Breakfast before workout/Snack after? HELP!

shopgirl192

Okay... so I'm a teacher and will be heading back to work in the next week. I have plans to work out first thing in the morning.... BUT, I have a question about before/after eating.

I usually have a bowl of cheerios with skim milk and a banana as my breakfast. Do I eat this before I work out? Or after? Or should I eat a yogurt before I work out and then the cereal after?

dreanance

Personally, I can't eat anything heavy before I work out. If it's a shorter workout (less than 30 min or a 3mi run) I just have my coffee, which I'm sure many would disagree with.

Longer workout or long run days I try to get carbs and protien as a snack pre workout and my real breakfast post workout. Before a long run I often have a multigrain waffle with 1/4c. greek yogurt on it or 1/4c cottage cheese with 1/4c fruit or a piece of toast or banana with nut butter.

GypsyRose25

Snack before, high protein/low carb after.

mwomack95

my college fitness and walking professor told me just today, that a high protien low carb option is best in the morning. I like to eat a yougurt first thing in the morning, then a bit more after my workout.

CathyHarrison

My personal trainer made me eat a banana 15 mins before exercising for the first month of exercising. (I had never exercised before). After the first month when my body was more used to exercising, I had to stop eating before exercising and have my breakfast (high carb) within 1 hour after workout. If you eat before workout your body is trying to eat the carbs that you just ate, rather than eating away at the fat you have stored.

lkm111

I have to eat something before I work out. I've read that you are not suppose to eat before, but I've tried that and almost passed out.

I usually eat steel cut oatmeal or cereal or one egg and toast. Seems to be light enough for me.