if you are lifting hard and exhausting glycogen stores eating carbs post workout is very important no matter what time of day. imho i would eat your peanut butter earlier and get a few more carbs in that post workout meal along with the protein of course. and on the insulin spike there is alot of information proving that you are the less insulin sensitive at night than at any other time of the day,especially after a good workout. read up on carb backloading ive been doing it for years.

Man this is me, I always workout at nights 9-11pm but by choice, I feel better after eating all my meals then go workout and post w/o all I do is a 60 grams of protein and lots of water then bed, I love it and feel stronger, only problem is having a hard time waking up due to soreness, but I've improving steady. Good luck

I had a period of time where I had to train right before bed also. What I found was that it actually helped me stay in shape while allowing me to eat carbs throughout the day. Here's what I ended up doing.

Wake up, meal 1: 4 whole eggs, 4 egg whites, half cup oats.
Then I had to go to my internship which throughout I had one 50g whey isolate shake, followed by 8oz lean ground beef and 1 cup of rice at lunch.
(three meals so far)
After my internship I had to go straight to my actual job, which I would eat another meal of 8oz lean beef with 1 cup of rice on the way to work.
At work approximately 1 hour before I was done I would have my preworkout meal which was 50g of egg protein powder and 30g of carbs from cream of rice (I'd just mix it all in a shaker).
FInally I would train right after work, go home and have a post workout meal of 8oz of chicken and 1 cup of rice and go right to sleep. Repeat 5 days a week.

Now obviously this was a crazy hectic schedule for me, and it only lasted throughout my last semester in college. So being up and doing shit all day obviously allowed me to eat carbs all day along with a good amount of fat from my beef meals (i forgot to mention I also added 1 tbsp of coconut oil to each meal that wasnt a shake).

So here's the results of all of that. For 4 weeks of this crazy schedule I was also on 75mg prop and 75mg npp every day, the following 4 weeks of this schedule I was pcting. I ended up recomping like a mother fucker. I was doing no cardio, and eating more calories than I was used to. But I feel that since I had such a long busy day all ending with my regular training, I was able to eat the carbs all day long and get leaner. I also think a big part of it was that since you'll be training before you sleep, you're heart rate will be elevated throughout the first hour or two of sleep, and you'll still be using energy even though you're sleeping. Having that last carb meal in will help you recover from your workout while sleeping, rather than wasting it.

Now this is all from my own personal experience and I dont know if this will help you at all. If your job is a desk job where you dont really get up and about, then maybe carbs during the day might not be necessary, and you can just focus them around your workout. But try a few things and see what works for you. The best thing to do is just dont eat garbage all day, if its coming from clean sources I think you'll be in good shape

Really touchy subject here as we all react differently to food. I know guys who just look at carbs and blow up. Guys who look great T-F then come Monday they look like shit due to party and drinking over the weekend, I can't follow that routine.

Depending on your body type which I don't know, I would just make sure that I did some cardio after the session and if it's late late I would shoot for a 2-1 ratio of protein to carbs. Again if you're trying to bulk, gain weight, get bigger etc, I would shoot for say 50-50 protein to carb ratio.

I personally have a fast metabolism so when I wake up in the middle of the night I'm eating some more of something. I guess that the mirror should be a good indicator of how you can taylor your postworkout meal. During the day if you're already loading the carbs I would shoot for the 2-1P-C ratio. The carbs are good don't get me wrong and you can always tweak your diet. You do want to keep the muscles fed as without that ammunition you will wake up flat which isn't that bad at all its more of a mental issue.

There are good choices for you to make for carbs, fruit salad, fruit, etc. Make great choices in the evening and you should be able to continually maximize your efforts and body. Don't forget to implement some form of consistent cardio and you will tighten up, increase you stamina and endurance and your metabolism will then work with you and not against you.

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