eat before or after a long walk or exercise?

khaki33

Should I eat before or after i go walking /jogging or exercise?

SezxyStef

personal preference.

I eat something before I exercise but typically nothing to big or heavy.

I typically eat a yogurt about an hour before...

Sheseeksstrength

It is totally up to you. Some days I workout better when I eat before and other days, I don't. Try it out and see what works best

leggup

To lose weight, meal timing does not matter. Personally, I like to eat a little bit after cardio because I don't like running on a full stomach.

martinazanaria

After!
Eating before makes you burn sugars instead of fats, and brings your spleen to hurt
Perfect would be exercising in the morning before breakfast

khaki33

Hmm.Thanks so much for the info everyone

TimothyFish

For a short walk or jog it doesn't really matter one way or the other. If it is going to be over an hour, you should probably eat something about an hour before you go. For even longer periods of exercise (90+ minutes), you'll get even better performance if you replace 20-30% of the calories you burn while you are working out. None of that really matters for weight loss, other than it lets you workout longer, so you'll be burning more calories.

pmm3437

TimothyFish wrote: »

For a short walk or jog it doesn't really matter one way or the other. If it is going to be over an hour, you should probably eat something about an hour before you go. For even longer periods of exercise (90+ minutes), you'll get even better performance if you replace 20-30% of the calories you burn while you are working out. None of that really matters for weight loss, other than it lets you workout longer, so you'll be burning more calories.

^ This

You will want to have some fast acting/usable energy available ( ie mostly carb based ) for prolonged or intense exertion.

slaite1

martinazanaria wrote: »

After!
Eating before makes you burn sugars instead of fats, and brings your spleen to hurt
Perfect would be exercising in the morning before breakfast

Lol what?

maidentl

martinazanaria wrote: »

After!
Eating before makes you burn sugars instead of fats, and brings your spleen to hurt
Perfect would be exercising in the morning before breakfast

:huh:

SezxyStef

martinazanaria wrote: »

After!
Eating before makes you burn sugars instead of fats, and brings your spleen to hurt
Perfect would be exercising in the morning before breakfast

really? wow...what if I don't hurt at all? @martinazanaria

I exercise after work...most of my food has been eaten for the day...

ckspores1018

OH, so that is why my spleen hurt yesterday!

martinazanaria

SezxyStef wrote: »

martinazanaria wrote: »

After!
Eating before makes you burn sugars instead of fats, and brings your spleen to hurt
Perfect would be exercising in the morning before breakfast

really? wow...what if I don't hurt at all? @martinazanaria

I exercise after work...most of my food has been eaten for the day...

I THINK it hurts just if you eat just before exercising. For example half an hour before

SezxyStef

martinazanaria wrote: »

SezxyStef wrote: »

martinazanaria wrote: »

After!
Eating before makes you burn sugars instead of fats, and brings your spleen to hurt
Perfect would be exercising in the morning before breakfast

really? wow...what if I don't hurt at all? @martinazanaria

I exercise after work...most of my food has been eaten for the day...

I THINK it hurts just if you eat just before exercising. For example half an hour before

@martinazanaria sorry nope...

everyone is different and how they feel about eating and exercise is different...

exercise burns calories...it doesn't distinguish between fat or sugar calories...just calories.

and if something hurts...stop...unless it's when you are running and you get a stitch...arms up over head...breath.

elphie754

martinazanaria wrote: »

SezxyStef wrote: »

martinazanaria wrote: »

After!
Eating before makes you burn sugars instead of fats, and brings your spleen to hurt
Perfect would be exercising in the morning before breakfast

really? wow...what if I don't hurt at all? @martinazanaria

I exercise after work...most of my food has been eaten for the day...

I THINK it hurts just if you eat just before exercising. For example half an hour before

Nope. If your "spleen hurts" see a doctor. However I significantly doubt your spleen is hurting but rather the muscles in that area (specifically your diaphragm since you are likely breathing harder/faster).

jrline

it depends I don't like a huge sploshing in my belly if I end up jogging part of it

angf0679

Before I go running (after work) I like to make sure I have a protein bar about an hour before. If I don't have any, I have a banana before I go out. I eat supper when I get home. I've had supper within an hour of going out running and regretted it. I was only doing a 5K run at the time, but I got cramps for eating before running. Never again.

khaki33

Thanks everyone, agh,feet and legs hurt a lot,maby when i go for another jog tomorrow it will feel better,good night!

atypicalsmith

I exercise before I eat as exercising seems to speed up ummm my digestive process.

drpmrvel

Very small quantity of anything is preferable to consume immediately before and after your workout, that too if you really feel you are hungry...