When Should I Exclude the Carbs?

Nutrition
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Hey all,

Just wanted to know at which point shoudl carbs be excluded if I normally train in the mornings @ around 7 am.

My breakfast @ 9am would normally comprise of - egg whites, oats in milk

snack @ noon - oranges / dried fruit with nuts

lunch @ 2;30pm - grilled fish/chicken with veggies n some brown rice

Should my lunch be the last meal with carbs?

cheers

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People have gained and lost weight eating carbs at EVERY meal.

It depends on the diet and your nutrient needs AS A WHOLE.

Judging from your question, and your diet, and your post, you are most likely (thought not definitely) lacking in knowledge overall.

List weight and height and some numbers in the core lifts.

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BrickHead, I am still quite new to all this.

My stats:

my stats: 165lbs
185cm

I weightlift 3 times a week + cardio on every other day

roughly:
benchpress: 80kg
squat: 70kg
deadlift: 150kg

Iv been following a strict diet for the past couple of weeks now, my main goals are to shed body fat and put on some mass.

My diet is as follows:
6am - oats and whey/egg whites
7am - training - a scoop of hydro why with a bananna after workout
9am - 3/4 egg whites, 1 cup oats in low fat milk with a t spoon of honey + 1 cap of Flameout
12pm - snack on some fruit and some almonds
3pm - brown rice with grilled fish and veggies
6pm - a slice of brown toast with peanut butter.
9pm - grilled chicken/fish with veggies + 1 cap of Flameout

Thanks,

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At 6’1" and 165 Ibs, how much fat can you really be carrying?!

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Problem with me is…it all get collected only around the midsection!! mmost annoying thing ever!!!

6

So I predicted right: you’re a newb with a lot of wood to chop and lack of nutrition education overall.

  1. Congratulations on making a decision to get in shape (seriously)!
  2. Your food choices are fine. I don’t know the caloric and macronutrient breakdown though, or if it’s appropriate for you.

Pick up some articles or books on how to design a baseline or mass gaining or lifestyle diet (whatever term you prefer) that simply depends on simple macronutrient and caloric manipulation before you mess around with nutrient timing or carb back loading or carb rotation or whatever other esoteric scheme.

You can eat carbs at every meal and reach newbie goals so long as calories, fat, and protein are in check too. (Again, read about basic dieting.)

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I like to use carbs to replenish my glycogen stores after a hard workout, so for me I generally eat most of my carbs after 6 pm. (I follow Carb Backloading loosely) Also, if I have a particularly demanding session coming up, I will backload the night before as well.

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[quote]vali wrote:
I like to use carbs to replenish my glycogen stores after a hard workout, so for me I generally eat most of my carbs after 6 pm. (I follow Carb Backloading loosely) Also, if I have a particularly demanding session coming up, I will backload the night before as well.[/quote]

I’m becoming more and more of a fan of backloading.

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It definitely makes sense to me.