I added this into the "ignorant dietary philosophies" section. The article wording, not mine! Just a cut and paste edit into the Nutrition Roundtable interview in the nutrition section from Layne Norton since Hrdgain mentioned that.
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Question: I sometimes work out pretty late at night (finish at around 9) and was wondering if my post workout meal strategy should change as a result. I'm cutting on a low carb diet, by the way. I usually have my post workout drink with about 90g of carbs, and an hour after that a meal with some carbs and protein, but since this would mean eating at 10 p.m. (I go to bed at 11), I'm afraid of fat gain while I sleep. I did my usual thing yesterday and could swear I felt some bloating. Any suggestions?
MY ANSWER: You are approaching the situation almost the exact same way I would do it. Make it a point to have very little to no carbs throughout the day and same most of them for your workout so you can recover properly. DO NOT SKIMP on post workout nutrition, even if you are cutting. If you don't get an adequate amount of carbohydrates into your system to refill your glycogen stores your recovery will surely be hampered. You should also have some complex carbs right before bed since the simple carbs that you ingest with your post workout shake will not last you very long and these complex carbs will help spare muscle protein while you sleep. You should also have a slow digesting protein source immediately before bed.
Don't worry, if you're in calorie deficit and your workouts are intense your body will not be "worried" about synthesizing fat, it's first priority will be to refill your depleted glycogen stores and repair your atrophied muscle tissue, these carbs will most likely not be stored as fat. The bloating you experienced is most likely from water retention from the carbohydrate in gestation. For every gram of glycogen your cells store they also bring in 2.7g of water, so you can see how you might feel bloated, it is nothing more than water retention. My guess is when you wake up you look rather crisp, as the water retention is likely to have subsided by that time.
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If you act sanctimonious I will just list out your logical fallacies until you get pissed off and spew blasphemous remarks.
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