best food to carb up with?

[Darnelle B]

i'm doing daves diet but not competing right now.

but i want to eat foods that will make me fill out and look better so as my cheat meal i want to keep it clean and carb up as if i was doing a show.

so if u guys can give me a list of good foods to use.

do you go by how much you weigh to get the right amount of carbs in?

[dajossel]

I believe dave uses white rice (dont quote me on it though)

[ricker35910]

I believe dave uses white rice (dont quote me on it though)

yes white rice...

[bigem225]

i read in a rlly good article about carbing up that it's best 2 carb up with starchy carbs the first day and then do grians and such the second day

[Frosty]

Darnelle, try cream of rice with some butter in it. See what happens.

[Darnelle B]

Darnelle, try cream of rice with some butter in it. See what happens.



Ok cool.... today I did white rice, baked potatoes,and sweet potatoes.
Hamburgers no bun.

[Scoobysnacks]

Ok cool.... today I did white rice, baked potatoes,and sweet potatoes.
Hamburgers no bun.

I like those foods for a carb load, if you are going the clean route, very similar to what I do myself.

[GottaGetLean]

just use mcdonalds, chinese food, chips...be a man and carb up the real way!:popcorn:

[THEDRAGON]

just use mcdonalds, chinese food, chips...be a man and carb up the real way!:popcorn:
you r retarted lol

[GottaGetLean]

you r retarted lol

:popcorn:

[MikeS]

Anything thats low fat really. Chris Aceto suggests things like low or nonfat muffins, cookies, rice etc. I carb'd up on cornflakes, raisans, pineapple and muesli today..

[bigleemurali]

the carb load leading to the show is absolutely fine. Do we need the high fat meal the morning of show?

[hulk7280]

double stuff oreo cookies!

[MikeS]

the carb load leading to the show is absolutely fine. Do we need the high fat meal the morning of show?

whats the logic behind that? I would have thought carbs are more important on show day?

[NATURAL-1987]

I'd say try different foods and see what works best from there. After 6 trial and errors I found that for my body white rice, sweet potato, and oatmeal work well. The morning of a show, lots of caramel kettle corn mini rice crisps.Mmmmmmm

[Frosty]

whats the logic behind that? I would have thought carbs are more important on show day?


Depends. Even after a load, a fatty meal helps make me look full and vascular.

[bigleemurali]

whats the logic behind that? I would have thought carbs are more important on show day?
I always found that fatty meal improved my vascular looks.

[tammyp]

i have used dry oats with honey and some PB. mmmmmmmmmmm

[bigleemurali]

i have used dry oats with honey and some PB. mmmmmmmmmmm

sounds like a tasty meal yummm

[Palumbos Boy]

i'm doing daves diet but not competing right now.

but i want to eat foods that will make me fill out and look better so as my cheat meal i want to keep it clean and carb up as if i was doing a show.

so if u guys can give me a list of good foods to use.

do you go by how much you weigh to get the right amount of carbs in?

rice, oatmeal, potatoes

[JAR OF NATTY]

i have a show in 7 days and i just bought my food today
yams and sweet potatoes, bananas, brown rice cakes, no salted PB, and for before the stage the PB J Company Maple Syrup Peanut Butter : ). But I like the idea of the dry oats, HUGE BRO SCIENCE but if ate the oats dry would it take some of the water from inside you to absorbs and digest it properly? Who knows

[jjjohns_10]

I was just watching the 'Muscle Meals with Evan Centopani' series and Dave says cream of rice or white rice are good because they're easy to measure. Evan said he likes sweet potatoes because he feels they help keep him moving (fiber).

Any clean source is fine. My recommendation: use both high gi AND low gi carbs, best of both worlds

[Jaredmus]

just competed today, post contest man super vascular and full
what worked


Protein bars, muffins, cookies, no joking around look better tonight at 2 am then i did at 7 during my night routine

[Manavs]

i use a combination of dry carbs (granola, toasted oatmeal, sweet potato, jam/jelly) and wet carbs (rice, cooked oatmeal, creme of rice) depending on what the situation calls for.

sometimes you need some added water in the food to help shuttle the carbs, and even sometime salt. it all really depends on where the person is at - full/flat, dry/holding a lil film.:dunno: