Post workout Snack Ideas Needed

daizzi
daizzi Posts: 36 Member
edited January 5 in Fitness and Exercise
I am looking for post workout snack ideas that keep you feeling full and satisfied. I find myself wanting to raid the kitchen and eat everything in site after I workout. What do you eat post workout?

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  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    Usually breakfast, because I workout first thing in the morning. :smile: But if I don't get breakfast right away (because I have to take my kid so school, etc), I often have a cup of chocolate milk (2% milk with chocolate Ovaltine), which a lot of people use for a recovery/post-workout drink.
  • bdart
    bdart Posts: 7 Member
    Personally, i'm huge on Whey Protein shakes... one scoop for most brands are 120 cals. On their own can tide you over for a bit till your next meal or make a more complex smoothie in a blender with fresh or frozen banana/berries... Low fat yogurt and flax seed (2 TBS) helps to fill you up
  • daizzi
    daizzi Posts: 36 Member
    Great ideas Thanks!
  • _TEMPEST_
    _TEMPEST_ Posts: 205
    Fage yogurt, fresh fruit and ice water. Love love love.
  • daj150
    daj150 Posts: 815 Member
    NOTE: If you want to maximize fat burn after a workout, it is best to consume protein and little to no carbs after a workout...usually right after to within 30 minutes...might be 45, I always reverse before and after work-out times

    Simple Options:

    If you workout before breakfast: High protein and low carb breakfast...e.g 3 egg whites scrambled and 3 slices of turkey bacon, maybe half a slice of toast if you have to have that carb

    If you workout after breakfast: A whey protein shake (1 scoop...most servings usually say 3 scoops...too much for almost anyone)

    If you workout after lunch: Another whey protein shake, or, if you have a low carb lunch, eat that....my friend will wrap cheese in ham for a snack

    If you workout after work or before dinner: A whey protein shake...yes, I list this a lot...it's filling, tastes pretty good, and is simple...20 oz water + 1 scoop and shake it up

    If you workout after dinner: Good for you, I can't do this, lol. I still say a whey protein shake, but I also like cheese + hummus + red peppers...yeah, carbs here, but it's so tasty and a great before-bed snack
  • stljam
    stljam Posts: 512 Member
    I like to use the following:

    1) Low-fat cottage cheese - 26g of protein for 180 cal
    2) GNC Total Lean Shake (14oz premixed) - Strawberries and Cream or Swiss Chocolate - 25g of protein for 170cal
    3) Fage 0% yogurt - usually blueberry acai or cherry pomegranate - 13g of protein for 120 cal
    4) Kiwi (no protein but potassium for intense cardio sessions)
    5) Add BSN Total Lean Dessert protein powder to something whether that is watter, almond milk, gnc total lean shake, etc. - 21g protein for 150 cal.
    6) 1% Prairie Farms Chocolate Milk (only after strength sessions)
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