Properly fueling myself for a longer workout, advice?

MamaRiss
MamaRiss Posts: 481 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Hello everyone!

I want to make sure I'm doing this right, cuz ugh I hate eating in the morning, makes me feel sick for an hour or so. Twice a week I have a longer workout planned ( 1 mile walk mostly downhill, 1 hour of aerobics/calisthenics, 1 mile walk mostly uphill), a total of 2 hours usually. I usually have 2 eggs and two pieces of buttered toast, that I try to finish no less than an hour before I start my routine. I know I need to eat before the workout, but when should I time it? And is that a decent breakfast? I really have to choke it down, but if I don't eat, I can't make it through that mile uphill. I'm not a fan of "shakes", and wouldn't take anything available locally anyway (I'm overseas). Any other tips would be great

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  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    My favorite pre workout fuel up is either a two tablespoons of honey or a tall glass of chocolate milk. The honey has an edge because it can down that on my way out the door without it affecting my stomach
  • MamaRiss
    MamaRiss Posts: 481 Member
    That's my kind of breakfast :)
  • abadvat
    abadvat Posts: 1,241 Member
    Pre-workout meal usually 1 hour before the workout - fat and carbs are needed to properly fuel your workout.
    I suaully go for oats and peanut butter.
  • GillianMcK
    GillianMcK Posts: 401 Member
    Take a banana with you for after you aerobic workout.

    I used to be like that with breakfast, felt nauseous at the thought but had to change my habits when I started doing runs in the mornings (no one organises runs in the evenings, the one this weekend started at 8:30am)!!

    I have porridge in the morning (double on the mornings of my long runs that will be above 15miles) but also have bananas in the car so if I start to feel hungry when I'm out I can loop back past the car and have half a banana to keep me going, learned the hard way not to have sugar after having a handful of cola bottles and crashing 3miles later and struggling with the last 3miles, gummy sugar carbs are now banned until I've finished the run!!
  • MamaRiss
    MamaRiss Posts: 481 Member
    All that thought about what to eat, and I forgot my asthma medicine. Almost didn't make it, but kept pushing!
  • MeanderingMammal
    MeanderingMammal Posts: 7,866 Member
    I know I need to eat before the workout, but when should I time it? And is that a decent breakfast? I really have to choke it down, but if I don't eat, I can't make it through that mile uphill.

    Before a long run or a long ride I'll have a bowl of porridge with a handful of mixed nuts and some honey, with an apple or pear. I'll normally have that about half an hour to fortyfive minutes or so before I step out the door.
  • rybo
    rybo Posts: 5,424 Member
    You really don't have to eat before you work out, especially if you have to fight it down and get up earlier to do so. Many runners (myself included) do long runs up to 20 miles without eating anything before hand. Wake up & go.
  • a_stronger_me13
    a_stronger_me13 Posts: 812 Member
    Buy some peanut butter to go packs and eat it before your last walk. Or, they're a little more expensive, but you'd probably only need to eat one or two at a time, check out Clif Shot Blocks. They are energy chews that a lot of runners use but I used to find them very helpful during long workouts in addition to half marathons since I can't workout with a lot of food in my stomach or it makes me nauseous.

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