Carbs or Protein in the morning?

Lovdiamnd
Lovdiamnd Posts: 624 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Should I be having more protein or carbs for BREAKFAST? I usually do:

1. an egg on a slice of low calorie bread (sometimes with a piece of fruit if I am still hungry)
2. one tbsp of reduced fat peanut butter on a slice of low calorie bread (sometimes with a piece of fruit if I am still hungry)
3. oatmeal (sometimes with splenda and fruit)
4. yoplait light 6oz yogurt
5. egg whites and 1 tbsp reduced fat peanut butter

My trainer says that I need more healthy carbs on work out day and to get my carbs from green veggies on non work out days.

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  • Urzu07
    Urzu07 Posts: 39
    Protein can be taken at any time of the day generally, while you'll want to consume most of your carbohydrates in the morning and early afternoon. Your trainer may be recommending that you do what is called carb cyling, where you take in more carbs on the days you work out, while lowering them on your off days. This will also depend on your goal, if you're looking into losing weight or gaining weight as well. Overall, so long as you take in the recommended amount of macronutrients (the three major nutrients our body uses, which are carbs, protein, and fats), then your results will be fine.
  • carld256
    carld256 Posts: 855 Member
    You should start your morning with a little protein first. If you start off with carbs (and I'm a big fan of carbs), you can raise serotonin levels in your brain, which can make you sluggish. Taking in some protein first thing blocks that reaction. Other than that, I don't think what time of day you eat your macro-nutrients matters.
  • Sidesteal
    Sidesteal Posts: 5,510 Member
    Provided that the following conditions are met:

    1) You feel fine.
    2) Your exercise performance is reasonable (no fatigue issues).
    3) You are able to hit your calorie and macronutrient totals by end of day.

    Then I would base this decision entirely off of personal preference.
  • Matt_Wild
    Matt_Wild Posts: 2,673 Member
    Depends ENTIRELY on your goals. Ripping up for a comp, I'll restrict carbs all day but base them on waking and pre training. General dieting for losing fat and not worrying about muscle - just balance you diet out for general and healthy weight loss. No need to worry too much.

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