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Author: Alexandra
Date: 11-23-02 21:35
If I eat most of my calories for the day as carbs will I still lose weight or is it bad for me to eat that much carbs? I love breads and stuff and I just like to eat them. Is it bad even though I don't go past my calorie deficit? Thanks, and please help me. ~Alex~
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Author: Alexandra
Date: 11-23-02 21:38
Another reason I ask is because I play basketball and I get a lot of exercise. I practice for 2 hours or more everyday except for sundays. Is this enough exercise for me to be able to eat my carbs? ~Alex~
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Author: GymMachine
Date: 11-24-02 04:40
lol...dont be afraid of carbs...you need them they provide energy....and yes, you are still going to lose weight because at the end of the day, your still maintaining a calorie deficit....so eat as many carbs as u want really, just be under that limit and u will still lose weight.
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Author: Krieger
Date: 11-25-02 21:25
What you need to do is eat a balanced diet. If you eat a blanced diet and get plenty of exercise, you can expend more calories than you take in, and that's what leads to weight loss.
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Author: Anne-Marie
Date: 11-27-02 00:56
If your exercising then you should be consuming some carbs with each meal you have in the day. Ideally 5-6 meals per day (every 2-3 hours) have a portion of carbs and portion of protein ---a portion is your fist when clenched or a small handful I believe. What you need to do is keep your blood sugar stable, and if you don't eat these two things reuglarly when working out and exercising a great deal, your body will not burn fat but eat muscle. On the diet above you will not get hungry and you will not binge. In fact I have to force myself to eat 2-3 hourly at the moment as it isn't something that I am used to doing. Also drink 12 oz glass of water at each meal and this will help you to roughly take in sufficient water. On top of that on two meals from the above select a vegetable such as broccoli, carrot, tomato or cucumber etc to go with the meal. Make sure that the portions are not too large though as obviously you still need to have a deficit where calories are concerned in order to lose weight.
Always go for low glycaemic carbs as opposed to high glycaemic carbs except after a workout. Low glycameic means brown rice, wholemeal pasta, bake potato etc. This will ensure that when eating low glycaemic carbs that they are digested slower and keep your blood sugar steady and when you have done a work out it and eat high glycaemic carbs, this will get where it is needed a whole lot faster in recovery. You can eat too many carbs, but when your maintaing a perhaps 6 days a week fitness program at the same time as a fat loss diet, you really need to concetrate on the blood glucose so that your muscles can recover from the workout because that is where your body and muscles are reparairing and getting stronger. :)
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