Eating before AM workout

jms14letgo
jms14letgo Posts: 138 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I'm one of those "roll out of bed and workout" kind of people. I'm up at 5:00 and working out by 5:15 most days. I've been researching fat loss vs muscle loss and it has me wondering if I should be eating first. Right now I just take a pre-workout and get moving. I'm not weight training at this time I do Turbo Fire and PiYo.

My question is, should I be eating before hand or does that only apply to those that are weight training? My goal is to lose fat, I'm at a pretty good weight for my height.

If you think I should eat before hand, what would you recommend? Again, I've NEVER ate before a workout, so I'm not even sure if my stomach will like it.....

Thanks!

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  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member

    So you are at recomp stage. Eat at maintenance calories or a little below+ lift weights= Your goal

    Meal timing has no effect. It has effect on your performance during exercise but that is about it.
  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
    edited February 2015
    No, you're fine.

    Just out of curiosity, what pre-wo are you using?
  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
    edited February 2015
    yopeeps025 wrote: »
    Meal timing has no effect. It has effect on your performance during exercise but that is about it.

    Just to be clear, and because it's a pet peeve of mine... it isn't that it has ZERO imact, it's that for most people, the impact is insignificant in the bigger picture. For a certain group of people, meal timing can be pretty important.
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    jacksonpt wrote: »
    No, you're fine.

    Just out of curiosity, what pre-wo are you using?

    You don't want to know what my pre workout used to be.

  • jms14letgo
    jms14letgo Posts: 138 Member
    jacksonpt wrote: »
    No, you're fine.

    Just out of curiosity, what pre-wo are you using?

    Well, it's not an actual pre-workout supplement. I take 1 lipo 6 (regular formula) before my workout. I've tried C4 but it just didn't give me the same energy boost.
  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
    edited February 2015
    No, compared to lipo 6, I don't imagine C4 would give you much of a boost.

    Do you eat post-workout? If you're worried about muscle loss, you could add a BCAA supplement as insurance. The jury is still on on the real world benefits, but IMO it's good insurance if you don't mind the cost.
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    edited February 2015
    jacksonpt wrote: »
    yopeeps025 wrote: »
    Meal timing has no effect. It has effect on your performance during exercise but that is about it.

    Just to be clear, and because it's a pet peeve of mine... it isn't that it has ZERO imact, it's that for most people, the impact is insignificant in the bigger picture. For a certain group of people, meal timing can be pretty important.

    Medical issues people or general population? Since when people have a medical issues if they ask a question and don't say they do then they get the wrong info and that info might be very devastating for they to use.
  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
    edited February 2015
    Um, neither.

    The general population shouldn't be concerned about meal timing, as they are better served focusing on consistency, adherence, effort, etc.. People with medical issues are outside of these broad stroke conversations.

    Meal timing can be an important factor for otherwise healthy individuals who are more, uh, accomplished than the average person. Competitive athletes, lean folks looking to get leaner, people focused on max returns and creating "ideal" circumstances, etc.
  • SuggaD
    SuggaD Posts: 1,369 Member
    You're fine. I can't workout on a full stomach. I'm like you, alarm goes off, roll out of bed, hit gym, road, or indoor workout after getting dressed. Breakfast when I'm done.
  • jms14letgo
    jms14letgo Posts: 138 Member
    @jacksonpt I do eat after my workout.. I'd say within the hour. I have breakfast which is usually toast & pb with milk or OJ with a protein bar... anything along those lines. I will look into the BCAA supplement.
    Thank you for your responses! I really have been trying to research all of this but it's seriously overwhelming when you don't have a clue. :\
  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
    edited February 2015
    If your workouts have been good and you're making progress, I would just stick with what you're doing. K.I.S.S.
  • Sam_I_Am77
    Sam_I_Am77 Posts: 2,093 Member
    The data behind fasted cardio is a little fuzzy I'd say. My understanding of it, and Alan Aragon provides a really good synopsis of fasted training, is that the benefit of fasted cardio on fat-loss is dependent upon the VO2 level you hit during the cardio. Good chance that those videos aren't going to stress you to the point where you'll need carbs to perform the videos, so you might likely benefit from fasted cardio but it's really hard to say unless you have a means of testing your VO2 max while training. Ultimately the largest factor to fat loss is going to be calories in/out. Try it and see how it works for you. If you find that you absolutely can't perform in a fasted stated, then chug a 20oz Gatorade, wait 30-minutes (go prep lunch, lay work clothes out, etc) and then do your exercise video.
  • markcomunale2
    markcomunale2 Posts: 14
    1/2 cup of oatmeal, 1 cup of milk, 1 tbsp of Adams peanut butter, sliced almonds, raisins, and maybe a banana added in when I'm extra hungry. 30 mins before my morning workout.
  • Cherimoose
    Cherimoose Posts: 5,208 Member
    If you don't like eating before, a few ounces of juice will give energy and prevent muscle loss.


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  • jms14letgo
    jms14letgo Posts: 138 Member
    markcomunale2 wrote: »
    1/2 cup of oatmeal, 1 cup of milk, 1 tbsp of Adams peanut butter, sliced almonds, raisins, and maybe a banana added in when I'm extra hungry. 30 mins before my morning workout.

    Wow! There is no way I could eat that much before a workout... maybe half that, maybe.

    @Cherimoose I do lift weights, just not right now. I cycle between a couple months of lifting weights and a couple months of PiYo. Someday I will try a combination of the two but for now this is what works.

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