Evening work outs good or bad!

rml_16

Someone please answer this question. They say you should eat your excerise calories, and you shouldnt eat so late at night, so if you work out at night, do you eat some or all of your calories back afterwards or incorporate them during the day?

The only reasons not to eat late at night are if you can't stop (evening binger) or if you have something like GERD or are ust plain uncomfortable in bed after a meal.

It won't make a difference in weight loss.

That said, don't eat if you aren't hungry. Generally, I plan my days based on how many calories I plan to eat and I "bank" them. So, if I have 1,000 calories from previous days workouts because I wasn't hungry enough to eat them and I go over on a day I don't work out, I don't worry about it. I just chalk it up to previous days' leftovers.

ganesha303

I workout in the evening, and I eat my exercise calories. I eat at night before bed and am working steadily on attaining my goals without an issue.

mlb929

I would say it also makes a difference in what type of exercise you are doing. Yoga is a great start or great end to exercise. You can do an AM or PM type of yoga to rev up or relax. Just add some relaxing yoga moves. I'd also way if you were worried about being jacked up before bed, try taking some magnesium at bed, 1200mg is a max safe does, but start with 200-500 as it can make stools loose if you get too much too fast.

Muscles are supposed to be the most limber and flexible between 4-6 pm if you work a day job and are on that type of schedule. I find strength training easier in the evening and running better for morning. It keeps me sane and relaxed for the day, and when I strength train it tires me enough to want to head towards bed. Make sure you are drinking enough water if you are exercising late, but that could interrupt your sleep too if you are getting up to potty.

rml_16

I totally agree that ending with some yoga stretches would be very helpful in relaxing you and helping you sleep.