The breakfast changes were just an example. I combine all of my meals, and since I moved to using CT's original workout nutrition from simply taking in 3 scoops SR post-workout, my calories are at the very least 500 higher than before. So basically, I maintained the same macro breakdown, but simply spread it out evenly throughout meals rather than breaking up carbs and fat, and the additional calories come from a change in workout nutrition.
Let me reiterate though that I only noticed increased fat gains when my carb meals were pushing 150g carbs and fat meals 40-50g of fat (I have a really high metabolism unfortunately!). So for me, it works better that I have a bunch of meals with 50-75g carbs and 15-30g fat.
PonceDeLeon wrote:
BlakedaMan wrote:
I've used the P+C/P+F idea before and honestly I noticed I gained more fat when I was having 100+g carbs in several meals with trace fat (and vice versa) than when I combine fat and carbs more evenly in a meal.
For instance, I used to wake up and have a huge smoothie than had at least 150g carbs in it with almost no fat. These days I prefer to have an omelet with whole eggs, veggies, and some sort of meat, and then some fruit mixed into some oatmeal. Works like a charm.
Like others have mentioned, the issue with combining fat and carbs comes up when you have a large insulin spike in the presence of fat, not so much when you have a slower source of each, both in more moderate quantities. At least that's what I've noticed with experimenting on my own body.
That being said, I make an exception around my workouts.
Yeah, but if you dropped 100g carbs from each day, you essentially started eating 400 calories LESS than before, unless you replaced those calories with another macro source. I would assume that eating 100g protein (instead of the 100g carbs) would have less impact on body composition because up to 30% of protein is supposedly used up to metabolize it.
Again, I think in many cases people will "notice" an effect of a nutrition strategy but the effect may or may not be directly due to what they were concerned with. In your case, if 100g less carbs means you started eating 400 cals less and did NOT replace those calories, then you were eating less calories. Simple.
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