BREAKFAST BEFORE EXERCISE

angelsny
angelsny Posts: 3
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I exercise at least 4 out of 7 days, I do Jazzercise. My problem is I HATE to eat breakfast, especially before I work out. I have tried cereal, yogurt, toast, fruit. The only thing I want is coffee, it almost nauseates me to eat. Anybody else?
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  • ablissabby
    ablissabby Posts: 56 Member
    I wake up at 5 in the morning during the weekday exercise, and I find that dry toast (along with coffee) is the only thing I can eat that doesn't make me feel nauseous... and if I skip it, my workout is terrible :)
  • DMW914
    DMW914 Posts: 368 Member
    I've heard it is said that it best to have some protein so you don't lose muscle. I can't do it either. It makes me nauseuos too even if I wait an hour before exercising... I'm with you. I'm up at 5a & work out 3-5 days a week as well.
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    then don't eat before exercising. i usually only have coffee and a piece of fruit and maybe a tablespoon of peanut butter before a morning work out.

    if you don't like eating breakfast, then don't eat it. there aren't any conclusive studies that prove that it is beneficial.

    http://www.vicmagary.com/blog/skip-breakfast/
  • KawaiiJennie
    KawaiiJennie Posts: 14
    Don't feel guilty, it has never been scientifically proven that breakfast is actually the most important meal of the day ( recent research into IF claims skipping actually helps you lose weight, who would of thought it?).

    If you really want, or feel you need, energy for the morning workout then try smoothies (or mebbe a smoothie made with part cold coffee, google it, there's a lot of delish recipes along those lines, kind of a healthy, home-made, frappucinno). Anyways, if you really don't want to eat in the morning, don't force yourself, if you're body NEEDS calories it will tell you, yours obviously doesn't.
  • californiagirl2012
    californiagirl2012 Posts: 2,625 Member
    No reason to eat anything when ever you don't feel like it. That is part of how we got fat in the first place.

    I maintaining now, lot losing, but I still mostly skip breakfast and head to the gym. There is document here called the Vacation Body Blueprint which explains that if you work out in the morning fasted (zero calories, no cream in coffee) that your body produces HGH which gives you many benefits including helping you lose fat. I wrote about my experiment --> http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/745151-i-got-a-compliment-from-rusty-moore-from-fitness-black-book

    I used to think I couldn't do this and felt weak and dizzy. I have friends who do this all the time and I would never do it because I thought it made me feel awful, but as I explained in the experiment I found it was more a mindset. I finally started doing it and I have sort of built up a tolerance for it, and now I actually can not stand to eat before working out. I have learned to enjoy it and I have quite strong workouts including HIIT running afterwards and lifting heavy. I find it pretty amazing actually.

    Ever since I lost the 60 lbs at age 50 and kept it off for over a year and am the leanest and fittest I've ever been in my life..Never again will I let anyone tell me what to eat, when to eat, or how much to eat. I learned what works for me. I OWN IT. No one will ever pressure me to eat birthday cake at a party or anywhere else, I DECIDE. No one else decides for me. I eat when I want to eat and I don't eat when I don't want to eat.
  • RobertM66
    RobertM66 Posts: 5 Member
    I have one cup of coffee and dry toast. Feel dizzy during my workouts if I dont have something to eat.
  • Heyyleigh
    Heyyleigh Posts: 268 Member
    If I dont eat I crash and feel sick and jittery. Usually just a protein shake and toast. Once you crash hard its hard to recover from it and the work out sucks and comes to a hault! If you feel ok do what you want. Everyone is different.
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    No reason to eat anything when ever you don't feel like it. That is part of how we got fat in the first place.

    I maintaining now, lot losing, but I still mostly skip breakfast and head to the gym. There is document here called the Vacation Body Blueprint which explains that if you work out in the morning fasted (zero calories, no cream in coffee) that your body produces HGH which gives you many benefits including helping you lose fat. I wrote about my experiment --> http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/745151-i-got-a-compliment-from-rusty-moore-from-fitness-black-book

    do you really have to plug what you are selling in every thread you stumble upon??
  • luvsbks
    luvsbks Posts: 51
    I don't work out in the mornings. However I do like Silk unsweetened almond milk with 1 scoop french vanilla whey protein. If you are working out and you don't feel sick or light headed then you probably don't need to eat anything. I do believe that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, however it may not be for everyone.
  • GlutesthatSalute
    GlutesthatSalute Posts: 460 Member
    No reason to eat anything when ever you don't feel like it. That is part of how we got fat in the first place.

    I maintaining now, lot losing, but I still mostly skip breakfast and head to the gym. There is document here called the Vacation Body Blueprint which explains that if you work out in the morning fasted (zero calories, no cream in coffee) that your body produces HGH which gives you many benefits including helping you lose fat. I wrote about my experiment --> http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/745151-i-got-a-compliment-from-rusty-moore-from-fitness-black-book

    do you really have to plug what you are selling in every thread you stumble upon??

    I was just thinking the same thing.. GEEEEEEZZZZ
  • lexusgirl1
    lexusgirl1 Posts: 34
    I don't eat before my morning exercise BC I'd get cramps, I eat a breakfast after.
  • supplemama
    supplemama Posts: 1,956 Member
    I always do my first walk of the day before eating breakfast. It works for me.
  • Chrisremi12
    Chrisremi12 Posts: 9
    It is important to eat after though right?? :)
  • lenoresaari
    lenoresaari Posts: 500 Member
    All I need is water for hydration; the rest can wait til after I am done with exercising but it sort of depends on who you are and when you ate the night before also.
  • nita405
    nita405 Posts: 6
    The smell of food in the morning was nauseating to me ,although breakfast is my favorite meal of the day I used to have it around noon when I can tolerate the smell of food. The body needs food for energy the time we are sleep is probably the longest time period we dont feed. I have found for ME its important to try something when I wake to BREAK my body FASTing. A cracker with peanut butter or some hazelnut spread has helped me. Since I started i now can eat a bowl of oatmeal by 8 am & I am down 8 pounds.
  • suesue92
    suesue92 Posts: 8 Member
    I eat and wait at least an hour before I head to the gym.. it may be worth the try.
    otherwise, just eat after :)
  • urloved33
    urloved33 Posts: 3,323 Member
    I am with you. Coffee! I can get food into myself around 10am but before that it is a forced issue. I have tried everything simply because I know that breakfast is an important meal.....no luck here. I exercise later in the day in a large way because of this issue.
  • Jester522
    Jester522 Posts: 392
    I exercise at least 4 out of 7 days, I do Jazzercise. My problem is I HATE to eat breakfast, especially before I work out. I have tried cereal, yogurt, toast, fruit. The only thing I want is coffee, it almost nauseates me to eat. Anybody else?
    I dont eat breakfast (or lunch for that matter) and train fasted. It has no catabolic effects on muscle mass or general health as long as your replenish with adequate nutrition post workout.
  • IronSmasher
    IronSmasher Posts: 3,908 Member
    No reason to eat anything when ever you don't feel like it. That is part of how we got fat in the first place.

    I maintaining now, lot losing, but I still mostly skip breakfast and head to the gym. There is document here called the Vacation Body Blueprint which explains that if you work out in the morning fasted (zero calories, no cream in coffee) that your body produces HGH which gives you many benefits including helping you lose fat. I wrote about my experiment --> http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/745151-i-got-a-compliment-from-rusty-moore-from-fitness-black-book

    do you really have to plug what you are selling in every thread you stumble upon??

    I was just thinking the same thing.. GEEEEEEZZZZ

    At least they forgot to spout a load of mythical nonsense beforehand this time.
  • IronSmasher
    IronSmasher Posts: 3,908 Member
    then don't eat before exercising. i usually only have coffee and a piece of fruit and maybe a tablespoon of peanut butter before a morning work out.

    if you don't like eating breakfast, then don't eat it. there aren't any conclusive studies that prove that it is beneficial.

    http://www.vicmagary.com/blog/skip-breakfast/

    And most don't leave long enough for the food to do anything other than sit in their stomach during their workout.
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    She's just a spam bot advertising, don't worry about her..
  • ZeroWoIf
    ZeroWoIf Posts: 588 Member
    Gaining mass, losing fat, losing muscle are all processes that the body adjusts to and that it doesn't happen right away. Your storage of glycogen in your muscles and liver is not spent as quickly as some may think. It is fine to train with nothing in your stomach. I personally have lifted with an empty stomach, and I have also lifted with a protein shake and maybe a bit of fruit in my stomach and is about the same. Then again I am use to train fasted early in the morning for 45 minutes in cardio and weights so anyone else may experience something different. Replenishing after the workout is definitely something very important to me, even with a simple 20-40 shake etc. Specially if you were fasted to begin with but not necessarily. You can eat your post workout meal in a larger time window than you may think. Anywhere from 2-4 hours sounds reasonable. If you feel depressed or cranky after a workout then that is a pretty good sign that you should be eating.
  • DonnaLeeCattes
    DonnaLeeCattes Posts: 492 Member
    I eat after my work out
  • NareenaTheGypsy
    NareenaTheGypsy Posts: 475 Member
    See I just thought that sitting down (or walking around while eating) before my workout would just make me want to stay upstairs (I workout in the basement) and in my warm, cozy pjs lol. I get up, fix my water bottle, take my daily vitamin (I've learned to at least take that one before a workout) and get dressed and head downstairs.
    After my workout I am sweating and panting and usually grinning ear to ear, lol. I get in the shower and use the few minutes to decide what I want for breakfast.. cereal, oatmeal, etc. Then I fix a small b'fast (1c of cereal, 1 pkg of oatmeal, 1/2c of fruit, etc) and I usually eat it on the way to work.
    I have learned that I am most definitely a creature of habit. The one time I decide to sit and eat b'fast before my workout, I would get on facebook or something and the next thing I know I would be late for work and never did the workout (or my shower!) at all. Workout first, then eat.. that's the only way I know for certain that I'll get it done, even if I am looking forward to it :)
  • Crochetluvr
    Crochetluvr Posts: 3,334 Member
    I am the exact opposite....if I don't eat I feel nauseous. You do what makes you feel more able to do that workout.
  • ktdid626
    ktdid626 Posts: 185 Member
    yesterday I decided to lift first, and walk afterwards for thirty minutes. I drank a pre workout supplement that had caffeine and aminos which was added to water. I ate nothing before and nothing after. I'm trying something different for my body because I am not seeing results.

    I think you have to do what works for you personally.

    Good luck honey!
  • Marc713
    Marc713 Posts: 328 Member
    When I was in the Army, we would get up before the chickens, do all of our push ups, sit ups, squat thrusts, etc., then run a few miles, then hit the showers and march to breakfast. I was much younger, but it never killed me. Now that I'm older, I usually have more "gas in the tank" if I eat 'something' about 30 minutes before my workout. Usually I'll have some pistachios, a banana, or maybe a protein shake (Syntha 6) and I seem to have more endurance for my workout. I usually feel really light headed towards the end of my lifting set if I skip the calorie intake prior to workout.

    Perhaps try a protein shake with water, not milk before the workout?
  • QueenofScott
    QueenofScott Posts: 305 Member
    I don't like to eat before I exercise either. I walk pretty earlly and I'm just not hungry yet. When I'm done, I enjoy I nice cup of coffee, then work up to eating breakfast. It works for me!
  • fat2fitKara
    fat2fitKara Posts: 136
    Do whatever makes you feel best...

    The reason we are not suppose to excercise/swim etc after eating because while we digest the "extra" blood in our body is sent to our stomach and digestive system to process the food. When we work out we are taking the blood needed for our digestive sytem and sending it to our muscles. From what I understand the nauseous feeling is due to the blood leaving our digestive system when it is necessary for digestion. Some people do not feel nauseous because everybodies digestive system is different and takes different amount of time to digest. Please correct me if I am wrong, I learned this information 4 years ago in a BIO 101 course lol
  • Lift_hard_eat_big
    Lift_hard_eat_big Posts: 2,278 Member
    No reason to eat anything when ever you don't feel like it. That is part of how we got fat in the first place.

    I maintaining now, lot losing, but I still mostly skip breakfast and head to the gym. There is document here called the Vacation Body Blueprint which explains that if you work out in the morning fasted (zero calories, no cream in coffee) that your body produces HGH which gives you many benefits including helping you lose fat. I wrote about my experiment --> http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/745151-i-got-a-compliment-from-rusty-moore-from-fitness-black-book

    I used to think I couldn't do this and felt weak and dizzy. I have friends who do this all the time and I would never do it because I thought it made me feel awful, but as I explained in the experiment I found it was more a mindset. I finally started doing it and I have sort of built up a tolerance for it, and now I actually can not stand to eat before working out. I have learned to enjoy it and I have quite strong workouts including HIIT running afterwards and lifting heavy. I find it pretty amazing actually.

    Ever since I lost the 60 lbs at age 50 and kept it off for over a year and am the leanest and fittest I've ever been in my life..Never again will I let anyone tell me what to eat, when to eat, or how much to eat. I learned what works for me. I OWN IT. No one will ever pressure me to eat birthday cake at a party or anywhere else, I DECIDE. No one else decides for me. I eat when I want to eat and I don't eat when I don't want to eat.

    Don't you ever get tired of promoting and giving terrible advice?

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