It's all up your goals and training objectives too. Our bodies and compositions are different from one person to the next, so what works for someone might not for everyone...

Like for example, I have to have some carbs bc if not, I'm completely depleted of fuel. That being said, some out there just thrive on beef only and do amazing

It's a thing of trial and error imho

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This makes sense. I’ll definitely try a few things. See if they help or not. I don’t believe it’s a one size fits all type of thing

Exactly. See if it helps or not

For example, I usually have breakfast, then walk and then workout and then lunch. And that's it... but my life is structured around this schedule

If you’re not a pure carnivore, I think carbs post workout is also very important. You’ve depleted glycogen stores in your muscles during your workout and your body isn’t going to convert fat into glucose. So recovery will be slower for you without some carbs.

Absolutely. Fruits come in handy; I like to drink coconut water to replenish glycogen

This week, I’ll try a banana maybe an apple too right after workout.

Those two go great with peanut butter 😋

On bread or just a spoonful?

A spoonful with either bananas or apples. Pairs really well...

Just make sure it doesn't have sugar added as most brands add sugar to peanut butter for some reason lol

I like having a smoothie after with creatine added

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I do carb cycling moderate carbs 20 days a month and zero carbs the last 10 days. Through trial and error this is how I found I can keep my abs year round. I don’t claim any science, it works for me also I can’t tell the difference from a workout standpoint between no carb to carbs.

Nice! I do 24hrs fast during a rest day to balance things out each week. This is my lazy way to cut back haha

Yes! That is a great way to balance everything out.

I love doing that as well. Usually Saturday to Sunday. Sometimes I do Sunday to Monday if there’s a dinner with friends/family

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Interesting. Carb cycling sounds very stressful but maybe is more evolutionarily consistent since our ancestors didn’t have access to fruit year round 🤔

I see that it could be stressful but I seem to respond well to it.

I think there’s some validity to the theory that you should eat a diet consistent with what your ancestors ate in the region they originated from. If bananas aren’t naturally found in your native homeland then you probably shouldn’t eat them. And if you do any type of fruit, you probably would benefit from only eating them when they’re in season. They’re pretty damn delicious though so I never experimented myself 😂

I do too.

Fruit as we know it is very new to our species. None of it existed in the large, sugar-laden, seed-less / seed-minimized form that it does today. So there’s not a way to eat fruit that our deep ancestors ate. Just sayin.

You’re not wrong. Reducing my fruit consumption has helped.