complex carb ideas?

[Bouncer]

Well what are some of the things you are eating? That the real point to this thread I need ideas. I was under the impression I needed whole weat type stuff but i have been reading some crzy shit people eat Bagles with cream cheese. pints of icecream, whole boxes of kellogs ceral bars. shit sounds to crazy to me???? Bagles with cream cheese do sound good though.

i eat pasta, bagels, milk, yogurt, potato rolls, etc..

[Scrumhalf]

Here in a nutshell is the mechanism of carb cycling.

The trick of carb cycling is to trick your body to burn fat without burning muscle.

In the low carb phase, you are trying to deplete the muscles and the liver of glycogen to force your body to burn fats. This takes a few days to happen. During this period, I also do increased reps with lower weight to really burn the glycogen in the muscles. During the low carb phase, you need to keep your proteins high to spare muscle loss.

Then, you go into the carb load phase, typically for maybe 24-30 hours, where you dramatically increase your carb intake. This is when a funny thing happens. Your body is still in the mode of consuming fat for fuel and there is a time lag when all the carbs you eat go to replenish the glycogen in your liver and muscles and NOT to replenishing your fat stores. You are trying to take advantage of this window when your body is not paying attention, so to speak. In about 24-36 hours, by the time your body realizes what's going on, you have lowered your carb intake again. If you didn't, you'll get fat again.

During the carb load, you can pretty much eat lots of carbs. Milk, pasta, bagels, etc. I would be careful not to overdo the ice cream because it has a lot of sugar and sugar is not the best source of carbs. But in moderation, it should be fine. Keep it the lowfat/nonfat kind though - you don't want to cram too much fat during your carb load either. So pizza is good but don't eat a couple of pies :)

[Bouncer]

i dont really believe in "carb cycling" when you are a high intensity athlete or even none dieting bodybuilding.

carbs need to be constantly eaten to supply the body what it needs when in a highly active state.

[Scrumhalf]

It works like a charm for fat loss. As I indicated in an earlier thread, I dropped from about 13-14% BF to under 8% using UD2.0. However, I agree that its utility is questionable if your goal isn't that.

[Bouncer]

It works like a charm for fat loss. As I indicated in an earlier thread, I dropped from about 13-14% BF to under 8% using UD2.0. However, I agree that its utility is questionable if your goal isn't that.

no doubt, for fat loss it has its place.

but you wont find and football player, soccer, MMA fighter etc.. on some bodybuilding diet food.

[Shibby]

Try the Michael Phelps diet

[dna9488]

Try the Michael Phelps diet

lol

one of his meals is 4 energy drinks. WTF???

[jack tors]

shredded wheat cereal
barilla plus pasta made with egg whites
multigrain bread

[bigscott]

i dont really believe in "carb cycling" when you are a high intensity athlete or even none dieting bodybuilding.

carbs need to be constantly eaten to supply the body what it needs when in a highly active state.

agreed -- you find out just how important carbs are when you cut them out . there is so much focus on the protein intake of the equation that the importance of carbs is sometimes left out !!

rocket in your case , stick with regular pasta , potatoes, rice

[Ckrpoint]

I dont usally eat alot of carbs but for my next fight I am gonna try this carb loading thing to see how it makes me feel.
I just dont know enough things I could eat. any lil ideas that you guys eat would be very cool. I eat oats and brown rice everyday and that is realy it on my carb list,lol.

Carbs are the easiest to find. It's the high protein, low fat sources that are hard to find!

Oatmeal, brown rice, sweet potato are a popular few