Originally Posted by P-funk

don't worry about that as much as worrying about eating balanced meals. Once you combine foods, the glycemic index is lowered.

The glycemic index was tested using a fixed amount of the specific carb (50g) and in a fasted conditions. Not a whole lot of real world application if you ask me.

Originally Posted by leg_press

Good point P-funk, if we all didnt eat and drink everything that was bad for us we'd all end up havin very boring lives and probably die of malnutrition!!!!

Originally Posted by IainDaniel

Use something like the Glycemic load.

Originally Posted by P-funk

either way....calories in calories out.

just because it is low on the glycemic index does not mean anything if you are over eating it. Hell, I can gain weight on the Atkins diet if I pound down steak and eggs all day.

Originally Posted by Yanick

Amen to that. I started cycling my carbs in an attempt to get some slow recomping going and not have to count cals etc. I was cheating one whole day and only had 3 low carb days with one being a no carb day on monday. I wound up losing weight like crazy so i started eating carbs in every meal and getting a bit more lax with my diet and STILL lost weight. By lax i meant i would eat wings with caesar salad+croutons while going out to dinner with friends 2-3 times a week.

Originally Posted by P-funk

yea, as long as you are in a caloric defecit, it will work. The cycling thing works well for partitioning. Check out Lyle's UD2.0 if you haven't already. It has some great info in it.

The only thing I concern myself with is the types of foods that I eat. IE, I just don't want to be eating garbage. Could I get lean if I ate 3 snickers bars a day? yes. Would it be beneficial for maintaining lean tissue....probably not.

Originally Posted by Yanick

I'm the same way right now. I don't eat the same thing everyday like i used to do. I've been doing this so long i know what portions to use and just keep my meals fairly balanced. If i want to gain weight i'll have a bigger piece of steak, and more oats than i've been eating. I quit counting every last piece of food that enters my mouth, it drives me crazy and doesn't necessarily offer greater results for me.