I take 5 g of BCAAs before?

Yes.

As I think about "fasted" cardio, I think of cardio when I have not eaten any carbohydrates in the last 5 (or so) hours or more.

Yes.

Ok thanks.

I take 5 g of BCAAs before?

I took Glutimine with BCAA's (Beverly's) for a while and found it not only stopped my fat loss but I actually gained a little weight when in conjunction with my Cutting diet.

In the words of Swolecat -- better leave fasted as fasted and nothing before.

Fasted for me is at least 8 hours of consuming nothing (overnight) and before my fasted LISS, I have 1 cup of black caffienated coffee, 16 oz of water and a few thermogenics (e.g., green tea extract.)

I do even better if my last meal the night before is protein/fat, usually some low fat cottage mixed with AT vanilla protein powder and cinnamon and a tablespoon or so of water and some almonds or fresh peanut butter.

But everyone is different....

I took Glutimine with BCAA's (Beverly's) for a while and found it not only stopped my fat loss but I actually gained a little weight when in conjunction with my Cutting diet.
Which product did you use and how much? Also, what was the duration and intensity of the cardio?

xtend bcaa's bloats me up and i retain alot of water...

branch chained amino acids are very unlikely to make you gain any fat.....if anything is gained i cant imagine it being anything but water......

Edit: Nevermind.