Eating before exercise

Eat before exercise!!!?? Whooooaaa!!! take a step back, lady!!! the way i look at it, food fuels the workout!!

i want to attack my FAT STORES otherwise im just sweating my balls off to work off the toast I just ate!!! pointless in my book!!!!!
might as well just bin the toast and not bother with exersices as the results are the same calorie-wise.

Your body has FAT to use as energy so USE IT, don't fill up on carbs/sugars or whatever!!!

Do some FASTED CARDIO!!!! 20-30mins LIGHT EXERSISE!!!! thats all you need!! dont be spending 90mins on a treadmill like the other boffins I see sweating through 7 layers of clothes!!! its unnesseccary!!!

I lose weight just sitting here yawning!! I havent seen the inside of a gym since Noah built the Ark and Im LEAN AS HELL THESE DAYS!!!

USE THE FAT YOUR TRYIN TO LOSE!!!!

(just my oppinion, probably totally wrong, but maybe worth a shot, though?! thanks)

any workout you do needs fuel, your body wont imdeiately suck fat from your body and use it, not enough for a workout anyway... this happens slowly or you could do a days worth of excersize and lose 20lbs, i normally eat with enough time for my food to go down so it's not sitting in my stomach (this will depend how quickly you digest food) it's more what you eat before that will govern what your body does with it, aim for low fat, some clean carbs and protein, (i like whole grain cereal but it's not for everyone) an hour before you're ready to start then after your workout have a high protein food/drink for your body to use to do repairs say a chicken dinner or protein shake depending on the time of day.

i prefer doing my workout an hour or so before i go to bed this way i feel my body is in repair mode right after a workout and i feel less achy the day after, also having had my high protein food i know it's not going to be sitting in my stomach all night because my body will be using it

now i will say - this is for me putting on muscle, however the difference being what i do in a workout and what you'd do, making the difference between putting on weight and losing it, your body still needs the same treatment with food:

energy to use before

protein to use after

the only deviation from this would be if you're not eating the calories you burn during a workout and you've already eaten your quota but even then i'd say move your workout or meal to fit the above

I agree with twelfty. This seems in line with what my trainer has said too.

I am not trying to lose weight. I am increasing cardio and doing weight lifting. I eat an hour before. carbs, protein and fruit. I just ate 2 eggs, wild rice and cantaloupe. I am also going to have a protein drink. All in all about 700 calories. I consume about 3000 a day.

But you need to fuel your body with direct energy. Fat stores are not energy per se. I mean yes they are, but they don't burn immediately during a workout. That's why losing weight is gradual. Hope this makes sense. Good luck!

You don't need a 4 hour space in between your meal and a workout. :huh: I have seen some people say they do not eat anything before they work out, but that has never worked for me and I end up feeling sluggish, which leads me to put in much less effort. Usually, when I do cardio, I eat foods high in carbs with some protein mixed in, about an hour before I work out. Oatmeal, nuts, and fruit is typically what I go for. (I might eat some nuts or something right before if I feel like i need it). I eat something when I get back from my workout, as well. (Usually a banana.) You don't need to wait an hour like I do, of course, just see what timing works best for you.

mmmmk well you do it your way.... and make yourself ill and everyone else will do it the way their body needs it...

yes retard humans are dependant on food it's what we need to live.... see a councellor sounds like you have some food issues

and if you want the body of a kenyan by all means go for it lol....i'd rather look healthy

you can read? i don't think there were pictures in caveman times but you'll notice cavemen are never depicted as skinny because they were successful hunters and ate regularly

I drink some good old fashion milk about 30 min before It has some carbs and protein. Its important to have some sugar in your blood system to help fuel the workout.

I MEANT UNHEALTHILY DEPENDENT ON FOOD!!!
my badd!!!

I MEANT UNHEALTHILY DEPENDENT ON FOOD!!!
my badd!!!

Sorry but you clearly didn't, it's obvious from the rest of your post what you're saying, arguing aside, it sounds like you do have some issues with food, it would be a good idea to do a good bit of reading up about food and the body, and before you go spouting off your insane perspective of food and it's use to humans as facts make sure it's correct. which it quite clearly isn't

infact depending on who you're telling that **** to you could cause someone some damage similar to lernrach's experience, now that experience off a machine is dangerous enough but on a treadmill mid way at full pace you're talking serious injury... and if someone takes it as fact and doesn't deviate for a week because no one has corrected you the more likely that is to happen.

Depends what kind of exercise. I can do a weight training workout and not eat before hand. If I try and run for 30+ minutes I eat and then go.

I have a handful of cashews (and maybe some fruit juice) about half an hour before gym. Leaving it any longer just isn't an option for me; I get dizzy and sick otherwise.

A friend of mine passed out on the treadmill (she is 5' 4" and weighed at the time 160 lbs and was a regular at the gym) because she hadn't eaten in 6 hours. So, clearly food is necessary. Last night I had a long conversation with someone which delayed my dinner time and exercise time. If I was to exercise and eat before my evening cut off of 7pm for food & drink, I HAD to eat and run right after each other. I run a 5K in 40 minutes on the treadmill ... not fast and not slow! I ate 35 minutes before I ran and nothing came up! I didn't get a stitch in my side or any problems... and it was a 500 calorie dinner and a 535 calorie burn. I don't feel like I wasted the calories I burned with what I ate, because I was still just below 1200 for my day! And I ran so my muscles would be healthy along with my heart! So eat, drink and exercise... be merry!

I've never been able to eat anything within a few hours of exercise because I will throw up. Yep that's right. Guess that's why I do my BEST workout early in the morning. That way I have not eaten anything for many hours before a tough workout. Doesn't matter what the fitness gurus say... I just absolutely cannot eat before I exercise!

I wait at least an hour after I eat before I work out. Otherwise I feel awful and like I'm going to throw up my meal. Do what works and feels best for you.

If I go for a run @ 6am I usually eat a banana & a tsp of peanut butter, sometimes a probiotic yoghurt drink & couple of corn cakes. I always have some small before I exercise, it works for me. Oh & I would usually eat about 30-45 mins before.