Against the Current

[Frank E Morel]

Carb nite is your answer.

I dropped 14 lbs in 6 weeks and I am in wedding suit shape!

Oly lifting is now hitting a plateau. As carbs are now bare minimum.

After the I do, Carbs will bumped up to a real expectation .

[Csubi Zambo]

Wow guys. Thanks for all the responses. I do think as of right now I'm not eating enough clean food. I'll be reading those links ASAP

[Darryl Shaw]

Originally Posted by Phil Washlow

I am not going to argue with Darryl again here but from the ADA "Carbohydrate recommendations for athletes range from 6 to 10g/kg (2.7
to 4.5 g/lb)" the article says body weight and not lean body mass so at 250lb that recommendation is 675g - 1125g. That is a precription for heart disease and diabetes.

Are you suggesting the American Dietetic Association, Dietitians of Canada, American College of Sports Medicine, International Olympic Committee, Australian Institute of Sport, International Association of Athletics Federations, and the British Dietetic Association have all somehow got it wrong?

675g of carbs from broccoli, not even discounting for fiber (most carb counters don't count fiber as most of it is not digested) is 21.3 lbs of broccoli, yes that is not a mistake 675g of carbs from broccoli is 21 lbs. If you would like to eat just white potatoes for carbs you would need 7lbs, daily!

If only there were other sources of carbohydrate......

[Phil Washlow]

Originally Posted by Darryl Shaw

Are you suggesting the American Dietetic Association, Dietitians of Canada, American College of Sports Medicine, International Olympic Committee, Australian Institute of Sport, International Association of Athletics Federations, and the British Dietetic Association have all somehow got it wrong?

Emphatically yes

Originally Posted by Darryl Shaw

If only there were other sources of carbohydrate......

Sugar? Grains?

Originally Posted by Phil Washlow

Sugar? Grains?

Potatoes? Fruit?

[Jeff Enge]

Originally Posted by Darryl Shaw

Are you suggesting the American Dietetic Association, Dietitians of Canada, American College of Sports Medicine, International Olympic Committee, Australian Institute of Sport, International Association of Athletics Federations, and the British Dietetic Association have all somehow got it wrong?

Originally Posted by Phil Washlow

Emphatically yes

I love this war going on here. Just throwing that out there.

[Phil Washlow]

Originally Posted by Bill M. Hesse

Potatoes? Fruit?

Potatoes (white) came out to just over 7 lbs.

Apples = 10.6 lbs, and that would include 482g of sugar.... doesn't matter when you get sugar from it is still sugar. I understand that apples have other health benefits but they might be slightly outweighed at 482 grams.

[Michael Dries]

Originally Posted by Csubi Zambo

Hey,

I'm a 39 year old male, 6.0 ft, 250 lbs. Strong, and can hold my own in a wod. However, I am fat. No ifs, ands, or buts. I have a comp in August and need to drop at least 20 lbs, for my own health.

What kind of competition is this? Understand that dropping over 20lbs by August will require a severe deficit of calories. Your performance will suffer greatly.

Originally Posted by Phil Washlow

Potatoes (white) came out to just over 7 lbs.

Apples = 10.6 lbs, and that would include 482g of sugar.... doesn't matter when you get sugar from it is still sugar. I understand that apples have other health benefits but they might be slightly outweighed at 482 grams.

Sugar is what your body runs off of. Even if you eat fat instead.

[Phil Washlow]

Originally Posted by Bill M. Hesse

Sugar is what your body runs off of. Even if you eat fat instead.

..............

Your brain is the only organ that cannot run on fat.... but when it does not have adequate glucose it can run on bOHB or ketones.