How many carbs can you eat on keto If you exercise?

 Introduction

Exercise is important for our health, but it can be challenging to have a ketogenic diet while exercising. Many people wonder how many carbs they should eat on keto if they exercise, so we've put together some guidelines for you here.

If you exercise and follow a ketogenic diet, you can eat more carbs.

If you exercise and follow a ketogenic diet, you can eat more carbs.

A low-carb, high-fat diet can be great for weight loss. This is because the body burns stored fat for energy instead of carbohydrates.

However, it's not the best long term strategy for maintaining weight loss since your body will eventually become resistant to burning fat as its primary source of fuel.

Which is why most people who lose weight on a low-carb diet eventually need to start adding in some more carbs back into their diets if they want to keep losing weight and maintain their health goals long term.

If you're interested in getting into ketosis, start by reducing your carb intake to around 20 grams per day. This will put you on the path toward ketosis and help you lose weight faster than if you were eating more carbs. Once you reach a healthy weight with low-carb dieting, then slowly add back in some of the foods that were previously off limits.

The number of carbs you should eat depends on your activity level.

If you exercise regularly, you may need to eat more carbs than if you're not very active. This is because when the body is physically active and uses its energy stores for fuel, it can create ketones from fat instead of using glucose from carbohydrates.

The key is to find a balance that works for your activity level and weight loss goals. If you're very active, maybe try eating 150 grams of carbs per day or less. Then again if you're not very active but still want to lose weight fast, try eating 50 grams of carbs per day or less.

If you're not very active and want to lose weight fast, try eating 50 grams of carbs per day or less. If you are very active, try eating 150 grams of carbs per day or less.

A sedentary person may consume about 30 grams of carbs a day, whereas someone who is moderately active may need 100 to 150 grams.

How much you need to eat will depend on your activity level. If you’re sedentary and don’t exercise at all, you could probably get away with fewer than 30 grams of carbs a day. But if you are moderately active, like a person who works out or goes for walks several times a week, then 100-150 grams should be fine. To put that into context: A slice of bread has about 15 grams of carbs; a banana has about 25 grams; and an apple has roughly 20 grams.

If you’re active and trying to lose weight, aim for around 20 grams of carbs per day. You can get away with fewer if you want to lose weight faster. If you are sedentary or very active, then 30-50 grams should be enough for your daily carb requirements.

The key to eating carbs on keto is timing your intake.

If you're going to eat carbs, timing is key. Timing your carb intake before or after exercise and not during a workout will ensure that your body can use the energy from those carbs to power through the physical activity.

For example, if you eat a bowl of oatmeal before working out, your body won't have time to digest it and use it for fuel. When this happens, your body will burn fat instead—the opposite of what you want!

On the other hand, research suggests that eating carbohydrates within 30 minutes after exercising helps provide energy for recovery and repair of muscle tissue.

The same goes for eating carbs at night. If you want to lose weight, don't eat carbs late in the day or before bed. The reason is simple: When you sleep, your body doesn't burn as many calories as it does during the day; if you eat a big meal before bedtime, those calories will be stored as fat instead of being burned off.

If you're going to eat carbs, it's better to eat them before or after your workout than during it.

The ketogenic diet has plenty of health benefits, but it's not for everyone. If you're going to eat carbs, it's better to eat them before or after your workout than during it.

So the question then becomes: What are the best kinds of carbohydrates? Carbohydrates have different effects on your body depending upon when they're eaten and what type they are. Some carbs (like sugar) can spike your blood sugar and make you feel sluggish while others (such as whole grains) take longer to digest, which helps stabilize blood sugar levels and provides more energy throughout the day.

There is also some evidence that eating high-fiber foods before exercising can help prevent cramping in both men and women by increasing water absorption into muscles during exercise—but this may depend on how much fiber each person consumes on average since most people don't get enough fiber in their daily diets anyway!

The best time to eat carbs is before and after a workout. If you do decide to eat carbs during your workout, opt for whole grains like oatmeal or brown rice instead of refined carbohydrates like white bread or sugary snacks.

With keto and exercise, carb intake depends on activity level.

Carb intake depends on the amount of exercise you do. If you’re sedentary, you may need 30 grams of carbs a day. If you exercise moderately, 100 to 150 grams might be enough. If you’re extremely active and exercising at a high intensity for prolonged periods of time (e.g., an hour or more), it’s possible that dietary fat is more than adequate and dietary carbohydrates will not be necessary for recovery purposes—in which case your carb intake for daily maintenance would fall under 50 grams per day or lower.

The best way to determine your carb intake is by testing, as described in the next section.

Conclusion

The keto diet is not just for weight loss. It's also a great way to fuel your body with high-quality fuel so you can perform at the top of your game. With the right amount of carbs, you'll see an improvement in endurance and performance. If you're looking for some extra help with carb counting, check out our free keto calculator!