Dieting :)

[ctownuser]

Sup peepz

I hear in the morning and lunch you want to stock up on carbs so you have a ton of carbs to use during your aerobic/interval training in the evening. Does the left of carbs turn into fat? If you stock up on carbs and burn em and have left over carbs doesn't that just lead to "not burning fat" Also lets say I stock up on carbs and burn em all during my workout. What will my body turn to for energy?

Much thnx

[Loochi]

Mate...

Just eat under your caloric maintenance........ Don't over complicate it.

[ctownuser]

I hear that you can burn a lot of muscle if I eat too much under my intake. I'm worried I will lose all my hard earned muscle. Any idea?

[ctownuser]

also, lets say I had 1000 carbs and I burn that 1000 carbs at the gym doing interval cardio training. Where will my body get its energy from now?

[Loochi]

Well, say you need 2,000 calories to maintain your body weight, right? Why not eat 1900 for a week and see if you're either..

A ) Maintaining the same weight the week earlier, or;

B ) Lost a bit of weight? And each week adjust it accordingly until you reach your desired goal.

If you had 1,000 carbs and burnt 1,000 carbs at the gym, where would you get your energy from?

Hmm.. How about protein and fats..? They are energy as well if you didn't know that... Ever heard of gluconeogenesis?

Your body prefers sugars for it's primary source of fuel, doesn't mean it will be useless without it.. I know some people who steer clear from carbs and are still pretty strong

[ctownuser]

thnx for that explanation! you know your stuff. ok, if my body loses the carbs that I stocked on and rely's on protein for energy. Am I going to start burning muscle? In order to burn fat do I need to burn all the carbs then the body burns the fat? Like is there some order for example. Burns carbs, then fat then protein. Thnx

[Phedder]

Firstly;

lets say I had 1000 carbs and I burn that 1000 carbs at the gym doing interval cardio training.

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thnx for that explanation! you know your stuff. ok, if my body loses the carbs that I stocked on and rely's on protein for energy. Am I going to start burning muscle? In order to burn fat do I need to burn all the carbs then the body burns the fat? Like is there some order for example. Burns carbs, then fat then protein. Thnx

As long as you're training hard, eating enough protein, and not eating too far under your maintenance calories, you shouldn't lose muscle. Especially as a beginner.

Your body almost never only uses one source of fuel. It uses carbs, fats and a small amount of protein (diet dependent) at all times. What changes is the ratio at which it uses them. During rest or low intensity exercises, your body will primarily rely on fats for energy because they are very energy dense so it doesn't have to use very much of it to get a fair bit of energy from them. However once you start exercising harder, the pathways used to get energy from fats become unable to keep up with the rate of energy demand, and the body will switch to using primarily carbs for energy.

This basically all happens due to oxygen demand. Fats require more oxygen to release the same amount of energy as carbs do. So at low intensities when oxygen demand isn't very high, primarily fats will be oxidised. At higher intensities, the oxygen costs of oxidising enough fats to meet the energy requirements becomes too high. Essentially the body cannot take in enough oxygen to meet the demands, so it switches to carbs as the primary fuel source as they require less oxygen per unit of energy released, and can therefore keep up with a higher rate of energy demand.

To help understanding a little further, fats have more energy than carbs per gram, but fats require more oxygen than carbs to actually be able to use that energy. So plenty of oxygen around, fats will be preferred. Limited oxygen/high oxygen demand for other processes, carbs will be preferred.

And to keep it really simple;

Mate...

Just eat under your caloric maintenance........ Don't over complicate it.

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Sorry if that's a bit confusing, wrote it up fairly quick so ask for any clarifications and I'll try.

[Loochi]

Lol. Cheers mate. I hope I know my stuff... :oops:

Basically bro, in order to lose weight you need to be in a caloric deficit. (Eating under maintenance.) It's not so much "In order to burn fat you need to burn the carbs then the body will burn the fat."

If you keep your protein high, maintain your intensity during training and your calories not ridiculously too low, I don't see why you would be catabolic..

[ctownuser]

Cheers mate! I'm going to just eat under the calories that I need to maintain my weight. Stock up on protein and do my weights and anaerobic fitness. I play rugby so I don't wana lose mass at all, jus wana get rid of the fat eg gut and handles. Gut and handles not even that much. Oh and trim face will be nice lol

Thnx again

[Loochi]

Make yourself a diet and stick to it.. After a week or two monitor your weight to see if you're losing way too fast (you don't want that..) or not losing at all.. Then just adjust it until you're losing weight at a slow steady pace.. We're all different, no formula will work perfectly.. They're just guidelines.

Good luck..

[ctownuser]

O.k cool! So once I hit a good weight then I maintain it through my diet and training Me losing weight will be more of the fat weight right? because I'll still be pumping iron, intense cardio (1 min hard then 1 min slow x10) and stock up on protein

[tomsammce]

Loochi the ppl you say steer clear of carbs but are still strong would have much better performance in the gym if they consumed carbs. There is so much strong evidence supporting carbohydrates being the beat form of fuel for intense exercise for the human body.

It's not all just about calories in v calories out.

More science to it than that sorry to say.