Hi Nate,

 

what's "too much" depends on your what you're looking to achieve. If you're concerned with fat gain, it's unlikely that eating until you're absolutely stuffed will make a big difference - unless your carb-load also is very high-fat and perhaps very sugary rather than starchy. You may be caloric deficient from the down-cycle, and eating to your heart's content may help speed up your metabolic rate. The body's system of appetite regulation normally would prevent "too much". Insulin promotes satiety, and starchy carbs, at least when not exceedingly processed, are voluminous and therefore limit how much you can take in. Soda or other carb-loaded drinks are  much easier to overdo. As long as you follow Rob's advice to emphasise starchy carbs and limit calorie-containing liquids and heavily processed foods ( e.g. emphasise lower-GI foods such as whole grains), as well as be careful with fat at carbloads, you shouldn't have to think more about it.

 

Do you still have concerns?
 

Simon
 

On 9/2/06, Deanna Rose Giuliano <drose@...> wrote:

Joel,
Thanks for replying. I'm wondering if you can eat too much
or too many carbs in one meal on the carb load night...
Any thoughts on this?
Thanks again,
Nate
On Sat, 2 Sep 2006 08:52:16 +0930

"Joel Rosart" <joel.rosart@...> wrote:
> Sorry, to answer your question more directly, there is a
>chance the second
> meal will cause fat gain, but this is dependent on a lot
>of factors. If you
> eat close to bodybuilding levels of carbs, then yes fat
>gain usually occurs
> to a small degree. There's a good chance you'd burn off
>this extra fat in
> the following down cycle, but if you're really serious
>about losing fat then
> go with the one meal =)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Joel
>
>
>
> On 9/2/06, Joel Rosart < joel.rosart@...> wrote:
>>
>> On the general eating plan, Rob says on page 140, "If,
>>when the time
>> comes to carb-load, you have a desire to "pig-out" then
>>you will not want to
>> split."
>>
>> The only reason to split on the general eating plan is
>>if you're not
>> feeling hungry or if you can't tolerate the minimum
>>number of carbs in one
>> meal.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Joel
>>
>>
>>
>> On 9/2/06, stlurfac < drose@...> wrote:
>> >
>> > Is it a bad idea to "pig out" during the second
>>meal of the carb load
>> >
>> > on the general eating plan? Will this cause fat gain
>>due to the
>> > increased level of insulin from the first meal?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>