Saving all my carbohydrates for the end of the day?

It's actually better for your body to consume the bulk of your carbs earlier in the day. With breakfast being your most carb heavy meal, along with some protein. Then eat most of the rest of your daily carbs with or by your lunch, again, with protein. Then have your heavy protein, fats, and veggies later in the evening.

Your body processes carbs better earlier in the day than it does later. So I would recommend limiting the amount of carbs you eat at night unless you're doing heavy run training. And even then, I always found that I had more energy for my long runs if I just upped my carbs I ate all through the day the day before a long run, rather than trying to eat them all the night before.

I have to agree with the early theory too.

As far as the breakfast question, I get the fully cooked sausage links, and Carbmaster yogurt from dillons/kroger, and 2 links and 1 yogurt is my breakfast most days. Fast and easy and keeps me satisfied till lunch usually.

Carbs aren't bad at all. I love carbs and recently had to do a doctor enforced low carb diet for just two weeks and hated every last second. I celebrated this morning with a glorious bowl of pumpkin oatmeal along with my bacon and eggs.

But there have been studies about how the body processes carbs most effectively and the general results I've seen are that when you consume them in the morning, along with protein, the body is able to process them more effectively into energy for the body without any major insulin spikes.

But that eating large amount of non-veggie based carbs at night is more likely to cause insulin spikes, which will over time build up an insulin resistance. That can then cause the body's metabolism to slow down and/or hold onto fat easier than when the insulin resistance wasn't built up so much.

Is it the same for everyone? No. Will some people be able to eat carbs any time of the day and lose weight just fine and feel great? Yes, because every person is different. Can we know exactly how one body will react over another without medical testing? No. So the best that anyone here can do is offer advice based off of medical studies and/or personal experience.

I love carbs, I'd eat nothing but carbs if I could. But have I found that when I limit my non-veggie carb consumption to earlier in the day I see weight and inches drop? Yes. So I'll offer that up as advice to someone else looking for opinions because those medical studies I read did work for me, so it seems logical that it would be something I would recommend.

I also just only just stopped eating 60% carbs because I finally finished my distance running training. So I'd had to drop to 20% carbs for the medical reason and now I'm just starting to ramp back up to my more standard, non-running, 40% carb macro. So I may be a bit testy since I'm low on my happy food macro right now.

Carbs are bad for you. But you should eat the bulk of them earlier in the day. I would try to do lower carb at night. Try adding some eggs to your breakfast. I do and egg, egg white, mushrooms cooked in a wheat tortilla with salsa. Pretty satisfying.

Based on what you said in the rest of your post I think you might have meant to say that they "aren't" bad for you. Otherwise, I'm confused by your post.

You should avoid Simple Carbs in the evening as they are really just sugar and that is not good to try an sleep on.

Complex Carbs are different but again, you get better use out of them if you eat them earlier in the day.

Breakfast choices: Go Protien!!!!! Lean meats or whole grains with protein powder, greek yogurt are the better choices.

Protein helps to build lean muscle and gives you real energy!

Best of Luck!!!

Carbs are bad for you.

Only if you are eating too much of it of have some sort of illness that makes your body react badly....CARBS are so not evil.....or bad for you:sad: :huh:

because not every one is the same, dude. Seriously........why does every twenty something muscle head DUDE think they have all the answers, especially for women?

What are the metabolic differences between men and women?

Carbs and protein are healthy and filling foods, so you need them for energy during the day. xx

Just don't eat them after 8PM.

Just kidding, only misinformed people would suggest to avoid eating carbs at night. I generally eat the bulk of my carbs before bed and it doesn't change anything, I've tried switching it up believe me. Your body doesn't have any idea what time it is, eat whenever you want. All that matters is overall intake, not timing.

Your body doesn't have any idea what time it is, eat whenever you want. All that matters is overall intake, not timing.

This is about the most succinct way I can think of to put it. Unless you are IF'ing and trying to get the mini keto-cycle, meal timing is irrelevant.

Low carb breakfast can be meat and eggs. I suggest poaching salmon or frying some steak over having processed meats.

Carbs serve as fuel for the body, so it is best to get them digested before you need them. Runners fuel about 12 hours before, but for the regular person, it's probably better to get them in the morning. You won't need them nearly as much while you are sleeping.

If you are following the MFP plan, it should work for you. Me, carbs are a killer, so I eat more protein.

The carbs on the graph are from all the carbs in your foods. Remember that fruits and veggies have carbs in them also. The report doesn't break down what kinds of carbs you are eating or where they are coming from. Obviously, carbs from fruits and veggies are better than starchy carbs from bread, grains and starchy veggies, but your body needs all the food groups in a nice balance. Depending on the amount of calories you are programmed to consume through out the day, at 1200 calories a day, you should have 5 to 6 servings of bread/starch carbs per day. That is 400 - 480 calories a day from bread/grains and starch. Increase that by 80 calories for each additional bread serving you are eating. If you keep that in check along with 5 - 6 protein servings (that is ounces), 3 to 4 fruits, 3 to 4 veggies, 3 fats servings (45 calories each), milk 2 to 3 per day and remember to drink your water......you should be in balance and able to lose weight in a consistent manner.....slow and 1 to 3 pounds a week.

Okay so here is what i've learned about carbs from my diabetic husband and his books. They aren't bad... Carbs are what fuels your body. They keep you muscles fuel. Eating too few will make you feel run down and low on energy, eating too many will cause you to store them (building fat cells) as energy for later. You just need to stick to the right levels during each meal, about 40-70. One reason why you may be craving them later in the day is that you are not spreading them throughout your day.

Carbs are not bad for you, but most of us don't need as many as we consume. I would never eat all my daily carbs at one time because the spike in blood sugar would not be good. It's better to space them out.

You can eat them whenever you want and the idea of not eating at night to increase fat loss or reduce fat gain is incorrect in a calorie controlled comparison. Anyone suggesting that you shouldn't eat at night because your metabolism slows down is both:

A) misinformed
neglecting the effects that occur during the rest if the day.


The more you eat at night, the less you est during the day. Guess what this means? This means fat oxidation increases during the day.


All that matters is that fat oxidation exceeds fat storage. This happens in an energy deficit regardless of WHEN you eat your carbs.