Off day nutrition?

[r0dxx]

Sorry for all these questions, but I figured let me get them off my chest. My "ripped" 375lb benching chest. jk well not really.. haha

anyways...Today is one of my "off" days. Should I keep my carbs just as high as a workout day? I kinda feel guilty eating 1 cup of oats in the morning, and lots of carbs each meal when I'm not doing anything active to burn anything. I'm on a 3k calorie diet and need to keep the carbs up to get the calories in. On off days I typically up the fats and have 2 servings of 1/4 cup almonds so 1/2 cup total and usually an extra tbsp olive oil.

 

[ReelBigFish]

keep the carbs up. Don't be carbophobic. I hate the whole "low carb" thing making people think that eating carbs will make one fat. Your body needs just as much on off days to keep repairing itself.

 

[KentDog]

Some people do drop carbs / overall calories slightly on off-days, but I keep everything the same.

 

[Emma-Leigh]

anyways...Today is one of my "off" days. Should I keep my carbs just as high as a workout day? I kinda feel guilty eating 1 cup of oats in the morning, and lots of carbs each meal when I'm not doing anything active to burn anything. I'm on a 3k calorie diet and need to keep the carbs up to get the calories in. On off days I typically up the fats and have 2 servings of 1/4 cup almonds so 1/2 cup total and usually an extra tbsp olive oil.

Arggggg...... You and your endless 'knit-picking' questions!


If you are still getting in your required calories then I don't think it will matter greatly if you have some days lower carb and some days higher carb.

JUST EAT ENOUGH!

 

[CowPimp]

Arggggg...... You and your endless 'knit-picking' questions!


If you are still getting in your required calories then I don't think it will matter greatly if you have some days lower carb and some days higher carb.

JUST EAT ENOUGH!

Damned straight. People overthink macros a little too much I think. As long as you are getting sufficient amounts of each source of energy, skew the splits any way you want after that.