What defines low carbs?

Ashley's picture

When people say:

'Keep a low carb diet' & 'no carbs in the evening'

What foods have very little carbs? What would be a good evening meal consiting of 500 cals?

Low carb?

Stevers's picture

Depends on how many total calories you're eating, but I'd say low carb would be about 10-15carbs per meal towards the end of the day.

500calories? That would be about 2tbsp of peanut butter (or your choice of a nut butter, its around 210kCal per serving) and about 4oz of chicken or turkey.

That'd be, probably a total of about 50g protein, 16g fat, and about 4carbs.

YOu still want carbs after your workout!! And by carbs I mean sugar!! I'd take about 40-50g sugar after your workout if its intense enough of a workout.

Thank you.

Ashley's picture

Thanks or the reply, Stevers.

I have been having about 2 - 3 tbsp of peanut butter as a meal/snack type thing, problem with me eating chicken or turkey is I'm vegetarian - so no meat at all. Haven't ate meat since I was 11 so that's about 7 years.
I can have alternative stuff thats produced to replace meat, for examble, instead of chicken I have this http://www.quorn.co.uk/CMSPage.aspx?ssbid=67&pid=58 .

Hmmm

Stevers's picture

Yes that would pose an inconvenience LOL!!!

Thats cool your a vegetarian, I love Tofu myself, speaking of which I need to make some today, or at least let it drain and throw it in a marinade so it can soak overnight :P.

I'm skeptical about the protein quality of soy protein, but I'm sure there's a complement food protein that would go well with it.

The idea is called mutual supplementation which, being a vegetarian you probably already know, but I'll elaborate anyhow because I think its interesting :-p.
Actually, im going to post a blog about it instead :-p