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Carbs with Cottage Cheese (post-PWO)

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Posted by: curiousity

Due to my schedule, sometimes I lift in the morning and in the evening.

When I lift in the evening, I have a PWO shake of 44g of whey protein and some rice cakes. Then I have ~30g protein from cottage cheese with a Tbsp of flax seed oil a smidgen before bed.

When I lift in the morning, I try to follow the same pattern, but my question is: should I add some carbs to the cottage cheese/fat meal? Don't carbs act as the shuttling agent for the protein and give the body ready energy to repair the muscles?

( I get 8g of carbs from the cottage cheese.)

Thanks for your time!

Posted by: Jodi

You shouldn't be eating cottage cheese PWO. Its a VERY slow digesting protein. You need a fast absorbing protein like whey for PWO. Also, skip the fat PWO. Whey and Oats.

Posted by: curiousity

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Originally posted by Jodi
You shouldn't be eating cottage cheese PWO. Its a VERY slow digesting protein. You need a fast absorbing protein like whey for PWO. Also, skip the fat PWO. Whey and Oats.

Hold on there Jodi. I think you skimmed my question. Please read it again. I am talking about the meal after my PWO meal, hence "post-PWO".

After my workout, I drink 44g of Whey protein plus rice cakes for carbs. No fat or fiber to slow down the digestion -- protein to muscles as quick as possible, and fast digesting carbs to provide the body energy to work its magic.

My next meal is Cottage cheese and Flax seed oil when I lift in the evening, because I am going to bed.

My question is for during the day. If I have cottage cheese and flax seed oil after a morning lifting session(1.5hr or so and after my PWO meal), should I throw in more carbs (8g from cottage cheese)?

Posted by: Jodi

Misread sorry

To answer your question - yes, you should add more carbs. I love adding Fiber one, cinnamin and splenda to cottage cheese

Posted by: Downtown Guy

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Originally posted by curiousity
Hold on there Jodi. I think you skimmed my question. Please read it again. I am talking about the meal after my PWO meal, hence "post-PWO".

After my workout, I drink 44g of Whey protein plus rice cakes for carbs. No fat or fiber to slow down the digestion -- protein to muscles as quick as possible, and fast digesting carbs to provide the body energy to work its magic.

My next meal is Cottage cheese and Flax seed oil when I lift in the evening, because I am going to bed.

My question is for during the day. If I have cottage cheese and flax seed oil after a morning lifting session(1.5hr or so and after my PWO meal), should I throw in more carbs (8g from cottage cheese)?

Wouldn't it be best to trade the flax seed oil for carbs? In other words, eat protein with carbs for the post-PWO meal and have the fat with protein later in the day without carbs. That way, carbs and fat are not consumed at the same meal.

Posted by: aztecwolf

yeah i would ditch the fat even in the pwo II meal and keep it with protein and complex carbs.
you definately want carbs with both your pwo and pwo II meal

Posted by: Downtown Guy

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Originally posted by aztecwolf
yeah i would ditch the fat even in the pwo II meal and keep it with protein and complex carbs.
you definately want carbs with both your pwo and pwo II meal

Sounds good to me, Wolf. On workout days, I like to save the fat for the last meal of the day to sort of time-release the protein from that meal as far through the night as possible. If I wasn't susceptible to acid-reflux, I'd get up in the middle of the night and have protein and fat one more time. Or would protein and sex work better?

Posted by: Jodi

Go for the sex

Posted by: Downtown Guy

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Originally posted by Jodi
Go for the sex

Thanks Jodi! Your advice is always spot-on.

Posted by: aztecwolf

hmm, kinda like that seinfield episode where george is having sex and eating a pastrami sandwich at the same time, can you say shangrila

Posted by: aztecwolf

for me since i workout in the morning i have fat in my first two meals and in my last two, in my middle 3(pwo shake, pwo I, pwo II) i go for no fat

Posted by: Downtown Guy

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Originally posted by aztecwolf
hmm, kinda like that seinfield episode where george is having sex and eating a pastrami sandwich at the same time, can you say shangrila

LOL! Yeah, I guess protein and sex does go together well.

Posted by: maniclion

CC and a chopped apple are my favorite for breakfast #2

Posted by: aztecwolf

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Originally posted by Downtown Guy
LOL! Yeah, I guess protein and sex does go together well.

you need to repair after hardworkouts don't you

Posted by: aggies1ut

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Originally posted by aztecwolf
you need to repair after hardworkouts don't you

Okay, I was going to say something, but I think I'd better just keep my mouth shut.

Posted by: sara

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Originally posted by maniclion
CC and a chopped apple are my favorite for breakfast #2

you mean for you'r second meal of the day??
or you'r pre-workout meal??

Cottage cheese with some soy protein and berries one of my favorite pre-workout morning meal!!!

you need slow protein for pre-workout!! (I think)

Posted by: rockcrest

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Originally posted by maniclion
CC and a chopped apple are my favorite for breakfast #2

2nd breakfast

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