Thread: For those who cycle carbs

nobody here cycles carbs ? hmm....

I eat pretty much all the veggies I want on my low carb days, which should come to about 30g active carbs, that is the total carbs minus the fiber, which does not count. Then, on 2 days a week, every 3 or 4 day, I carb up at nite, where I just eat as many carbs as I like, mostly starchy ones like yams, oatmeal, pasta, brown rice, some fruit and maybe something I crave, as some ice cream or pie. Fruit contains a lot of carbs and has to be kept low on low carb days, which is why I stick w/veggies only then.

Originally posted by LAM
nobody here cycles carbs ? hmm....

Not the way you do it...I follow a plan similar to what cytrix laid out...but I carb up on clean carbs

I'm a little confused by your first post (I'm tired ) ...if you're asking whether to count the carbs in veggies, I (and most) don't...though I think TP does.

w8lifter...it's from a diet that I got from cemm...

When I did carb cycle I counted all carbs (starchy, fibrous, simple). I don't carb cycle anymore, though.

I don;t count carbs in veg (cauliflower and broccoli) or fibrous fruits i eat (apples [one a day] strawberries [a handful with about 2-3 meals a day])

I prolly get about 30-40 carbs from fruit and veg each day, but the thermogenic qualities of the foods prolly negate most of these cals anyway.

I count the carbs, but subtract the fiber content to get the "real" carbs.

15g carbs - 6g fiber = 9g carbs counted.

When i've done it in the past i only cycled starchy carbs Example: Day 1 100 grams starchy carbs Day 2: 50g starchy carbs Day 3: 0-25g starchy carbs. This is just an example theres other ways to do it. I left the green veggies the same , but i didnt add any extra on days where i wouldnt eat starches. This worked well for me at the time. I've been trying new things lately , but i'll probably go back to doing this in about 5 weeks.