Hey Jordan
A few stats:
Age: 27
Sex: Male
Height: 185cm/6ft1
Weight: 103-105kg/225-230lbs
Training: “Advanced Novice” advancement level probably (not on the actual Advanced Novice Program), program somewhat in flux at the moment due to scheduling difficulties. Trying to get stronger.
Waist: Roughly 40 inches.
Background: Tried actually measuring macros and calories for about 3 weeks in the past, made me hate life. Not because of the food, but because for some reason I have a pathological hatred of having to think that much about food. I mean, I don’t hate the concept, I just hate when I have to do it. Sort of accepted the fact that I’m going to sacrifice optimal-ness if it means I don’t have to put up with that stuff. I’m fine with that trade. The one exception to this is protein intake, which I have always found very easy to track without even really thinking about it.
In any case, in the last 4 months or so, my nutrition has been all over the place, due to very busy schedules (and being somewhat lazy). A few days ago I came to the conclusion that I have to start thinking about what I eat a little bit more, before I really go blob-mode.
Question: Since I do need to actually start paying better attention to what I eat (kicking the junk food down to once a week max for starters), but am unwilling to go down the road of full-on calculations, I read around a bit and remembered you mentioning a nutrition “plan”, where a person would only eat carbs in the periworkout window. When I say carbs, I mean carb carbs, i.e. potatoes, rice etc. The rest of the days nutrition would be the standard meat and fruit/veg (which I desperately need more of) thing.
Do you think, in addition to the aforementioned junkfood limiting plan, that this would be a good step for me to take? Or should I also be taking in carbs for breakfast (oatmeal for example)? Or is this just a bad idea to begin with?
Thank you, this is all wonderful work you folks are doing here