eating then exercise - how long do you wait?

fatm1ke

so say i eat a bowl of cereal in the morning, a couple of eggs scrambled and a stir fry, after i've demolished that lot how long do i need to wait before its ok to step on the treadmill etc?

davemunger

Different folks have different tolerance for food, so I'd suggest just trying it once and seeing what happens. That said, unless I will be working out for an hour or more I tend to wait until after I have exercised to eat. If you eat protein + carbs (in roughly a 1 to 4 ratio) as soon as possible after exercising that is your best bet for recovering quickly and building new muscle.

laele75

I do not eat before I do my yoga (inverted positions suck when you have food in your stomach), but if I don't have breakfast before I do my biking, I feel dizzy and unwell. I think it depends on the person, as the guy above me said.

j6o4

depends how big your meal is, if it wasn't too big maybe 1 - 1.5 hours and if you ate a big meal I would wait 2 hours. I usally eat a big meal and wait 2 hours.

Tflowers34907

For me, it depends on what and how much I eat. If I eat pretty light (fruit and yogurt or something like that) I can workout as soon as 30 minutes afterwards. If I eat something heavier or kind of greasy (grits, sausage, etc) I give myself at least an hour.