Pre and Post Workout Snack

MCeeCee

My pre is usually a banana and a handful of mixed nuts. Depending on the time of day, I also have a cup of black coffee or green tea.

My post is usually a pb&j on wheat toast or a fage plain yogurt with granola/fruit.

What's yours?

Dazzlle22

Not sure if it's considered a "snack" but I always have a whey protein shake after I exercise, it's like my "reward" or a pat on the back after finishing my workout, as for the pre-workout snack, I always have a fruit or two.

riffraff2112

Don't usually have a pre, just coffee, but as you that depends on time of day.
Post, something with protein.

sardelsa

Breakfast about an hour or so before (toast with peanut butter and jam, plus espresso) then another espresso and a bit of candy before and during. Post is lunch.. usually chicken or shrimp with vegetables or leftovers

Shortgirlrunning

A lot of times I won’t eat before a workout but if I’m running 6+ miles or just am particularly hungry in the morning I usually grab a bagel. After my workout I have breakfast which is usually egg whites with a bit of cheese sprinkled in, bacon, and hashbrowns. Sometimes I’ll make an omelette with mushroom and bell peppers cooked in a bit of coconut oil 😋

Lobsterboxtops

On the weekends when I try for longer rows, I’ll often have a couple of ounces of beef jerky...I like the Kirkland steak jerky. During the week I don’t eat anything and the have breakfast about an hour later.

claireychn074

Fruit, Greek yoghurt and biscuits before; lucozade sport or dextrose tablets during (and sometimes a banana or small chocolate bar) then a meal after, usually something like fish and loads of veggies or lasagne, and a protein shake.

I eat quite a lot 😳

maureenkhilde

Nothing before, then a protein slushy afterwards. Maybe some carbs, depending if blood sugars decided to dive too much. (diabetic, so need to check after)

Duck_Puddle

A banana before a long run or if I’m really hungry.

Dinner after. Or if it’s a long run (12+ miles) then a recovery shake/snack. I also take in calories during a long run.

Mostly nothing special though because I don’t burn enough calories in a workout to support having snacks before/after (and unless I’m really hungry, I don’t find them necessary).

AnnPT77

Usually it's just meals. Most often, my cardio-type workouts are in the AM, so I eat a light breakfast before (kefir, peanut butter on pita would be typical). I usually eat lunch soon after unless we go out for coffee after on-water rowing, in which case I'd be having a large plain skim latte (skim milk = protein and sugars, of course caffeine).

If I haven't eaten recently and feel a little low-energy before a strength workout later in the day, I might have a light snack, sometimes just a green-apple caramel sucker (60 calories, pretty much pure sugar), or cheese and crackers. If it's a long time until dinner, I might have a protein-y snack after (strength training makes me hungry, for some reason ), like Greek yogurt/fruit, cottage cheese, or some crispy chickpeas.

For a while I was taking a kettlebell class immediately after spin class, and found I'd do better (more energy in kettlebell, better recovery) if I had a small snack with carbs, sometimes a just-apples applesauce packet, sometimes a small chocolate milk, because those were easy to put in my gym bag and eat quickly in the very few minutes between classes.

naomi8888

MCeeCee wrote: »

My pre is usually a banana and a handful of mixed nuts. Depending on the time of day, I also have a cup of black coffee or green tea.

My post is usually a pb&j on wheat toast or a fage plain yogurt with granola/fruit.

What's yours?

I workout fasted in the morning and then have breakfast a couple of hours after I finish. Be careful that you're not overcompensating for your workout calories and eating too much.

foreverblissful

I don't have a pre-workout snack since I workout early in the morning. I just eat breakfast. After my workout I've recently started eating my protein bars in the period I spend between a workout session and lunch, since I found that I was becoming cranky, and lethargic if I wait until lunch. I know most protein bars, including the atkins, protein one and zone perfect bars are more of a candy bar than health-food, but it's like my pat on the back for working up a good sweat! I don't count this as a snack, but I will also drink whatever is left in my 22oz waterbottle along with my protein bar, AND THEN drink 8oz of whatever tea I feel like that day(chamomile, darjeeling, roobis cinnamon, jasmine green etc.). The liquids plus the bar help me feel satiated until lunch, sometimes a little too well!

aokoye

Like others, I typically workout too early to have time to eat and when I do workout later in the morning (around 7am), I don't feel the need to eat anything. On occasions when I workout in the evening I'll either not have anything (outside of lunch) or I'll have a very light meal/snack, though that's dependent on how early in the evening I'm working out. Last Wednesday it was a cup of carrot soup.

Tomorrow will be my first morning of erging for around an hour followed by weight lifting two hours later. In that case I will have a bagel with butter and some whey protein in between.

filster132

I workout way too early, so I just have a protein shake before....and a protein shake after combined with 1/2 cup of Almond Milk + All Bran after my workout. It's simple.

umbramirror

I used to work out fasted since I do early morning workouts (around 4:30 a.m.) but started to find that this was not conducive for the efficiency of my workouts. I typically eat dinner around 6 p.m. the night before and having fasted for about 10 hours, my body is in need of a little something just before a workout. I typically have a protein bar (with as many natural ingredients as possible) and then I follow up my workout with breakfast which is typically high in protein as well, with a decent amount of carbs and some healthy fat.