Eat more day of OR day after workout

CChandler81
CChandler81 Posts: 100 Member
edited December 26 in Health and Weight Loss
Quick question, but a little background first. I play roller derby and practice twice a week. Practices are 2-3 hours long in a hot warehouse. I've never calculated what I burn, but I'm sure it's somewhere between 700-1000 calories. I tried to eat 1200 calories before last practice but it made me want to puke the whole time. Perhaps I need to move the majority of those 1200 at breakfast and lunch and eat a small, light meal before practice.
Anyhow, I know it's important I eat back my calories for workout days. I'm set at 1420 and after derby, i'm lucky if I can get myself back up to 1200 for the day. Making up that 700-1000 cal deficit is hard, even though I almost always chow down on something healthy (pb and banana sandwich, yogurt, nuts, etc) when I get home.

So back to my original question- is it important that I eat MORE the day afterwards too? Cause usually I find myself constantly hungry that next day. So for muscle regrowth and all that, is it important that I eat well over 1420 to rebuild everything that was broken down?

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  • bathsheba_c
    bathsheba_c Posts: 1,873 Member
    I have a similar regimen (burning 800-1000 calories 2-3 times a week). I do three things:

    1. Eat higher calorie foods, such as peanut butter, oil-based salad dressing, etc.
    2. Split the calories over two days, so that I eat up to 500 extra the day of and 500 extra the day after
    3. Eat more earlier in the day before the exercise

    Splitting the calories over days also has the advantage of allowing me to eat the same number of overall calories each day so that I don't feel like I'm either starving or going to burst.
  • CChandler81
    CChandler81 Posts: 100 Member
    I have a similar regimen (burning 800-1000 calories 2-3 times a week). I do three things:

    1. Eat higher calorie foods, such as peanut butter, oil-based salad dressing, etc.
    2. Split the calories over two days, so that I eat up to 500 extra the day of and 500 extra the day after
    3. Eat more earlier in the day before the exercise

    Splitting the calories over days also has the advantage of allowing me to eat the same number of overall calories each day so that I don't feel like I'm either starving or going to burst.
    Ok awesome! That makes a lot more sense.
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