I wake up at 5:50, so I'm usually pushing play on Cold Start at about 6:10. I have a few prunes, or a few spoonfuls of oatmeal before the workout otherwise I bonk out (which resulted once in terrible trembling, a fever, and almost passing out) because I'm already eating at a deficit for weight loss((**note I'm not eating at that much of a deficit, this only happens if I work out in the morning, its not a problem if I work out in the evening, but I find that inconvenient)).

I'm usually in bed by about 10-10:30 and I fall asleep fairly immediately (thank you p90x3 I'm always tired lol), and so I get about 7-7.5 hours of sleep. I would like it to be a bit more but that's the most manageable. Afterwards I have my actual breakfast- protein shake, quinoa oatmeal, yogurt soaked muesli, egg and sweet potato hash. Something filling but not super high in calories, I hate feeling heavy in the morning from food, so I normally have a fruit & protein snack at about 10:30-11:00 or whenever I get hungry.

Honestly though, I don't worry to much about timing my eating, etc. Following those algorithms for weight loss seemed redundant and hard to follow for me. If you are sleeping well, exercising, drinking water, and eating healthy food in healthy portions, you'll get your body where you want it. Eating 75 minutes after waking up or fifteen minutes after a workout isn't going to change that.

I am trying to switch over from evening work outs to morning work outs. So I go to bed at 9 and wake up at 4:30 then drink my protein shake right after my work out. Then I eat a bowl of oatmeal (or yogurt and fruit or a hard boiled egg and turkey sausage) about 9am. I don't know if that's what I'm supposed to do but it works for me.

My work schedule is from 8am-9pm. I try to wake up at 6 and get going as opposed to coming home after 9 and working out.

I typically reserve the yoga/stretch exercises for the evenings because it's a nice way to end the day and prepare my body for sleep. But with the weights and cardio workouts, I plan to do in the mornings.

I started working out first thing in the morning a while back. I had some friends tell me that by doing that people sleep better, and they feel better throughout the day since they started the day with a workout.

I found that I didn't sleep any better (although really... I don't think it's possible to sleep better than I do now...), and I spent all day every day feeling like I'd been run over by a truck. Combine that with my natural reluctance to get up a second before I absolutely must do so...

And that's why I exercise at night. :laugh:

I wake up at 5am to get to work before 6:30am. During a typical workweek I manage to get my workouts done around 3pm before teaching an evening class. My weekends give me the flexibility to workout whenever I feel like it.

My five meals fall around standard times, but I always try to eat a little protein/carbs immediately after a workout.

Mike