Is it ok to eat after the gym?

BillyKincaid
BillyKincaid Posts: 1
in Food and Nutrition
Seems like every time i go to the gym i come back and eat my dinner after my work out. Should i start eating before my workouts?
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  • CoachReddy
    CoachReddy Posts: 3,949 Member
    you SHOULD be eating post workout...
  • maa59115
    maa59115 Posts: 29 Member
    You should be eating a nice full meal after a workout to help refuel your body.
  • daydream_believer
    daydream_believer Posts: 332
    what they said! :)
    i loveee my post workout meal. i workup the biggest appetite haha.
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    I disagree with all the posters above. Eat any time that feels best.
  • MidwestAngel
    MidwestAngel Posts: 1,897 Member
    I disagree with all the posters above. Eat any time that feels best.
    ^This
  • Crankstr
    Crankstr Posts: 3,958 Member
    doesn't matter
  • AllonsYtotheTardis
    AllonsYtotheTardis Posts: 16,947 Member
    I regularly have my supper right after a workout. I don't think it hurts anything - hasn't done me any harm.
  • NewKeriSept2014
    NewKeriSept2014 Posts: 170 Member
    you need to eat after to fuel your body
  • thankyou4thevenom
    thankyou4thevenom Posts: 1,581 Member
    I disagree with all the posters above. Eat any time that feels best.

    Agreed
  • sandi117
    sandi117 Posts: 445 Member
    If you're hungry, then eat. If you're not, at least drink some water to rehydrate. I'd assume that's a given, but sometimes it doesn't hurt to reenforce what everyone should know. =)
  • CoachReddy
    CoachReddy Posts: 3,949 Member
    different opinions exist on this issue... so you're gonna have to figure it out for yourself and whatever gets you better results is what you should do. (even though odds are you'll get better results by eating a recovery meal of some kind)

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23241341
  • rosichick
    rosichick Posts: 80 Member
    Well i hope i can cause im always hungry lol, plus i work out late i come back home around 8:30 and idk if i should even put food in my stomach at that time? anyone have suggestions?
  • petstorekitty
    petstorekitty Posts: 592 Member
    I found I had better results when I eat soon after a workout. Even if it's a snack like an egg or nuts - whatever.
    I also find that having a snack pre-workout 1-1.5 hours before helps too.

    Whatever makes you feel good :)
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,189 Member
    I eat my dinner after my workout, but not for a little while after because exercising makes me not hungry.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,189 Member
    Well i hope i can cause im always hungry lol, plus i work out late i come back home around 8:30 and idk if i should even put food in my stomach at that time? anyone have suggestions?

    Studies have time and time against shown that it doesn't matter what time you put food in your belly. If you are hungry, eat. I won't eat for the last hour before bed, but only because I can't sleep on a totally full stomach. It's pure personal choice.
  • mmapags
    mmapags Posts: 8,934 Member
    I disagree with all the posters above. Eat any time that feels best.
    ^This

    And another. If you are eating every 4 hours or so your bodyis getting enough nutrients to recover. The rest is all driven by personal preference. There is no short, critical anabolic window.
  • TrailRunner61
    TrailRunner61 Posts: 2,505 Member
    Eat whenever you feel like it. I can't eat before I workout or I'd be throwing up all over the gym... Afterwards, as in a hour or so, I'm hungry anyway, so that's when I eat.
    Do what works for you!
  • kabertrand63
    kabertrand63 Posts: 111 Member
    Eating after is best, your metabolism is running pretty good at that time!
  • Cullinanmarti
    Cullinanmarti Posts: 72 Member
    Don't forget to rehydrate.
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    I disagree with all the posters above. Eat any time that feels best.
    ^This


    ^^that

    Caveat: unless you have just done a glycogen depleting workout, then you should be eating again before doing another one.
  • leomentlines
    leomentlines Posts: 440 Member
    Its definitely ok.. I just left the gym and ate dinner a few minutes ago!
  • keith0373
    keith0373 Posts: 2,154 Member
    I disagree with all the posters above. Eat any time that feels best.

    Agreed
    Agreed I usualy have a snack before and then eat dinner after. It is working so far. Keep the Protein up :)
  • kingkoopaluv
    kingkoopaluv Posts: 147 Member
    no you might choke!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i eat before and after and after again again again again and again!
  • SideSteel
    SideSteel Posts: 11,068 Member
    Seems like every time i go to the gym i come back and eat my dinner after my work out.

    Nothing wrong with this practice. Do you enjoy it? Keep doing it.

    Should i start eating before my workouts?

    I would base this decision primarily around performance metrics and personal preference. Choose whichever method gives you the best of both.
  • djames92
    djames92 Posts: 990 Member
    if your hungry then yes
  • WannaDizzolve
    WannaDizzolve Posts: 270 Member
    my trainer says that you should have a high protein food within 1.5 hours of your workout. They have that protein stuff or you can have a light meal.
  • mmapags
    mmapags Posts: 8,934 Member
    Eating after is best, your metabolism is running pretty good at that time!

    Not sure what this means or how it is relevant. What would happen to the nutrients that are either in you system or stored? is there some reason they would not get utilized? The whole, eating right after a workout thing always seems to have the assumption of fasted training built in but unspoken. But there are nutrients in our system when we work out if we've eaten within a few hours prior that get utilized just fine.
  • sweatymuscles
    sweatymuscles Posts: 83
    Yes its ok to eat after you're done with the gym.
  • misssiri
    misssiri Posts: 335 Member
    Well i hope i can cause im always hungry lol, plus i work out late i come back home around 8:30 and idk if i should even put food in my stomach at that time? anyone have suggestions?

    Yes. Eat whenever it works for you. I eat as early or as late as I want, always after 9pm. Sometimes as late as 10 or 11. It doesn't matter what time you eat.
  • MrClean55
    MrClean55 Posts: 4
    You should have smoething to eat before you workout to fuel your workout and you should have some protein with in 30 minutes after your workout.

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