Should I eat before or after I exercise?

If you're eating a real dinner you need to wait a couple of hours (as told by my trainer) When I am working I work out from 5am to about 6; but when I have to do evenings I eat only a light snack and then eat dinner AFTER

i've read that you burn more calories when you exercise on an empty stomach. the only thing is chances are you will have a lot less energy and therefore won't be able to exercise as hard. i guess that probably didn't really help with your decision at all lol

I always try to workout on an empty stomach.

That is probably not a good idea. I was told, by an Air Force trainer to eat a small amount of carbs (usually toast or an english muffin) before and then something with protein after. I usually do a pria bar or the other half of that english muffin with peanut butter. You have to fuel the machine.

It works for me, besides it depends on when you work out. If you've been eating all day your machine is fueled and fine.

No, this doesn't matter. If you've been eating all day your body has been burning up those calories through-out the day..even if you've been resting. You should always have a good amount of protein with some carbs (like a protein bar or some toast w/ better ' n pbut butter, or even a few slices of cheese) about 20-30 minutes before your workout. And then afterwards have more protein to keep your metabolism at a good spot. So, it's a good thing to have a good dinner meal of say some chicken and veggies afterwards. But you don't want ever exercise on a completely empty stomach, because a) you won't have the energy that you would if you fueled your body properly first and therefore you won't get the workout you would normally and b) you end up burning MORE calories because your body is good on fuel!
Wow, did you get all that!? lol

My trainer told me never to work out on an empty stomach - always to have a smoothie or something in the morning before the workout. He also said that you burn MORE calories when you eat AFTER your workout . Your body continues to burn calories when you're done exercising.

Soooo...according to him, eat a larger meal after you exercise.

I was told by the trainer at the gym that the body burns up anything you put it in almost instantly for 45 minutes after you've finished your workout. However, in burning all that out, it leaves you hungry again too. I was advised not to work out on an empty stomach but also not to eat any meals for at least an hour after working out. That way my body can focus on burning up all the "stored calories" (shall we say) instead of what I'm putting into it.

But I guess to directly answer what you asked---

I eat lunch 2 to 2.5 hours before working out and then dinner falls about 3 hours after my workout, although I have a small afternoon snack in there before dinner. (Did those time frames work out? I eat lunch around 12 noon, work out from 230p-330p, eat dinner around 630p.)