Dinner before working out

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  • peaceout_aly
    peaceout_aly Posts: 2,018 Member
    Whatever works best for you, I believe. I like to eat something small about an hour and a half before hand and then eat a protein filled meal (4 oz. of chicken + 1 c. steamed veggies, or a protein bar) within 30 minutes of ending my work out. This has worked best for me to build muscle. I've heard people say not to eat prior to cardio for best results, but for me personally, I have to eat a little something or I will feel nauseous
  • mrocks
    mrocks Posts: 9 Member
    peaceout_aly wrote: »
    Whatever works best for you, I believe. I like to eat something small about an hour and a half before hand and then eat a protein filled meal (4 oz. of chicken + 1 c. steamed veggies, or a protein bar) within 30 minutes of ending my work out.
    I've never bought a protein bar, and I don't know anyone who really eats them. Do you have a brand you prefer?
  • cbihatt
    cbihatt Posts: 319 Member
    mrocks wrote: »
    How do you know what you type into the fitnesspal food logger that is how many calories you've truly eaten? I put it my food that I've eaten this week but when I cook I eye ball everything, its about a cup or a tablespoon or a teaspoon etc.

    Calorie counting is not precise, no matter what anyone on this site will tell you. That being said, most people try to be as accurate as they can by weighing everything on a food scale. Eye-balling measurements during cooking is fine for now. You may rethink it later if your weight loss stalls. You can use the recipe builder on MFP to get a pretty accurate estimate of how many calories are in your home cooked meals.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    mrocks wrote: »
    I do usually wait after dinner since my kids aren't asleep yet. It doesn't bother my stomach to workout after eating. It seems like everywhere I read there is no one answer some say you burn more fat by eating before but then others say you do by working out on an empty stomach.

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  • mrocks
    mrocks Posts: 9 Member
    I like to think I'm very good at eye balling my measurements, years of schooling in a lab where your literally measuring all day everyday you just know how much stuff is when you look at it. Of course I don't eye ball when I'm in the lab, but cooking is a different story. I'll have to look at how to enter my recipes on MFP, see how many calories are in the meals I cook. Well a rough estimate. Thank you!
  • mis1022
    mis1022 Posts: 109 Member
    Because of my schedule I also eat dinner before my workout and about 100 calorie snack after the workout later in the evening. I would suggest looking at pintrest and do freezer meals or crock pot meals for your dinners. As a working mom I use these about4times a week its a real life saver.

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