Eating before workout?

I eat before my workout...I work the night shift and eat around 2am, get to bed around 7am and get up around 2pm and hit the gym around 3pm...so if i didn't eat i would go over 12 hours without food and i feel sick and dizzy. I usually eat a piece of bread with some peanut butter or a small protien shake.

I just read something on another website that says just eat half a piece of fruit instead but fruit just doesnt fill me up. then again I havent lost any weight yet but I kinda went on vacation and off my diet/routine for a week.

I eat before and after workouts. I wait about a half hour before and after. Bananas are a great preworkout food. It's gentle on the stomach.

I always eat before a workout, I would pass out if I didnt! It just varies as to when I last ate, what exercise Im doing etc.

For example if I was doing yoga or pilates I wouldnt worry as much, but doing high energy cardio or weights I always will. For me it gives me a better workout.

Depending on when I last ate ill just have nuts or a banana, but I do a 90 minute boxing class on Mondays and ill usually have a slice of toast with peanut butter or something similar before.

So long as you make sure its low calories, healthy etc I think its very beneficial.

I eat half a banana on my way to the gym. Anything else/more than that and I have to wait hours before I can excercise and not feel sick.

i eat before i workout in the afternoons if i'm starving. i usually eat a small helping of whatever seems appealing (fruit, vegetables, yogurt) and wait an hour.

I eat light carbs w/ sugar (like fruit) yypically because carbs offer your body the most amount of energy. I eat an hour to an hour and a half before a workout. You never want to workout too soon after eating because your body is expending energy digesting the food you just ate and it'll be harder for you to finish the workout. Not to mention cramps, burps, etc. And I drink a shake or chocolate milk (a pretty great non-expensive recovery drink!) right after and then eat 2 or 3 hours later.

Who eats before they work out?
I haven't been for the past 15 weeks I've been exercising,
But recently I've been thinking if I eat 30-60 minutes before working out I'll have more energy!
I was thinking just a few eggs!
What do you guys do?
Eat before workout or afterwards?
If you eat before, what do you eat?

I eat a bowl of oatmeal or something when i wake up, then wait until i'm sure I wont barf if i move a ton haha. then afterwards i'm starving again so i eat more 8D; maybe a sandwich or something. I just eat what i'm in the mood for.

I eat breakfast and then ab an hour later, I workout. Make sure to let ur food settle b4 jumpin n2 a workout. U might b different, but if I get RIGHT before, it makes me sick. That's why I wait an hour.

billyh333 wrote: »

Who eats before they work out?
I haven't been for the past 15 weeks I've been exercising,
But recently I've been thinking if I eat 30-60 minutes before working out I'll have more energy!
I was thinking just a few eggs!
What do you guys do?
Eat before workout or afterwards?
If you eat before, what do you eat?

your skinny so it does not matter then only didfrence is that if you work out on empty stomach your body is using that energy to burn fat when you eat then your body uses its energy to burn the meal off

You obviously have never bonked before...

If it's morning and I want to push myself I'll have a proper breakfast - either shredded wheat with banana, or more recently a PB&J bagel. I will wait around 2h before starting (often I will go back to sleep during that time). If it's after work I normally go for a pittabread banana sandwich, again 2h before.

If it's something a bit lighter I typically go for an apple and a banana >30 mins or so before.

Works for me and my cardio workouts.

I workout at 430 am (90 min literally in the gym 15 min after I wake up the only thing I use is C4 two scoops but I do eat about 1000 calories an hour later.

I workout at 11:00am. I eat 2 fig newton cookies with water 30-45 minutes before working out. At 12:45pm, after the workout, I eat a sandwich for lunch.

It's been working great for me. The fig newton gives me the energy I need to do the workout. I'm very hungry afterwards, but the sandwich after the workout works perfectly for me.