Saturday 16 April 2016

Carb Cycling: Day 1 - Low carb

So i decided to start my carb cycling today , after a few days of what felt like heavy carbs, i don't know if it really was, or if it was just because i was more aware of every carb i put in my body as carb cycling was always in the back of my mind.
I wanted my first low carb day to be a weekend so if it did kill me, at least i didn't have work to deal with too!
Going into this i thought low carb days were going to be really tough, from what people have posted online from there experience and the fact that 35g of carbs is not a lot! But I've found it surprisingly ok today. A lot easier than i thought. I nearly panicked this morning and changed my macros to allow more carbs but i didn't, i decided to give it a go as it was and I'm glad i did.

My low carb day foods...

Ate breakfast at 7am - Omelette with roasted veg and mixed leaf salad.

Went for what turned out to be a very intense workout, probably not the best idea for a low carb day.

Post Workout - 1 scoop peaches and cream whey (bulk powders), 1/2 frozen avocado, 1tsp powdered peanut butter, 1tsp chia seeds, 8oz water blended into a smoothie. - Yummier than it sounds. Promise.

Lunch: Salad (mixed leaves, cucumber, peppers, raddish, spring onion), 1/4 avocado and 1 whole tin of salmon.

Looking at my macros at this point, i thought i was going to struggle to hit my fat and protein for the day so i decided to do some yummy baking!


I made these vanilla, nut, coconut slices. Never made them before, but they were to die for.
Consisting only of brazil nuts, almonds, nut butter, coconut, coconut oil, protein powder and almond milk. They were a good way of getting in some healthy fats and proteins without all the carbs.
I literally can't get over how tasty these turned out. So sweet and creamy, almost taste like caramel. Took all my might to only eat one.


For my dinner i then made courgetti with 2 vine tomatoes, prawns, chilli flakes and a tbsp of soft goats cheese.
It was very yum, but i never find courgetti filling enough so I'm still a little hungry.

Its 6pm and my macros aren't looking too bad so far,
Think I'm going to eat about 4 eggs and maybe some goats cheese before i go to bed to try and use up the rest of my macros.

Overall I've not been tired, or too hungry at all so day 1 at low carb has been a success! Wooo!

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