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So I'm 3 out of 4 meals through so far...
Breakfast- 1 1/2 cups oat bran
PWO1- 1 1/2 cups quick oats

And I just packed away my third meal of the day, I measured out 2 cups of brown rice and only expected to put away maybe a cup or so, considering I had the veggies, protein and apple beforehand, but I packed away the entire 2 cups and still needed some more dry oat bran afterwards to make me stop....I'm a monster, I know.

Carb cycling= the best diet ever. Now I just can't wait till the results kick in.

There is one major problem though. After a high carb day I don't exactly want to be naked with the girlfriend. Haha.

Peace.
 
is that two cups worth dry, cause damn thats a lot rice
 
High carb days can be fun but damn the bloat does sit there the next day :lol:
 
^ I just hope my girl is forgiving about the gut tonight. I don't even know if I wanna get in there with her, I'm gonna wanna be on my back the whole time, hahaha.

Had any personal records for carb intake on high carb days, Jodi?

You know I know TP says not to measure your carbs, but how are you supposed to cook them if you don't measure them?

Peace.
 
I always lift well the day of and the day after high carb day :)

Things like oats you do have to measure but like brown rice and sweet potato you don't. Just cook a bunch ahead of time and scoop what you want out.
 
^ So you rest on low days, Jodi? I can't see myself lifting on the day after. Should I?

Peace.
 
does the bloat following high carb days decrease at all as your body gets used to the plan? (wishful thinking :shrug: )
 
I workout on no carb days all the time. I don't have a problem with it because my glycogen stores are full from the day before.

NG - bloating goes away within a day ;)
 
cool it goes away within a day....but do you get less bloated from high carb days a few months into carb cycling compared to your first weeks?
 
by the way - i'm not stressing. i'd rather have a little bloat a day here and there than be pudgy. :D
 
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I dunno, I can't see myself lifting on a day where I don't take in carbs post workout. I'll try it sometime, though.

Peace.
 
Its really not that bad Premo. I did it all the time during my comp dieting.

Sorry NG - I'm always bloated the day after high carb day and it never gets better for me. :grin: Just remember its water and glycogen and not fat. ;)
 
Yeah, ive definitely learned to love high carb days...

A couple weeks back i had like 14 cups of brown rice on a high day... not to mention the apples, chicken, broccoli, etc. :eek:

It was later that night that i realized i had better start taking digestive enzymes, though... :cry:
 
Okay, just ate meal 4....
3 cups of oats/rolled kamut/rolled rye mix with 3 packs Splenda
8 ounces of chicken breast
2 cups of spinach with my home made ACV dressing
1/2 of a large apple

I thought I was going to spontaneously combust for the first 15 minutes after I ate that meal....it's been a while since I've packed that much food in (though I knew I had it in me, haha), and felt kinda sick for a while. I'm fine now, though, and am actually hungry for my next meal. I think I'm just weird.

I'll say it again, Carb Cycling= the best diet I've ever been on.

Peace.
 
do your stats for the week, i.e. protein eaten, carbs eaten and fat eaten for the week equal out to how you normally would eat?
 
Yea I was hating carb cycling for a while there I admit it but now I love it. I would always see the bloating as being fat and stuff but now that I really examine myself and a little bit of tanning all these new found muscles and veins are popping out of no where and its awsome heh.

I think my biggest carb up one day was like a total of 3 cups brown rice(dry/uncooked) and a total of 5 cups of oats uncooked plus all my other food. Yea I felt like a fat bastard with all that in my gut all day.

I honestly hate lifting on a carb up...I get best results from my no carb and low carb days when it comes to lifting. I feel to clumsy and sluggish on my carb ups.

Has anyone ever experienced like being very edgy or grumpy on your no carb days? Sometimes on my no carb days come the end of the day going into night any little thing will set me off. Is this me just being a freak or do others experience grouchiness?
 
I actually feel like I'm eating more than I was eating during my bulk, that's what it feels like, but when I work it out and think about it, yes, I am in a caloric deficit for the week.

Deadbolt, I feel you completely, my last no carb day I barely left the house at all. I was antsy and thinking about food all the time. Come to think of it, though, it doesn't seem to matter how much I eat, I still keep thinking about my next meal. After packing 3 cups of oats in ONE MEAL (as outlined above), I was sick for about 15 minutes, then hungry right after that. It's strange.

Maybe I should try lifting on my no carb and low carb days like you and Jodi have done. I'm just feeling like all the calories would be well used during the anabolic window created through lifting on a high carb day.

Peace.
 
Premo your seriously making want to try carb cycling it sounds like fun. I used to really watch my carb intake but now for the last 2 months I go carb crazy everyday. I always thought I would gain weight back with eating tons of carbs and it just wasnt true. 2 apples and 1 cup of oats every day along with black beans and brown rice work great for me everyday.
 
^ try it. It is lots of fun, the variety of eating differently every day is sort of exciting. Being bodybuilders with such a limited range of foods, it helps to have variety like this, however mundane it would appear to an outsider, lol. The fact that it looks like it works better than every other diet I've done before makes it even better.

Once was, are you maintaining now? or bulking/ cutting?

Carbs are your friend. People who remove them from the equation lead very sad lives. Best believe next time I'm gonna try and eat more next time, hahaha.

Only thing that's not so fun about carb cycling is your trips to the washroom at the end of the high carb day.

Peace.
 
Premo im trying to get some weight on me now. I would call it a slow clean bulk. Dude look at my gallery im like a twig now lol. I will for sure do carb cycling after a 2 month mini bulk. Im tying to get about 10 pounds on me in the next 2 months.
 
You know you can actually use carb cycling for a bulk. I know others on this board have, I don't know how the results were, though. Can someone post about this?

Peace.
 
Hey premo. How many pound did you gain on your bulk and how long did you bulk, and how many pounds are you trying to cut now?
 
Originally posted by Premo55
You know you can actually use carb cycling for a bulk. I know others on this board have, I don't know how the results were, though. Can someone post about this?

Peace.
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I heard its the bomb. ;)
 
Premo - I have a journal at Avant called Breaking the Barrier. This is where I used carb cycling for my bulk ;) Of course though, my caloric requirements for bulking are less than yours for cutting :lol: But I did have success - 10lb gain and waist went down a speck too. :)

Now I just have to get out of bulking mode :grumble:
 
Cool, Jodi, I'll check it out. I'm gonna use carb cycling for my next bulk, which I will embark on in about 3 months. One no carb day a week? That's extremely do-able.

Once was, I haven't bulked on carb cycling before, I was just eating balanced diet for my last (REALLY) slow bulk. I gained around 12 pounds in 15 weeks.

Peace.

Peace.
 
Yea I always get hungry within 20-30 mins of my last meals and I am always thinking of my next meal heh.

I love training on my no card days...I get such great workouts but if you do it for over an hour it starts to wear you down. So I keep em short, fast, and intense and it works great for me.

I am going to carb cycle now until I get to my level of leaness but once thats done I want to try and carb cycle a bulk. It sounds like fun heh! I did the balanced diet for my bulk and it lasted about 6 months. I put on anywhere from 30-40lbs and even dropped my bf% from about mid 20's to low teens. I would like to maintain my bf% now so sticking with carb cycling could give me the best of both worlds.
 
I find the high carb days the MOST difficult. I find I just can't eat as much as I (and TP) would like me too. Does anybody else have this problem?
 
Originally posted by Spency234
I find the high carb days the MOST difficult. I find I just can't eat as much as I (and TP) would like me too. Does anybody else have this problem?
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Nope - No problem at all :nope:
 
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