never met a carb I didn't like
 
Swolbraham said:
They only reason I drop carbs usually on rest days is I don't have my normal 45-50g of HBCD. Otherwise I keep them in and it's been fantastic in terms of progress and recovery.

And I've never met a carb I didn't like
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BOOM. Spot on here brother. , on non-training days drop the intra-workout/peri workout nutrition. Eat your macros.
i am only using 20g HBCD due to it being in a product i get for free, so i drop that since I do not train!

Plus 200g of carbs before i go to bed helps me sleep like a rock :)
 
I didn't like the carbs before bed lol kept me awake for whatever reason. Cottage cheese + Avocado oil + one fried egg has been my go to.

You using any GDAs Bob? I'm rocking just 150mg Na-R-ALA bulk powder twice a day. Once with breakfast and once with my second post workout meal (dinner)
 
Swolbraham said:
I didn't like the carbs before bed lol kept me awake for whatever reason. Cottage cheese + Avocado oil + one fried egg has been my go to.

You using any GDAs Bob? I'm rocking just 150mg Na-R-ALA bulk powder twice a day. Once with breakfast and once with my second post workout meal (dinner)
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Nope
Carbs before sleep help increase seretonin and help increase deeper sleep as many experience it as well. I enjoy going to bed and being fueled for an early AM Session.

Some principles from below

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Been following this for about a year now and been seeing my best results

My observations, in a bullet-point format, also drawing upon other related studies – forming my basic recommendations for the BioRhythm Diet:
-- By ingesting high-fat meals in the evening, you induce "metabolic inflexibility" – effectively disrupting metabolic rate and increasing fat storage, risk of obesity, elevated insulin levels and a reduction in insulin sensitivity.

-- By ingesting high-fat meals in the morning and afternoon, you increase metabolic flexibility – setting the metabolism for higher fat oxidation throughout the day. As LPL enzyme (splits up circulating fatty acids and makes them available for storage) is higher in muscle in the AM, fats are more likely to be burned off as energy or stored as lipid droplets within the muscle (IMTG).

-- By ingesting high-carb meals in the morning, the same “metabolic inflexibility” occurred, and the metabolism is fixed towards glucose oxidation instead of fat oxidation. This also increases fat storage from meals eaten during the day, and higher-fat meals eaten in the evening in particular.
-- By ingesting high-carb meals in the evening, you get a bump in the natural leptin signal (occurring 3-6hrs after going to sleep), essentially increasing fat burning through the night and the rest of the following day.

-- Insulin sensitivity is higher in all cells early in the day, including fat cells, but decreases towards the afternoon and evening, thus partitioning carbs ingested at this time more efficiently into muscle vs. fat. This is obviously further improved by training the muscle that day.

-- Eating carbs will increase the feel-good neurotransmitter serotonin and make you sleepy. What better time to have your carbs than a couple of hours before bedtime so you can fall into a deeper, higher-quality sleep


Dr Jacob Wilson and B Pak also did a podcast with a very similar finding and response

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I do keep most of my fats with breakfast, trace otherwise, but carbs all peri-workout. If I have too many later in at night I get brutal night sweats
 
Driven2lift said:
I do keep most of my fats with breakfast, trace otherwise, but carbs all peri-workout. If I have too many later in at night I get brutal night sweats
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Night sweats = metabolism kicking into overdrive!
If you get deep into contest prep and experience some vicious and large refeeds change the bed sheets :)
 
I didn't like that diet when I tried it tbh. To each their own, but I basically have fats first thing in the AM, carbs Peri wo, and then the rest of my fats before bed. Maybe I'll try doubling the fats for breakfast and taking them away from night time
 
Swolbraham said:
I didn't like that diet when I tried it tbh. To each their own, but I basically have fats first thing in the AM, carbs Peri wo, and then the rest of my fats before bed. Maybe I'll try doubling the fats for breakfast and taking them away from night time
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no point in just eating just protein before bed or 200 kcals. lol.
myself and many others who backload their carbs find it very benficial for their body comp, results, and also deeper sleep. not to say it works for everyone. but a large majority do enjoy it and find get results.
 
True. Yeag imma stick to my avocado oil and cottage cheese nomz.

I usually only take in 60-65g of fats anyway. 300-320g carbs and around 170-180g p
 
yeah im a bit higher than that, but again majority of carbs after 4-5 pmish protein even and fats more so earlier in the day. if i have 20 left at the end of the day oh well. more whole eggs nut butters etc... as long as i am hitting macros key thing at end of day.
 
The Solution said:
yeah im a bit higher than that, but again majority of carbs after 4-5 pmish protein even and fats more so earlier in the day. if i have 20 left at the end of the day oh well. more whole eggs nut butters etc... as long as i am hitting macros key thing at end of day.
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So you backload all your carbs except for trace amounts?
 
The Solution said:
no point in just eating just protein before bed or 200 kcals. lol.
myself and many others who backload their carbs find it very benficial for their body comp, results, and also deeper sleep. not to say it works for everyone. but a large majority do enjoy it and find get results.
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Cbl works wonders for me
 
Swolbraham said:
I didn't like that diet when I tried it tbh. To each their own, but I basically have fats first thing in the AM, carbs Peri wo, and then the rest of my fats before bed. Maybe I'll try doubling the fats for breakfast and taking them away from night time
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I'm in the same boat here. I tried full CBL style backloading but the copious carbs right before bed had me bloated as hell most nights/mornings. Lately I've been doing all carbs peri and then my last meal is cottage cheese, pb, and a protein smoothie with a few veggies of I'm really hungry
 
Isn't this more dependent on when you workout? For evening workouts this would be ideal but for early morning workouts wouldn't it be opposite?
 
NattyForLife said:
So you backload all your carbs except for trace amounts?
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Mostly, but i do not stress over it if i have some form of carbs earlier in the day

hvactech said:
Cbl works wonders for me
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Zing.

turff49 said:
Isn't this more dependent on when you workout? For evening workouts this would be ideal but for early morning workouts wouldn't it be opposite?
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Nope
I train first thing upon waking. If i eat a lot of carbs before i go to bed it helps fuel glycogen stores for early AM Training. Works great. First meal will be P+F and keeps inuslin levels at bay with that, and then gradually increase carbs as the day goes

Works good for PM Trainers too, because they go P+F all day, then blast some intra-workout carbs and post-workout carbs and done deal.

But again it works for anyone, just see how it suits you and adjust.
 
Carbs just never have worked for me at night. About 100-150g is all I can handle at 6-7pm and I'm in bed at or around 9pm. Might play with it a little and see if I can tweak it some since my metabolism is so high now. Maint cals are around 34-3600 at 187lbs. And 51yrs.
 
well here is the thing
if you meet your caloric limit is the #1 factor, but try them in different amoutns and different meals to see how it suits you
If you consume 200g in a day, try doing 100g before bed and maybe 50/50 split between peri/intra and meal 1 post-workout

and then adjust based off how you feel assuming your inside your kcals for the day and meeting your protein/fiber/fat minimums etc.
 
Fairs are getting crazy these days. Every single vendor is working deep fryers lol

Deep fried chocolate bars & desserts is why the medical team is near the food section lol

Greasey sugar is a delicious way to go though ;)
 
Today was a good day
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pumpkin spice oreos 3 packs? totally not worth it... they are ok.. nothing that great to rave over though. Reese ones were MUCH stronger.
 
The Solution said:
pumpkin spice oreos 3 packs? totally not worth it... they are ok.. nothing that great to rave over though. Reese ones were MUCH stronger.
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That was an accident ha. I bought one and then knew my sis had one for me but turns out she had two... So now I have 3 ha.

Cnc cookie butter is good but not great. Worth a try but not an everyday eat. Would be great paired with the right waffle or pancake tho. It's a much thinner/more buttery consistency then the reg cookie butter. Still has little crunches in it which are fun.
 
Chicken Fajita Omelette, Sweet Potato with Almond Butter + Jam, Veggies:

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BBQ Hoisin Chicken Stirfry with Fried Rice:

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