Carbs

[Jodi]

PB in oatmeal is great. I do it all the time. Thats not weird. I also put it in my protein shakes. I also use almond butter and cashew butter. I love all three of them but natural PB is cheaper than natural almond or cashew butter so I tend to use the PB alot more. But they all taste very yummy. I am going to stay with the same amount of calories, fat, protein, but I am going to deplete starting tomorrow after my carb up tonight. Then I will carb up again on Sat. or Sunday I think. Did it make you feel any better during the day or during training at all? Just curious because it is alot of carbs for 1 meal.

 

[nikegurl]

well....to be honest i haven't been feeling bad! i thought i'd be about ready to drop and then the carb up would save me. but i haven't been feeling bad at all. i was cranky the first 2-3 days. i thought it was b/c i was stressing getting all the food prepared and packed for the day but now i think it was the change in eating that had be being crabby.

that's over now. lol

i'm not tired or weak from eating this way. i mean....i'm tired at night but that's nothing new!

i was a total wreck after first carb up. i felt like a stuffed pig and when i saw that my calories for the day ended up over 2,000 i was sure i was making a huge wreck of everything. but i was wrong. i'm seeing progress. remember when you start to doubt eating that much....it's to keep your metabolism from slowing down.

i did notice after both carbs ups that i had more vascularity in my arms. could have been the carbs or could have been from shoveling in all that food. give it a shot!

 

[Jodi]

I am not too concerned about the calories. I am use to eating 1900 - 2100 calories a day as it is. But, that does include 3 small carb meals. I think my calories may drop a little when I deplete but I don't think it will be too much. Hopefully it will make the carb up even better. Something to look forward to I guess.

 

[nikegurl]

i was dreading last night after the first one. but you can bet i'm now looking forward to friday night carb up! good for you on calories. i was so bad about that! weird that now that i'm eating more i'm more hungry then before!

 

[w8lifter]

Originally posted by nikegurl
i started a week ago yesterday. i'm doing the total depletion with only carbs from veggies and then carbing up every 4th day. so last night was only my second carb up. but i had been very limited with carbs before my official start on this eating plan.

odd thing (not sure what to make of it) when i started last week the hardest part was the eating. that was harder then the not eating. i often didn't feel like eating but 3-4 hours had gone by and i knew i needed to. i had been used to fewer (too few) calories. so all the eating was the hard part.

but....that has changed lol. now i'm hungry which i'm not used to! i find after meal #2 i'm watching the little clock on the bottom of my computer counting down to meal #3. i want to eat now.

carb up still was tough. the oatmeal was like the treat of all treats. (i put the Tbs natural pb in there and i like it but i hear i'm gross for doing that....)

it was still a challenge to eat the yam and banana but the first time i truly thought i wouldn't be able to get it down. seriously.

i do think it's weird though that now i'm much more hungry then a week ago. maybe that's good?

You're burning fat...you should be happy! Everything is good NG

mochy....you shouldn't have a drop in cals...replace the carbs w/ fat/protein?

 

[ZECH]

Originally posted by w8lifter
Yeah...I can vouch that ya'll are the pornalest bunch I've ever seen!

We learned from you baby!!

 

[nikegurl]

really? hungry is good? well allllllrrrriggghhht then!

w8 - should our calories actually be higher on carb up days? mine are about about 1600-1700 on non carb up days and 2000-2150 or so on the carb up days. i thought they should go up to keep metabolism from slowing or is it just the carbs themselves that do that and no need to have higher calories those days?

(should i be at 1600-1700 every day even if carbing up?) thanks!

 

[Jodi]

Well I did the carb up last night and when I was finally done I felt like a stuffed pig. My belly was so bloated and full. I have a belly ring and I thought it was going to start pulling apart. I really was so full I had to unbutton the jeans. It was hard eating breakfast this morning cause I think I was still stuffed.

OK enough about how full I was. Regardless is was good. The banana I slice up and put a little PB on it. MMMM! It was yummy! Well, now I am going to try and deplete for the next 3-4 days and try carbing up again this weekend.

So I guess I just want to get this right. If my carbs are under 60 Grams a day (not including the veggies) I need to carb up every 3-4 days? Is this correct? Thanks!

 

[w8lifter]

mochy....try to get your carbs under 30-40....basically, carbs coming only from veggies (don't count them, but eat a lot of them) and whatever is in your fat/protein...such as nuts & peanut butter.

NG...I'm gonna say this one more time! Stop worrying about your calories! You're doing fine! The carb up will increase your calories for the day...that's part of the plan!

dg.........moi?