Which is better?

Mallybear2020
Mallybear2020 Posts: 82 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
If I eat before I workout, will I still be able to lose weight? Or is it better to workout first and then eat?

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  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,431 MFP Moderator
    meal timing is only personal preferance
  • Maxematics
    Maxematics Posts: 2,287 Member
    The meal timing doesn't matter. You have to eat less calories than you burn to lose weight.
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    You should eat something about 1 HR before working out to nuorish your workout and within 1 Hr after to aid in recovery.
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,431 MFP Moderator
    lorrpb wrote: »
    You should eat something about 1 HR before working out to nuorish your workout and within 1 Hr after to aid in recovery.

    More recent studies would suggest that that isn't required. Food pre or post exercise (within a 2 hour window) MAY be beneficial but there is still some research required to evaluate based on total calories.

    In the grand scheme of things, calories are the most important.


    http://www.jissn.com/content/pdf/1550-2783-10-5.pdf
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