Post WO Drink - Simple carbs or not?

[JawD]

At the moment I use two supps. LS7 twice a day and ON Whey twice a day. The whey I have in the morning. My issue though is when I train at night (7PM - 8PM) I have my whey when I'm done. Sometimes alone, sometimes with a couple of poached eggs as my meal 6.

Question is, ON Whey has very little carbs. My drink, which I'm now having with water (as I understand milk slows down the protien absorbtion), contains among other things 23g Protien and 2g Carbs of which 1g is sugar.

This means I'm getting next to no simple carbs post workout. So, I've been advised to add maybe some glucose to it. Thing is, I'm trying to loose fat (yeah, would be great if we could just "loose" it!! Ok, I'm working my butt off trying to burn it!).

So, would adding glucose be more benefical for my muscle structure and recovery, or would it hamper my fat loss too much. Baring in mind my priority at the moment is the fat loss, which would be better for me? With or without?

Thanks.

[pmcgough]

easy fat burning ways:cardio before bed rather than in morning...lifting in the morning after meal 1, and then eating to feed yourself after the workout, as well as meals for recovery...therefore, you feed the muscles and then burn the stored carbs before bed so it wont be stored as fat...as for post workout, have dextrose or grape juice

[Lift2Live]

Adding the simple sugars after you workout is fairly important. I don't get a ton of them but the ones I do get come from milk and a few g's in my yogurt. Switch up one of the lean system 7's with a whey shake at night and have it with milk, you should have protein as soon as possible after a workout anyhow. That will give you about 14-16 grams of sugar. It's not alot but enough to get your blood sugar back up. Your metabolism is going to be revved up at night from lifting or whatever you are doing that night, so they aren't going to add in fat storage. Don't worry about burning them off. I think getting your blood sugar levels normalized is more important and if they aren't, then that could hinder you in the long run.

[pmcgough]

hate to break it to you, but its not to normalize blood sugar...its to replace glycogen

[Gooseneck]

Originally Posted by pmcgough

hate to break it to you, but its not to normalize blood sugar...its to replace glycogen

That's the main objective. :

[JawD]

I was changing my shake from milk to water. This as I thought the milk would hinder the process of supplying my tissue with the protien/amino acids? Or should I do both? Some with some without? I undertand needing to replace the glycogen, hence the post shake. Would it be more beneficial then to use the sugar from the milk for this, or, to have with water to help the process of taking in the protien?

[pmcgough]

if you need simple carbs, have some grape juice, or throw some straight sugar into your shake

[pmcgough]

milk wont give you enough simple carbs imo

[Lift2Live]

Originally Posted by pmcgough

hate to break it to you, but its not to normalize blood sugar...its to replace glycogen

What do you think blood sugar is? Glycogen...

[pmcgough]

glycogen is blood sugar stored in the muscles

[Lift2Live]

Exactly, that's why I said "to normalize blood sugar"...