carb timing

rollerjog

just want to see peoples take on when you should take in carbs, in the morning or before after a workout only till say like 6.00pm or late at night or what ever else time you can think of

elphie754

rollerjog wrote: »

just want to see peoples take on when you should take in carbs, in the morning or before after a workout only till say like 6.00pm or late at night or what ever else time you can think of

Doesn't matter. As long as you are in a calorie deficit you will lose weight. Food/carb timing does not make a difference.

Firefly0606

elphie754 wrote: »

rollerjog wrote: »

just want to see peoples take on when you should take in carbs, in the morning or before after a workout only till say like 6.00pm or late at night or what ever else time you can think of

Doesn't matter. As long as you are in a calorie deficit you will lose weight. Food/carb timing does not make a difference.

Agree. Unless you are an advanced body builder and working on really specific goals, timing of any macro makes no difference if you are a fairly normal person looking to lose weight fairly normally.

arditarose

Whenever works best for you. Having a bit before a heavy workout can be beneficial, but otherwise some people like them in the morning, some people carb backload and eat them at night. I always preferred them at night when I was eating a bit higher carb. It was soothing for me before bed, that was the only reason.

melonaulait

Eat carbs at any time.

bpetrosky

Unless you're training for long endurance activity or bodybuilding competition, worrying about when you eat carbs or any other macro is majoring in the minors. If your primary goal is weight loss, timing is unimportant.

cajuntank

From a context of pure weight loss, then no, it does not matter when you get your carbs in (assuming calorie deficit). From a context of remaining body composition (assuming there is a training stilmulus), then it plays a very small role (Google search Eric Helms and Dr. Israetel for further information on the matter as they have both independently published hierarchies on this). The importance of which, as others have stated, will be far less important to that of a general gym trainee (and possibly might derail adherence due to added complexity of diet). More important to that of a professional athlete whose results in placing might be directly effected by the timing of his or her carbs around activity for better gym performance.