Eat before or after workout?

If I am going to lift weights at night, I eat supper with my family as usual. If I am going to run, I eat about half of my meal beforehand, wait an hour and then run, and then eat the rest afterward.

This is going to end up being a personal preference thing. Every person is different as to how much they want to or can eat before/after exercising.

I eat my workout calories.

Depends on when I'm going. If it's first thing in the morning, I'll eat after, because if I stop long enough to eat, I'll talk myself out of going (not a morning person.) It it's later in the day, it just depends if I'm hungry or not.

I eat after, as eating before makes me feel yucky and I don't seem to put in a good performance. I'm mostly running for workouts at the moment.

It's very personal preference, so you'll need to find out what works for you. (I do like the idea of some carbs before a workout and protein after. Pity it's not something I can do!)

I try and eat something small about an hour before working out (yogurt, hard boiled egg, low sodium deli meat, cheese etc), and I try and eat something after (if I've been doing weights I try and eat a little protein).
If MFP calculated your calories then you should be eating back at least 50% of those calories (MFP over calculates burned calories for most people).

whatever works best for you

I'd definitely consume some calories post-workout regardless of the time (a calorie is a calorie regardless of you eating it at 8am or 8pm), that being said there are certainly choices that would benefit you more than others for terms of overall health/well being.

After you've trained your glycogen stores will be depleted and you will hasten the speed of which you enter a catabolic state, and consider if you don't eat anything after your training, you're then going several hours in a fasted state until breakfast.

I would suggest something protein dense, with a medium consumption of healthy fats and a small portion of carbs, i.e. veggie omelet

As for eating workout calories back, it depends on your goal. If you are looking to lean out then you'll need to stay in a caloric deficit, maintaining meet your caloric needs and gaining you'll need to eat in a surplus.

I don't follow any "rule" in this regard.
I'm up at 4:20, in the pool at 5:05. Finish 6000 yards around 7:00. Breakfast around 7:45 when I get to the office.
Sunday is the only day that the YMCA opens late enough for me to eat anything before swimming.
If I hit the weight room after work I may grab a Detour protein bar while I change clothes.

I do long runs at night. I tend to eat my regular dinner, wait at least an hour, run, and then have a snack after. You may have to try different things until you figure out what works best for you.

MrM27 wrote: »

I exercise first thing in the AM and find it easier to just drink water/ falvored seltzer b4 and during the workout. No eating prior at all.

Before I have a protein shake. Afterwards I eat an actual meal. If I eat for real before the workout, I will become nauseated and also perform poorly.