too scared to eat!

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  • DustinReiner
    DustinReiner Posts: 157 Member
    I know I'm late to the party here, BUT I do the eat an hour before I do some cardio all the time.

    You have an hour or less befroe you run, all you've had is a cup of coffee.

    I do this vertually every morning. You don't have time for a complex Carbohydrates, you need a simple Carbohydrates

    Complex Carbohydrates
    Fiber and starch are complex carbs that take longer for the body to digest. Vegetables, breads, rice, whole grains and pasta are examples of complex carbohydrates.

    Since you run is in an hour you need something that is going to be digested quickly and that will give you energy to burn carbo's.

    Simple Carbohydrates
    Simple carbohydrates are also known as simple sugars. These simple carbs give the body a quick energy boost. Natural sugar from fruit, table sugar and sugar from milk all fall into this category.

    Eat an orange or a bannana.
  • kmck045
    kmck045 Posts: 19
    Hell, you guys are awesome!

    Well, here's the result of today...

    There was nothing much I could scrounge up at work but I did find a bag of raw nuts. I had about 40gms 20 minutes before my run.

    I went for my run and it was SO HARD. I've been gradually building up over the last 2 months, and from being a never-break-a-walk girl I can run 23 minutes no breaks! So I did manage that today, but 6 minutes into it I nearly turned back and it was a real big struggle.

    Usually on a run day (3 out of every 4) I've been trying to have a piece of toast, but today I just let organisation go out the window.
    I don't know if it's all in my head, but gosh I did struggle today.

    HOWEVER... on the bright side... and this is really exciting for me... I was on the verge of needing blood pressure medication (at 36! The pain of it!) but today's visit to the quack showed my reading waaaaaaaay down from 195/95 to... wait for it... 130/80!

    So in the short time I've been trying to get the exercise sorted, and even though I'm still a big girl, I've actually done something that is a step to giving me a longer life, and one without permanent medication! Wow! I'm still smiling 'bout that!
  • ImperfektAngel
    ImperfektAngel Posts: 811 Member
    ^^^wow 23 minutes straight! such a good job! i can only do 13 mins non stop for now but hope to keep building on that :)
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