Evening workouters

I'd rather head straight to the gym after work. But sometimes (and very rarely) will I go home to eat first then head out. It's just harder to leave the house once I'm home.

I prefer to workout prior to eating dinner. I either go to the gym straight from work or go home and get on the treadmill/bike before eating. I once made the mistake of eating 1st and then working out about an hour later - my stomach felt miserable and it was really hard for me to complete the run (though I did - swearing that I wouldnt make that mistake again).

I also concur with one of the other posters. If I go home first to cook, sit down or whatever, then its a wrap for me - not going back out to workout.

i have always had a high protein snack later int he aftenroon then worked out right after work (4:30 or so) then eat dinner after

i always workout after work and before eating dinner.. if i eat dinner and then have to sit around for an hour or so to digest enough to hit the gym i feel less motivated to go once the time comes around!

I get home from work at about 5:15 and since I have an elliptical at home, I immediately hop on and workout BEFORE dinner.
Like so many others, I find that if I allow myself to get comfortable after work, it is really unlikely for me to get my butt in gear again.

I go straight to the gym after work. If I go home, it's really unlikely that I'll go back out. On days where I workout after work, I try to have a snack around 3:30, like a hard boiled egg, string cheese, a few turkey slices, etc. Something small that will give me energy to get to dinner but not make me sick while exercising. I also suggest pre-making dinner on days where you workout after work so when you do finally get home, you don't over indulge because you are so hungry. Those are good crockpot days. Yesterday I made extra so I can eat the leftovers for tonights dinner, since tonight is an evening workout night for me.

I eat after I workout. I am usually starving by the time I get home from the gym so I will blend up a protein smoothy to drink while I am fixing my dinner to hold me over until my dinner is ready to devour.

I work from 7a-5p M-F and what I'll normally do is have my last snack at work between 2-3 o'clock then I will have an apple after I get home. I work out after that and, like the poster above said, I am famished after that. But, I eat well and I eat less because I hate undoing what I just worked so hard for. If I workout after eating, I eat more, have to wait for my stomach to settle and my motivation goes downhill. On weekends, if I go riding first thing in the morning, I will drink a protein shake or something along those lines. Sometimes cereal but I have to wait a little bit first.

I work 9-5pm and have to say i PREFER first thing morning run / workout. However sometimes it is easier to work out after i finish work around 6/6.30pm i have a snack late afternoon and have dinner after workout. Oh btw major mistake once i left it too late in the evening and did 2 cardio sessions. I WAS AWAKE FOR HOURS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I didnt get to sleep until 1:30am LOL! xxxx

I prefer to hit the gym on my lunch hour because I always run into this conundrum when I try to do the evening thing. I find I can't go right after work - I am too hungry. So I go home and eat something first, but then need to wait for it to digest at least a little, so when I do that I can't start my workout until like 7:30-8 which I hate.