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Michelleypoo82
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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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poptarts0
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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 healthy0
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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...0
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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.0
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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!0 -
poptarts
^ Win.
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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 ...0 -
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.0
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Oatmeal and fruit, energy to lift.0
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Greek yogurt. Not too heavy on my tummy.0
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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!
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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...0 -
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.0
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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.0
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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.0 -
If anything, a Chobani or Fage Greek yogurt.0
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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.0
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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.0 -
Usually coffee and a small apple, or a small greek yoghurt tub.
I always wanna save my proper breakfast for after the workout0 -
Banana and some citrus fruit - healthy, light and I like it. oh, also lots tea (Im English
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