carbs intake

[cawsex1]

whats up guys, as i understand it's not convenient to eliminate carbs 100% from a diet, my question is how many mg of them can i consume a day to be in a calorie deficit? and what's the latest time of the day to have my last carb,thanks.

 

[muskate]

The timing you eat your carbs doesn't matter. You want to prioritize them at breakfast, pre workout and post workout as they will be most inclined to refill glycogen levels at those time periods but eating carbohydrates after a certain time won't make you fat. THat's bro-science.

Set up your diet like this.
- Multiply your body weight by 1.5 to get your protein intake.
- Multiply your body weight by 0.5 to get your fat intake
- Fill the remaining calories with carbohydrates. Eat as many as you can to still loose weight. This will be very individual and depend on how much cardio you are doing, your life style, age etc.

For a 200 pound person, that would be 300g protein, 100g fat and somewhere between 100-400g carbohydrates. 200g carbohydrate would be a good starting number to loose body fat for most people.

 

[Jay Scott]

The timing you eat your carbs doesn't matter. You want to prioritize them at breakfast, pre workout and post workout as they will be most inclined to refill glycogen levels at those time periods but eating carbohydrates after a certain time won't make you fat. THat's bro-science.

Set up your diet like this.
- Multiply your body weight by 1.5 to get your protein intake.
- Multiply your body weight by 0.5 to get your fat intake
- Fill the remaining calories with carbohydrates. Eat as many as you can to still loose weight. This will be very individual and depend on how much cardio you are doing, your life style, age etc.

For a 200 pound person, that would be 300g protein, 100g fat and somewhere between 100-400g carbohydrates. 200g carbohydrate would be a good starting number to loose body fat for most people.

This is a nice place to start with. If you keep losing weight, just keep it that way. If you see that the weight did not change for a week or two, decrease carbs even further.

Personally, when I am cutting, I have my carbs around workouts to make them as effective as possible.

 

[LevButlerov]

There is nothing to add here - @muskate has given you a very good blueprint for fat loss and carb distribution, so you are good to go this way. If you have difficulties counting the carbs and protein you eath each day, as well as calories, then you can download an app called MyFitness Pal. It will count everything for you - all you will need to do, is write down the food you eat.

 

[erny23]

I don't even believe it's necessary to count carbs. As long as your calories are on point when dieting, carbs are pretty much irrelevant (unless you're consuming close to zero - in which case you'll be depleted to fua*k).

 

[Masonic Bodybuilder]

Some people respond better to low or high carbs. It depends on the individual. All you have to do is make sure you are at a total caloric deficit for the day. To go for low carbs, less than 100g is a good starting point.

 

[aggirl]

Some people respond better to low or high carbs. It depends on the individual. All you have to do is make sure you are at a total caloric deficit for the day. To go for low carbs, less than 100g is a good starting point.

It's so individual....I eat lots of carbs without gaining or loosing weight. My husband can't eat near the amount of carbs I eat without gaining fat....And hes 200lbs.

Start where muskate advised and adjust from there.