Advice on timing eating with working out
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Steve, I don't really have a predictable routine that coordinates eating and working out (my meals and workouts are at different times each day, hardly ever the same), but I'll try to give some examples.
Example that would make me nauseous: turkey sandwich on wheat with a piece of fruit if I workout within an hour afterwards, same if I work out after breakfast of cereal within an hour
Examples that seem to correlate with faster fatigue:
1) working out around lunch time (4-5hrs after breakfast- usually high fiber/protein cereal) and eating lunch afterwards or
2) working out 4-5 hours after lunch (description of lunch above is typical) and before dinner.
I do have snacks of between 50-200 calories throughout the day consisting of something like wheat bread, fruit, peanut butter crackers, or popcorn. It seems like my schedule usually means it will have been a while after the last snack when I end up working out and maybe I should figure out how to change that. I should note that my usual circumstance is that I am fatigued (not sleepy, but almost a jittery light-headedness that coincides with hunger pangs). It really pisses me off when I get that feeling because I know it means I need to eat (and I never intend to starve myself), but that also means I need to stop working out to be able to eat.
Is there a rule of thumb people should follow when coordinating food? A snack before hand and what type of snack? It seems like I ate a protein bar (180cal) once before working out and that helped, but I've eaten banana or apple before and still got fatigued. I can't seem to get this right, about a 25-50% of my workouts are crappy because of one of these issues. Thanks for listening to my whining. Peace-Marcus
Example that would make me nauseous: turkey sandwich on wheat with a piece of fruit if I workout within an hour afterwards, same if I work out after breakfast of cereal within an hour
Examples that seem to correlate with faster fatigue:
1) working out around lunch time (4-5hrs after breakfast- usually high fiber/protein cereal) and eating lunch afterwards or
2) working out 4-5 hours after lunch (description of lunch above is typical) and before dinner.
I do have snacks of between 50-200 calories throughout the day consisting of something like wheat bread, fruit, peanut butter crackers, or popcorn. It seems like my schedule usually means it will have been a while after the last snack when I end up working out and maybe I should figure out how to change that. I should note that my usual circumstance is that I am fatigued (not sleepy, but almost a jittery light-headedness that coincides with hunger pangs). It really pisses me off when I get that feeling because I know it means I need to eat (and I never intend to starve myself), but that also means I need to stop working out to be able to eat.
Is there a rule of thumb people should follow when coordinating food? A snack before hand and what type of snack? It seems like I ate a protein bar (180cal) once before working out and that helped, but I've eaten banana or apple before and still got fatigued. I can't seem to get this right, about a 25-50% of my workouts are crappy because of one of these issues. Thanks for listening to my whining. Peace-Marcus
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Try working out no less than an hour and a half after eating. If you eat a heavier meal try waiting about 3 hrs.