I’d just throw out the brown rice completely, but that’s just me.
I say if you’re going to do something, go all out. I’ve always liked eating 0 carbs (well, as close as possible) except pre and post workout.
This stuff is so individual specific though, whatever works for you is best. I’ve always had the best success dieting with 0 carbs and a shitload of fat. Putting on muscle is another story however…
Why would you cut out brown rice?
I’m not aiming for 0 carbs, I’ll probably make it 1/2 cup… So it’s around 40g carbs daily.
I don’t think I’m going to take in any simple carbs postworkout. I’ve got a friend who’s into bodybuilding, he use to do that… now he’s eliminated all sugar from his diet… goes around 20% carbs, high protein, high fat all year and is ripped.
I don’t mean to hijack the thread, but I had to respond to the following:
Do you feel this is working well for you, Maiden? I ask because I followed this approach for almost a year straight, and I feel it really hampered my progress.
From 1/7/03 I lost 25.34 lbs. of fat, while only losing 2.66 lbs. of muscle on low carb diets. I started out at about 70 gr. a day. Once I got to 14% bf, I was stuck a while, until I dropped to 30 gr. a day. I eventually made it down to 8% bf.
One: I HIGHLY suggest you read all the berardi stuff about post-workout nutrition before you decide to not have simple carbs post-workout.
With all that information, frankly it would be just plain stupid not to do so, without a special reason (ie you want to stay in keto, which you aren’t).
But don’t take my word for it…
One, when you get your carbs from fruit, make sure they are low-glycemic fruits. Berries are the best. I think any thing under 60 is concidered low. You can look up the glycemic chart on the net.
Nuts are great for protein and “good fats”. Almonds, walnuts, pistachios, pumpkins seeds…Almond butter, cashew butter, and peanut butter are all good to mix in w/ shakes or as a veggie dip.
And I wouldn’t have any carbs before lifting. I think concentrating on the negative is great, but I would do a 5x5 kinda thing.
One, when you get your carbs from fruit, make sure they are low-glycemic fruits. Berries are the best. I think any thing under 60 is concidered low. You can look up the glycemic chart on the net.
Nuts are great for protein and “good fats”. Almonds, walnuts, pistachios, pumpkins seeds…Almond butter, cashew butter, and peanut butter are all good to mix in w/ shakes or as a veggie dip.
And I wouldn’t have any carbs before lifting. I think concentrating on the negative is great, but I would do a 5x5 kinda thing.
Iron Maiden (and any one else who cares to know),
Canned tuna has no fat in it. So, it also does not have any n-3 fatty acids. Maybe you are confusing tuna with salmon, which is an excellent source of EPA and DHA. Fatty cold water fishes like salmon, sardines, mackeral, heerring and anchovies are the richest sourcs of omega 3’s.
Dont confuse flax omega 3 with fish 3’s either. Flax contains Alpha linolenic acid (ALNA), which needs to be converted in the body to the more powerful and essential EPA and DHA. However, the body has limited capacity to perform this conversion and you lose out on the maximum benefits of n-3’s if you get most of them from flax.
Cass - There have been A LOT of threads on omega-3’s and I have to say that was the best explanation on why fish oil is better than flax. I didn’t realize that they had to be converted when obsorbed through flax. Thank you.
That was also a good point about the tuna.
Christina