food before morning workout

Michelleypoo82
Michelleypoo82 Posts: 156
in Food and Nutrition
I'm always hungry shortly after I wake up. For those of you who workout in the morning, what do you eat before your workout and why? Thanks in advance!
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  • joeyplatypus92
    joeyplatypus92 Posts: 39
    poptarts :)
  • delaney056
    delaney056 Posts: 475
    I usually eat something small, like an apple or orange. It gives me a bit of sugar to boost my energy, and fills me up! Plus, they're healthy :)
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    I usually don't eat if I'm going to workout right away - unless I wake up famished, which I do every so often for some reason. If I have anything, it's a slice of toast with almond butter, or a half of a banana with almond butter, maybe a dark chocolate granola thin...
  • julialla
    julialla Posts: 232 Member
    I am never usually too hungry, depending on what time I wake up. But today I had 1/2 an apple and a kiwi...Just enough to get me through a decent workout. Then I'm usually starving after my shower, so I load up on peanut butter, that's what I always crave! And yogurt. Yum.
  • nikkiprickett
    nikkiprickett Posts: 412 Member
    yes! I always had the problem of my tummy not being settle enough to workout so this is what I eat/drink:
    (got this recipe from the New Rules of Lifting for Women book)

    1/2 c old fashioned oats
    1 c fat free milk
    1 scoop of whey protein powder
    1 tablespoon of Peanut butter

    BLEND WELL!! (otherwise it's not so good because the oats are kinda chunky)

    Keeps me full and energized for a few hours!
  • Sidesteal
    Sidesteal Posts: 5,510 Member
    poptarts :)

    ^ Win.


    LowCarbCory judges you.
  • megleo818
    megleo818 Posts: 595 Member
    I get up about 2 hours before I work out and always have coffee with milk. Sometimes two cups. I do need to eat or I get hungry during my workout, so if I'm craving something sweet I have a Cliff Z bar. If I want salty, I have a cheese stick. I also drink at least two tall glasses of water.

    Editing to note that I realize that Z bars are basically pop tarts with fiber ...
  • Mellie289
    Mellie289 Posts: 1,191 Member
    I always have a coffee first thing, but I will sometimes have a smoothie (frozen pineapple chunks, mango if I have any, coconut water and whey protein powder) if I'm hungry before my workout. Most times, I'm not hungry yet. Today, I was famished and had breakfast sausage and melon wedges for something a little more solid, but I waited a little while before running so it could digest a bit.
  • cbeutler
    cbeutler Posts: 667 Member
    Oatmeal and fruit, energy to lift.
  • mommanurse33
    mommanurse33 Posts: 189 Member
    Greek yogurt. Not too heavy on my tummy.
  • angelalf1979
    angelalf1979 Posts: 244 Member
    yes! I always had the problem of my tummy not being settle enough to workout so this is what I eat/drink:
    (got this recipe from the New Rules of Lifting for Women book)

    1/2 c old fashioned oats
    1 c fat free milk
    1 scoop of whey protein powder
    1 tablespoon of Peanut butter

    BLEND WELL!! (otherwise it's not so good because the oats are kinda chunky)

    Keeps me full and energized for a few hours!


    Bump this idea! :drinker:
  • F__7
    F__7 Posts: 371 Member
    I'm always hungry in the morning.. and I eat well before the workout... if I'm hungry I got to have enough power for top performance!

    Breyer's - Carb Smart Vanilla Ice Cream 66 g, 66 g 90 8 6 2 4 0
    Silk - Original Soy Milk - Light, 240 ml 60 6 2 6 4 6
    Great Value - Blackberry Preserves-Sugar Free, 1 Tbsp 10 5 0 0 0 0
    Kellogg's - Eggo - Nutri-Grain - Low Fat Whole Grain Waffles, 2 Waffles (70g) 140 27 3 5 3 25
    Great Value - Frozen Whole Blueberries *, 140 g 80 17 1 0 12 0
    Country Crock - Butter, 1 Tbsp 50 0 5 0 0 0
    Gnc - Amp 100% Whey Protein - Vanilla (Correct), 1.5 scoop (36.5g) 195 12 3 30 3 0


    OF COURSE I WILL WAIT AT LEAST 1-2 HOURS BEFORE I WORKOUT.... DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF FOOD...
  • GrammyWhammy
    GrammyWhammy Posts: 484 Member
    Just something light: orange sections or 8 oz. of a fruity kefir and water. I don't like to work out with a full stomach.
  • jennismagic
    jennismagic Posts: 243 Member
    I can't eat when I first wake up. My stomach turns at the thought of food in the first twenty or thirty minutes, so I usually have a peanut butter banana smoothie (two tbsp. natty pb, 1 c. skim milk, and a whole, small/medium banana) after I do my cardio. I'm usually starving by then, and see the smoothie as a reward. If I don't have the smoothie, then it's Greek yogurt.
  • kitinboots
    kitinboots Posts: 589 Member
    Either eggs scrambled in the microwave with or without one slice of wholegrain toast, or like this morning I cook some oats in water (i don't like them with milk) and eat them with a mix of yoghurt and protein powder. It's warm it's cold, it's sweet, it's savoury....yum!
    I always have a coffee too.
  • Sbehlmer
    Sbehlmer Posts: 464 Member
    If anything, a Chobani or Fage Greek yogurt.
  • Damiilla
    Damiilla Posts: 66
    Same thing every morning, an apple, 25g of muesli and 50g of alpro soya natural yogurt. I would wait to work out though, always more effective on an emptier stomach.
  • JennieAL
    JennieAL Posts: 1,726 Member
    Anything, really. Nothing in particular. I haven't found a bit of difference in my lifting eating one thing vs another. What I have noticed, coming from a background of Intermittent Fasting (Leangains model) is that there are some days I lift fasted and it's a super workout... and other times I am so shaky and weak it's a total bust. I've yet to figure out a balance and that fine line between tapping into stored energy or whatever and becoming depleted before I can get in the workout.

    So I do tend to eat before I workout now. And I eat whatever the heck I have on hand.
  • nickyfm
    nickyfm Posts: 1,214 Member
    Usually coffee and a small apple, or a small greek yoghurt tub.

    I always wanna save my proper breakfast for after the workout :D
  • wwpecker
    wwpecker Posts: 13
    Banana and some citrus fruit - healthy, light and I like it. oh, also lots tea (Im English:smile: )
  • kittenmcgowan
    kittenmcgowan Posts: 83 Member
    I woke up super early this morning (3:45am for some reason) and by the time it was time to head out to the gym some 2.5 hours later I was hungry, so I grabbed one piece of bread and put some vegemite on it. Enough to curb the hunger pangs and keep me going until 9am or so when I leave the gym and go foraging for my Saturday morning Wildberry Smash berry smoothie from McDonalds./
  • DangerJim71
    DangerJim71 Posts: 361 Member
    oops
  • carolinagirl7
    carolinagirl7 Posts: 435 Member
    2 tbsp of almond butter--I have trouble eating first thing is the morning, and this is the only thing I have found I am not "tasting" in the middle of a workout as well as giving me a burst of energy about 2/3 of the way into an hour long workout. And yes, every time I forget the almond butter, I drag through my entire workout.
  • sunryzer
    sunryzer Posts: 31 Member
    After getting a couple of pints of water in me I prepare my protein shake with added berries (it is breakfast after all :) ) and drink a third before starting, up to a third half way through, and the rest after I finish.

    Shake recipe:
    - 400ml Alpro vanilla soya milk
    - 28g (one scoop) of soya protein isolate
    - my typical berries are ~100g of raspberries and 75g of blueberries or blackberries
  • docturtle
    docturtle Posts: 156 Member
    Anything. I just need a little something to get me going. I can't workout on an empty stomach, and I need to eat when I get up; it's one of the first things I do to start my day, right after feeding my dog. =)
  • schninie82
    schninie82 Posts: 502 Member
    Nothing as it would mean getting up an extra hour earlier just to let it digest and I don't have that kinda time...
  • Michelleypoo82
    Michelleypoo82 Posts: 156
    Thanks for all of the replies! You have all given me many options to try. :happy:
  • sizzle92
    sizzle92 Posts: 1,015 Member
    I just ate 2 poached eggs, a sandwich thin, 50 OJ and coffee. I will be doing a 2 1/2 hour workout now. :) I always eat eggs of some kind and a sandwich thin before my workouts in the AM.
  • Cervantest
    Cervantest Posts: 31 Member
    Stupid question I know but.... do you cook the oatmeal before blending it? This question was supposed to be to the person who suggested the oatmeal, whey protein, peanut butter. Sorry!
  • johnalbritton
    johnalbritton Posts: 1
    I have friends in the army and they say workout before you eat anything and that is very important. The exercise you do before you eat will help metabolize the food you eat after your workout much faster

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