EFA's and cheatdays on diet ?

[Green888]

Hi there....

are you only supposed to take EFAs in meals with NO carps ?

i mean, my first meal of the day is : oatmeal+big whey pro.shake + 1 tablespoon xtra virgin olive oil.
should i stop taking the Oil in the morning because i get carbs too ?
my last meal of the day is big proshake+1 tablespoon of flaxseed oil.

and when you have a weekly cheatday, can you eat EVERYTHING ?
cake ? pizza ? candy ? ....or is it just all the carbs you want ?


Thx for helping a diet newbie

Green888

 

[Fyre]

I always take my efa's with a protein source, not a carb source.
It's not going to kill you to take a tablespoon in the morning along with your meal.
What are your goals?

Now, in terms of a cheat day...hehehe...I don't do an entire cheat day but that's just me. Once again, it depends on what kind of diet you are following. I only allow myself a cheat meal if I'm dieting. But I'm not sure what your end goal is.

 

[Funksoldier]

So if I'm cutting I'll want to take a tbsp of flaxseed oil with my morning shake?

And also, this "cheat" day thing I've read about, do you go crazy all day or just for one meal.

heh,
Thanks.

 

[Green888]

im just trying to get more lean !
im not competing or anything like that, my gut just needs a little trim !

i ate everything on my cheat day sunday ! and loved it ...i dont feel "fatter" today !!

my plan was :

1 tablespoon of extra olive oil along with a wheyshake and oatmeal in the morning !

...and, 1 tablespoon flaxseed oil along with my before bedtime wheyshake....

i dont eat carps. after 3 pm. but eat "normal" meals until 3 pm.

 

[StoneColdNTO]

I always take my efa's with a protein source, not a carb source.
It's not going to kill you to take a tablespoon in the morning along with your meal.
What are your goals?

Now, in terms of a cheat day...hehehe...I don't do an entire cheat day but that's just me. Once again, it depends on what kind of diet you are following. I only allow myself a cheat meal if I'm dieting. But I'm not sure what your end goal is.

Ditto........I do it exactly the same way.

 

[Green888]

...so i should skip the tablespoon of extra olive oil in the morning ?

 

[Insane_Man]

Lyle MacDonald advocates the cheat day as a physiologically sound principle. Basically it increases leptin levels letting your body know you are still fat. A caloric excess one day a week isn't going to kill you in the long run so the benefits of a cheat day tend to outweigh the drawback (which, of course, is extra cals).

As for EFAs with carbs, the insulin releas triggered by carbs will help EFA uptake.

 

[Popichulo]

I live by the rule, "No combining Energies" so I have either Protein+Carbs or Protein+Fats never both.

 

[Green888]

thx for your input all !