When to eat protein, fiber, or carbs

VeganInTraining

Hello Everyone!
I know that you should eat protein (about 30g) within half a hour of working out, especially if lifting weights, but when should you eat everything else?

I try to eat a big breakfast with a mix of all three, but then throughout the rest of the day it's kinda the luck of the draw. The majority of my dinner today is carbs (good carbs, veggies and brown rice) but I feel like I'm wasting carbs that late in the day. Any input on what meals should be heavier in which substance?

Thanks

snookumss

LOL I've asked this question (in a different way of course) but to no avail! It didn't seem like anybody had a real answer!

jacksonpt

For most people, just eat as you normally would, no reason to "time" your meals or your macros. Meals are generally slow to digest, so if you eat a meal at noon then workout at 2, you've still got plenty of fuel to both get you through the workout and to "recover" post workout.

In some situations it may be necessary to have something "carby" right before or after a workout (some people need to eat before a heavy workout first thing in the morning, in some cases some carbs after an atypically long cardio workout is a good thing), but for the typical person on a typical diet to typical workouts/exercises, just eat what you normally would when you normally would.

PBJunky

Hello Everyone!
I know that you should eat protein (about 30g) within half a hour of working out, especially if lifting weights, but when should you eat everything else?

I try to eat a big breakfast with a mix of all three, but then throughout the rest of the day it's kinda the luck of the draw. The majority of my dinner today is carbs (good carbs, veggies and brown rice) but I feel like I'm wasting carbs that late in the day. Any input on what meals should be heavier in which substance?

Thanks

Meal timing is irrelevant, nutrient timing is irrelevant...eat whenever you want

joejccva71

Hello Everyone!
I know that you should eat protein (about 30g) within half a hour of working out, especially if lifting weights, but when should you eat everything else?

I try to eat a big breakfast with a mix of all three, but then throughout the rest of the day it's kinda the luck of the draw. The majority of my dinner today is carbs (good carbs, veggies and brown rice) but I feel like I'm wasting carbs that late in the day. Any input on what meals should be heavier in which substance?

Thanks

Meal timing is irrelevant, nutrient timing is irrelevant...eat whenever you want

^^ What he said.

MrsCon40

I have a personal assistant who schedules my consumption of various macros.

Not really. It doesn't matter at what time, in what combination, or frequency doesn't matter.

AddA2UDE

*POOF!* - There goes the whole don't eat after x:xxpm or right before bed theories.

Sidesteal

Meal timing is irrelevant, nutrient timing is irrelevant...eat whenever you want

^ This, assuming you don't have athletic peformance demands beyond those of a typical person who works out daily, which the majority do not.

Rae6503

Another vote for it doesn't matter what you eat or when you eat it. BUT some people can better control their appetite by eating more often, or by eating more protien, etc. I know I'm starving if I eat cereal for breakfast, which is sad because I love cereal, so I often eat it as a bedtime snack. I have to eat snacks or I'll pig out at meals. Afternoons are a really hungry time for me so I budget about 500 calories for multiple afternoon "snacks". "Diet" is often a personal choice based on whatever works best for the individual.

solpwr

Timing my meals benefits me.
1) I try to break my nightly fast early rather than later.
2) I like to eat about every 2 hours while I'm awake. (I try to get 7-8 hours of sleep.)
3) I eat mostly carbohydrates between 90-120 minutes before my workouts.
4) I eat mostly protein right after my workouts.
5) I have a treat right before bedtime. Wine, chocolate, peanut butter, or all three. Always less than 200 calories worth. Its a simple daily pleasure.