Eating late dinners - Working out before or after?

HockeyWifey

Need a little advice. Here is my situation.. I work 9am-6pm Monday through Friday. I get home about 6:30pm.

I am not sure if it would be better to work out then eat a later dinner, or if I should eat then wait a half hour or so, then work out later. Are there any benefits to doing either? Or is it just kind of what fits me?

Thanks in advance for the advice

acheben

I would do whichever works best for you. Personally, if I can't workout before work, I workout immediately after I get home. Once I change out of work clothes and sit on the couch, I lose all motivation.

Ready2Rock206

Do what works best for you. I workout right after work and then have dinner after - around 9 or 10pm. Makes for an awful long time between lunch and dinner but if I went home and ate first I'd never work out!

cwolfman13

whichever you prefer...it really doesn't matter.

i usually hit the gym after work a couple nights per week...i'd never get there if i went home and had dinner first...it's game over after I get home. I eat dinner around 8:30/9:00 PM pretty much every night.

peaceout_aly

I have the same schedule - I leave work at 6PM and head home to make dinner for myself & my partner which isn't usually ready until 7PM (I try to prep as much as possible the night before); we always eat prior to our work out, because unfortunately we don't make it to the gym until 8PM most of the time

SuggaD

What works best. I prefer eating after gym. Sometimes that means dinner at 10.

lemurcat12

acheben wrote: »

I would do whichever works best for you. Personally, if I can't workout before work, I workout immediately after I get home. Once I change out of work clothes and sit on the couch, I lose all motivation.

This is me. As a result, I will workout at 8 and have dinner at 9:30, since if I eat dinner first that's it.

If I can't workout before work or at lunch I often try to figure out a way to make my commute into the workout (like by jogging home).

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HockeyWifey

I feel like I should work out right when I get home then eat later. I know there was a few threads where I notice some were talking about eating late and that it's bad for your metabolism. So I was curious if others did have success with such a routine.

Thanks all for your input!

SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage

HockeyWifey wrote: »

I feel like I should work out right when I get home then eat later. I know there was a few threads where I notice some were talking about eating late and that it's bad for your metabolism. So I was curious if others did have success with such a routine.

Thanks all for your input!

The metabolism thing is bunk. Do whatever works for you.

salembambi

i always work out when i wake up ,do what works for you

also i eat late pretty much every day ..i like eating at night im a night time eater always eating food at 10 pm

Kimberly_Harper

I work out right after work, then make dinner after I get home and out of my sweaty clothes.