What is your guys take on pasta? Eat it, avoid it? I’ll sometimes have whole wheat pasta for my post workout meal with lean ground beef. I eat pasta because it is easy for me to consume a lot of it, easier than rice for me, maybe because I am Italian. lol Anyways, even though it is whole wheat, is it good for you?
I’m doing a carb cycling diet at the moment looking to add muscle and lean up. Thinking of restricting the carbs to just brown rice, ezekiel bread, oats, sweet potatoes, veggies, fruit, Surge Workout Fuel before & during workout, and waxy maize starch postworkout.
I eat pasta. Whole wheat or regular, what ever I have. I basically eat whatever I want though. When carb cycling or dieting in general, I limit the amount of carb choices I allow myself and sometimes I leave pasta in, sometimes I don’t.
When I’m not dieting I do. Sure I don’t sit down and put away several lbs of spaghetti in one sitting, but I certainly enjoy my rice with Japanese or Thai food. I also always seem to date Italian girls, so it wouldn’t go over well if I was pasta-phobic
I’m doing a carb cycling diet for fat loss. I eat 1 serving of pasta with some salmon about an hour and a half before I train early in the morning. Pasta gives me a solid, clean energy level that doesn’t make me crash, unlike oatmeal. Right before I workout I take some Maize/whey and and some energy boosters if I’m dragging.
A difficult point for people like me (with raging inner fat kids), is to measure it out. A serving is like 210 calories, and it’s not very large. To succeed, I make 5 or 6 weekly breakfasts and tupperware it so I KNOW when to stop. Throwing in the salmon along with some veggies really dresses it up and makes it more tolerable.
The best part is that there really isn’t a limit as to what you can do to pasta to spice it up.
So my take: eat it, enjoy it, at the right times, and in the amount that is suitable for your goals.
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Thinking of restricting the carbs to just brown rice, ezekiel bread, oats, sweet potatoes, veggies, fruit, Surge Workout Fuel before & during workout, and waxy maize starch postworkout.[/quote]
I think this would be smart. I do the same thing, except without bread, and it has really helped me lean out. Also, check out quinoa, it’s a very healthy grain and tastes awesome (both taste and nutrition), they also make pasta out of it if your interested. There are companies that also make pasta, crackers, and cakes out of brown rice, so you could turn to those to give things a change and avoid a boring diet. Whole Foods carries all of of it.
I think this would be smart. I do the same thing, except without bread, and it has really helped me lean out. Also, check out quinoa, it’s a very healthy grain and tastes awesome (both taste and nutrition), they also make pasta out of it if your interested. There are companies that also make pasta, crackers, and cakes out of brown rice, so you could turn to those to give things a change and avoid a boring diet. Whole Foods carries all of of it.[/quote]
Why drop the ezekiel bread? I’ll look into quinoa, but do they only sell it at particular stores? For instance I can’t buy exekiel bread at my local grocery store but at a small store called “The Good Life Market.” I’m sure that store has quinoa.
I’m also shifting to only consuming carbs: morning, pre, during, pwo, and pwo meal 30-60 minutes later. Also, sometimes my morning meal is my pre workoutmeal and only have carbs in 3 meals. I am going off CT’s carb cycling codex but it seems like a lot of carbs in one sitting, especially on the high carb days. Based on the numbers I should be taking about 170g carbs during/immediately pwo and my solid meals at 85g of carbs which isn’t hard to reach. Those numbers look ok? 170g is a lot to come from waxy maize starch and SWF.
Whole wheat pasta is great. I cook it in bulk with chicken or turkey, some onions, mixed peppers and tomato flavoured sauce. This then provides a tasty, quick and relatively cheap meal for the next few days. I just store it in sealable containers and leave in the fridge. It usually last up to 3 days later. On higher carb days I do not see any problem with a bit of whole wheat pasta. I find it great for bulking.
