Carb craving during recovery week?
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Red5 posted 2 years ago.
Everything but the pizza sound ok, want to avoid all that saturtade fat and salt. :). Your body is responding to your recovery by loading up on what it's been burning, that's all.
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Montreal.Doug posted 2 years ago.
Same for me here.
During my big weeks, I eat very lean and mean without too much effort...
But during my recovry weeks, I can't live without eating every minute! All I do is thinking about food.
When the big weeks return, my appetite is back to "normal".
Sounds strange!
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kona_expat posted 2 years ago.
It's possible to OD on carbs during heavy training cycles, then you get used to that constant intake and when you have a rest period, that is what your body craves. I believe that intense carb craving can signal a lack of protein in my diet, and that once I up the protein, I get back to a more balanced diet where I am taking in just enough carbs to support my training.
YMMV
I'm in a recovery week, and all week I've been craving carbs like crazy! All I have want is cereal, pizza, bagels, PB&J, oatmeal, fruit, etc. Is that normal during a down week? It seems that since I'm training less this week, I'd feel less hungry...but its almost the opposite. Any thoughts?
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