Carb addiction.

[RichD]

This is what's working for me

Breakfast: 1 cup non-fat Greek yogurt with fruit
Snack:1 cup Fiber1One non-fat cottage cheese
Lunch: 1 cun tuna over veggies with more yogurt as dressing
Snack:1 cup Fiber1One non-fat cottage cheese
Dinner: Same as lunch

Drinks: water only

Stick to that and you will lose weight without tending to get overtrained IME

I would have to cry myself to sleep with that diet. :DudeComeOn:

[TaeBo_Master]

This is of course correct. IDK why I thought he was specifically talking about complex carbs.

Makes sense. It's worth noting that all carbohydrate sources ultimately end up as glucose. It's just a matter of how much and how fast.

[Sweet Mercury]

So basically, only eat carbs shortly before intense training (not before conditioning work), and try to only eat what you're going to use.

What's the rational behind this?

I'm assuming here that by "intense training" you mean strength training, and by "conditioning work" you mean cardio/endurance training. I understand why you want to have those carbs available during strength training, so you utilize that first for energy while not causing the body to go after your protein for extra glucose. But why not for conditioning? Would the same reasoning not apply? Or does endurance training use fat for energy first? (I've heard that but it sounds like one of 10,000 fitness myths.)

[Matt Phillips]

I would have to cry myself to sleep with that diet. :DudeComeOn:

I eat this exact diet every day and am down to 196 from 226 at age 45. I'm already crying myself to sleep anyway so it don't hurt me none ;)

[TaeBo_Master]

What's the rational behind this?

I'm assuming here that by "intense training" you mean strength training, and by "conditioning work" you mean cardio/endurance training. I understand why you want to have those carbs available during strength training, so you utilize that first for energy while not causing the body to go after your protein for extra glucose. But why not for conditioning? Would the same reasoning not apply? Or does endurance training use fat for energy first? (I've heard that but it sounds like one of 10,000 fitness myths.)

Other way around. Your muscles wanna use sugar first and fat second. By removing some of the available blood sugar, they're forced to mobilize more fat for energy than they otherwise would. Re-read the OP. He wants less dependence on carbs, and a loss of bodyfat. If your goal was to do the most intense conditioning workout possible then yes, of course you'd want carbs. But this is not OP's goal in this case.

[Sweet Mercury]

Ah, that makes sense, thank you. I was not considering your original post in the context of the OP's original goals.