I lose the appetite totally after exercising.
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I go to the gym without eating. After coming home,how long should I wait to eat?
- Thread starter silvercats
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Eat as soon after training as possible.
Geneticists are finding that being in physical activity increases our ability to process foods most effectively for active people. The effect is in place after but for limited duration, which is personal, so as soon after is best.
Geneticists are finding that being in physical activity increases our ability to process foods most effectively for active people. The effect is in place after but for limited duration, which is personal, so as soon after is best.
Do you eat before and after the gym? If not then you should. You should eat after you go to the gym. That way you will burn stored calories and not only the ones you just ate. An hour(or two) before going to the gym you should eat something healthy that give strength to your body considering you will be sweating, burning calories, doing things that will tire your body and eating will give you the energy to be able to work yourself.
And depending on how you feel after finishing your workout you should consider eating. Do you feel hungry after you leave the gym? I guess you feel. More importantly you need to take meal after gym depending on your time. Suppose:
• If you go to the gym in the morning you should have a nice healthy breakfast, wait for the food to be processed. After you leave the gym have a healthy meal. It would give enough strength to your muscle and as well as your whole body.
• If you go to the gym at night and if you feel hungry eat something light, for example, cereal, toast, fruits before and after the gym. It's all up to you.
Now I would like to show you what you should eat after workout:
• In terms of post-workout nutrition, you should take another small, balanced meal as soon as possible after working out. As I said earlier it’s all up to you.
• For your post-workout meal, the best things to eat after a workout are foods that are low in fat, high in lean protein and have a mix of simple and complex carbohydrate.
• The choice of carbohydrate is yours — there are some good reasons for eating a more quickly digested carbohydrate (like white rice or Rice chex) with some protein right after you workout, but this isn’t required.
The main thing here is to eat something after you workout that has lean protein and some healthy sources of carbs. That could be scrambled egg whites, a bowl of whole grain cereal with skim milk or low-fat yogurt, or a whey or soy shake. While it’s not ideal, even a higher-protein nutrition or sports bar right after you workout or exercise is better than nothing.
And depending on how you feel after finishing your workout you should consider eating. Do you feel hungry after you leave the gym? I guess you feel. More importantly you need to take meal after gym depending on your time. Suppose:
• If you go to the gym in the morning you should have a nice healthy breakfast, wait for the food to be processed. After you leave the gym have a healthy meal. It would give enough strength to your muscle and as well as your whole body.
• If you go to the gym at night and if you feel hungry eat something light, for example, cereal, toast, fruits before and after the gym. It's all up to you.
Now I would like to show you what you should eat after workout:
• In terms of post-workout nutrition, you should take another small, balanced meal as soon as possible after working out. As I said earlier it’s all up to you.
• For your post-workout meal, the best things to eat after a workout are foods that are low in fat, high in lean protein and have a mix of simple and complex carbohydrate.
• The choice of carbohydrate is yours — there are some good reasons for eating a more quickly digested carbohydrate (like white rice or Rice chex) with some protein right after you workout, but this isn’t required.
The main thing here is to eat something after you workout that has lean protein and some healthy sources of carbs. That could be scrambled egg whites, a bowl of whole grain cereal with skim milk or low-fat yogurt, or a whey or soy shake. While it’s not ideal, even a higher-protein nutrition or sports bar right after you workout or exercise is better than nothing.
Adding to Bert's post, nature has provided us with one of the most perfect foods for post workout carb balance. It is the banana, one of the few fruits with a good deal of starch.
The balance of fructose and starch is as good for us as any prepared combination on the market. There is no glucose, but amylase in the mouth converts some of the starch to glucose, giving instant recovery, the fructose and starch are then broken down and released over the next 20 to 30 minutes virtually all going into glycogen stores in muscle and liver tissue, minimal if any going to fat store due to delayed release.
There will be a few declaring you need aminos straight after workout, because protein will take 2 hours to be in the system. However the body will be prepared for the delay and flushing our waste in that time so eating a natural protien, or drinking a shake if you want, will fit perfectly with your bodies schedule for repair and growth. This must be due to us evolving for millions of years without amino acid tablets.
Of the two carbs are more time sensitive, the body will work with protein as it gets it, but sooner is good. Carbs are much time sensitive and conversion to glycogen is far more effective post workout and will provide more readily available energy when you are next training.
Pre-workout, depends on the workout. If you are running a marathon, you don't want something that will rush through your system or sit on your stomach, causing you to have to stop, and will need masses of energy to complete the event. Weight-training can give time for pauses but if going heavy will cause regurgitation.
Personally I don't worry much on this one, I know the energy is there and unless going for serious duration there will be enough on hand to feed my muscles throughout. This doesn't mean I couldn't do better by considering this more.
The balance of fructose and starch is as good for us as any prepared combination on the market. There is no glucose, but amylase in the mouth converts some of the starch to glucose, giving instant recovery, the fructose and starch are then broken down and released over the next 20 to 30 minutes virtually all going into glycogen stores in muscle and liver tissue, minimal if any going to fat store due to delayed release.
There will be a few declaring you need aminos straight after workout, because protein will take 2 hours to be in the system. However the body will be prepared for the delay and flushing our waste in that time so eating a natural protien, or drinking a shake if you want, will fit perfectly with your bodies schedule for repair and growth. This must be due to us evolving for millions of years without amino acid tablets.
Of the two carbs are more time sensitive, the body will work with protein as it gets it, but sooner is good. Carbs are much time sensitive and conversion to glycogen is far more effective post workout and will provide more readily available energy when you are next training.
Pre-workout, depends on the workout. If you are running a marathon, you don't want something that will rush through your system or sit on your stomach, causing you to have to stop, and will need masses of energy to complete the event. Weight-training can give time for pauses but if going heavy will cause regurgitation.
Personally I don't worry much on this one, I know the energy is there and unless going for serious duration there will be enough on hand to feed my muscles throughout. This doesn't mean I couldn't do better by considering this more.