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Eating late dinners - Working out before or after?

HockeyWifey
HockeyWifey Posts: 19 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Need a little advice. Here is my situation.. I work 9am-6pm Monday through Friday. I get home about 6:30pm.

I am not sure if it would be better to work out then eat a later dinner, or if I should eat then wait a half hour or so, then work out later. Are there any benefits to doing either? Or is it just kind of what fits me?

Thanks in advance for the advice :smile:

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  • acheben
    acheben Posts: 476 Member
    I would do whichever works best for you. Personally, if I can't workout before work, I workout immediately after I get home. Once I change out of work clothes and sit on the couch, I lose all motivation.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Do what works best for you. I workout right after work and then have dinner after - around 9 or 10pm. Makes for an awful long time between lunch and dinner but if I went home and ate first I'd never work out!
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    whichever you prefer...it really doesn't matter.

    i usually hit the gym after work a couple nights per week...i'd never get there if i went home and had dinner first...it's game over after I get home. I eat dinner around 8:30/9:00 PM pretty much every night.
  • peaceout_aly
    peaceout_aly Posts: 2,018 Member
    I have the same schedule - I leave work at 6PM and head home to make dinner for myself & my partner which isn't usually ready until 7PM (I try to prep as much as possible the night before); we always eat prior to our work out, because unfortunately we don't make it to the gym until 8PM most of the time
  • SuggaD
    SuggaD Posts: 1,369 Member
    What works best. I prefer eating after gym. Sometimes that means dinner at 10.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    acheben wrote: »
    I would do whichever works best for you. Personally, if I can't workout before work, I workout immediately after I get home. Once I change out of work clothes and sit on the couch, I lose all motivation.

    This is me. As a result, I will workout at 8 and have dinner at 9:30, since if I eat dinner first that's it.

    If I can't workout before work or at lunch I often try to figure out a way to make my commute into the workout (like by jogging home).
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  • HockeyWifey
    HockeyWifey Posts: 19 Member
    I feel like I should work out right when I get home then eat later. I know there was a few threads where I notice some were talking about eating late and that it's bad for your metabolism. So I was curious if others did have success with such a routine.

    Thanks all for your input!
  • SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage
    SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage Posts: 2,668 Member
    HockeyWifey wrote: »
    I feel like I should work out right when I get home then eat later. I know there was a few threads where I notice some were talking about eating late and that it's bad for your metabolism. So I was curious if others did have success with such a routine.

    Thanks all for your input!

    The metabolism thing is bunk. Do whatever works for you.

  • salembambi
    salembambi Posts: 5,585 Member
    i always work out when i wake up ,do what works for you

    also i eat late pretty much every day ..i like eating at night im a night time eater always eating food at 10 pm
  • Kimberly_Harper
    Kimberly_Harper Posts: 409 Member
    I work out right after work, then make dinner after I get home and out of my sweaty clothes.
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