Hitting 400 carbs per day

muss_9

Hi

As the title says, bulking for my 2nd time and I am trying to hit 400 carbs per day without resulting to 'junk' food. I would like to know what kind of healthy carbs should I look for other than oats, pasta, beans etc which are already in my meal plan

Thanks

rybo

Potatoes (sweet & white), rice, quinoa.

But the real question is, why only "healthy" carbs? Is whole wheat bread ok? Pancakes, maple syrup, honey, calorie dense fruit?

muss_9

Thanks, whole wheat is fine

To answer your question, is just so that I don't feel like *kitten* through out the day lol

WendyLeigh1119

Shredded wheat!

Hornsby

Fruit

DuckieGirl80

muss_9 wrote: »

Thanks, whole wheat is fine

To answer your question, is just so that I don't feel like *kitten* through out the day lol

I keep seeing this word Kitten.... what does it mean?

GottaBurnEmAll

DuckieGirl80 wrote: »

muss_9 wrote: »

Thanks, whole wheat is fine

To answer your question, is just so that I don't feel like *kitten* through out the day lol

I keep seeing this word Kitten.... what does it mean?

It's the swear filter.

lporter229

I am not sure how this translates to bulking because the objectives are different, but when I am carb loading for a marathon, I like to get my carbs from pancakes with peanut butter and banana or jelly. I also drink a lot of fruit juices and sports drinks. Again, not sure how that translates to your goal, but the juice might give you the carb calories you need without that overly full feeling.

ETA: Like I said, I don't know much about bulking. Why do you need your calories to come from carbs?

livingleanlivingclean

muss_9 wrote: »

Thanks, whole wheat is fine

To answer your question, is just so that I don't feel like *kitten* through out the day lol

Excessive amounts of high fibre "healthy" carbs will probably make you feel rubbish throughout the day too....

What about low fat yoghurt, fruit, cereal, low fat milk etc?

psuLemon

Also to point out, you don't need to hit 400g of carbs. You can definitely add in additional fats.

psuLemon

lporter229 wrote: »

I am not sure how this translates to bulking because the objectives are different, but when I am carb loading for a marathon, I like to get my carbs from pancakes with peanut butter and banana or jelly. I also drink a lot of fruit juices and sports drinks. Again, not sure how that translates to your goal, but the juice might give you the carb calories you need without that overly full feeling.

ETA: Like I said, I don't know much about bulking. Why do you need your calories to come from carbs?

So you don't need to get calories from carbs, but carbs are generally very beneficial during a bulk as they inhibit protein degredation and are anticatabolic. This will allow amino acids from protein to be utilize for building muscle as opposed to other things like being converted to glucose for energy.