New to the group calorie help

1. Are you asking if the honey you put in your oats be processed as carbs? if so yes it will, your body will not recognize a difference, your blood sugar will just spike and in turn hold onto fat. I'm not saying honey is bad but moderation is key.
2. What your goal is if it's lose weight then don't bust your overall calories if it's gain weight then don't really worry about it. That is my opinion, hopefully that helps.

nunezj01 wrote: »

1. Are you asking if the honey you put in your oats be processed as carbs? if so yes it will, your body will not recognize a difference, your blood sugar will just spike and in turn hold onto fat. I'm not saying honey is bad but moderation is key.
2. What your goal is if it's lose weight then don't bust your overall calories if it's gain weight then don't really worry about it. That is my opinion, hopefully that helps.

Not exactly true. When you eat carbohydrates (which sugar is a subset of), your body will break them down to glucose. As a results, your pancreas will release insulin as a means to shuttle the nutrients in your cells. As a results, your body will inhibit lipolysis (the breakdown of fat). But even if you didn't eat carbs, your body will still inhibit lipolysis as dietary fat releases the enzyme acylation stimulating protein, which inhibits the enzyme hormone sensitive lipase. So either way, your body is breaking down and storing nutrients regardless of what you are eating. And there are actually a few other hormones/enzymes that come into play as well.

It should also be noted that carbs are very beneficial when trying to build muscle, even if you are working to cut body fat. Carbs are anticatabolic which helps prevent protein degredation (breakdown of proteins). Resistance training and protein (particularly the amino acid leucine) stimulate muscle protein synthesis and actives mTOR which supports muscle growth.