Should women eat after a workout?

jla2425
jla2425 Posts: 67 Member
edited November 18 in Food and Nutrition
Im getting mixed advice. Some say no eating for 90 minutes to 3 hours after a workout for maximum fat burn. Others say right after is best. Any advice ? Also i workout in the afternoon or evening. Ive always eaten something before regardless. I sometimes do cardio in the evening also so i can eat a bed time snack if im done my calories...
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  • jla2425
    jla2425 Posts: 67 Member
    jenilla1 wrote: »
    I've never had a problem being successful with my weight loss, maintenance, or fitness progress eating whenever I feel like it, especially right after a workout. If you don't want to eat right away, it's OK to wait. If you're hungry, eat. Do what works for you. Keep it simple. Sometimes the advice you get from people is just bullcr@p. Oftentimes, the more complicated people try to make something, the more bullcr@ppy their advice is. ;)

    Totally agree that people do over complicate things. Im always feeling i need to eat after or i feel weak and eating before doesnt affect me what so over im not sluggish or sick. I do have a high appetite. Thanks all !
  • canadianlbs
    canadianlbs Posts: 5,199 Member
    i hope they 'should'. because i sure do. heck, sometimes i break off halfway through to scarf something in the parking lot and then i go back.

  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
    ninerbuff wrote: »
    Maximum fat burn happens when you are asleep.

    Timing of meals don't really matter. It's about being in a calorie deficit to lose body fat.


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    Just out of curiosity...what if someone is getting very poor sleep.. ? Would it happen just resting as well?
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,599 Member
    I always eat after my workouts. Sometimes just about immediately ... sometime a bit later. Rarely more than an hour later unless for some reason I don't have food accessible within that hour.
  • tsortsor
    tsortsor Posts: 830 Member
    I like to eat 4 to 5 hours before and then right after
  • KANGOOJUMPS
    KANGOOJUMPS Posts: 6,474 Member
    its fine
  • jla2425
    jla2425 Posts: 67 Member
    http://fitness.mercola.com/sites/fitness/archive/2016/01/22/eat-before-exercise.aspx
    nutmegoreo wrote: »
    I don't understand how this is a gender thing. If someone could explain how digestion/consumption work post-exercise differently between men and women, that would be awesome thanks. I'm just trying to figure out where this "information" could have possibly found any roots.

    OP, eat if you're hungry and it doesn't make you ill. Meal timing is rarely relevant for the average person. IIRC, in the case of elite athletes, that could be different.

    This was the ppst i read
  • kaizaku
    kaizaku Posts: 1,039 Member
    After exercise your body needs energy. So yes, eat after workout. Moderate carb, low fat and moderate protein meal.
  • jessef593
    jessef593 Posts: 2,272 Member
    Cardio doesn't burn fat. Anyone telling you that needs a smack in the head. It all boils down to calories
  • sarabushby
    sarabushby Posts: 784 Member
    Depending if your goals are weight loss driven or performance driven people may give different answers but for me, training for speed & endurance it's critical to time my nutrition right - before working out have some carbs to fuel the workout, during the workout I have more carbs to fuel my training abs prevent 'hitting the wall', then afterwards it's important to eat protein for muscle repair and carbs for ATP syntheses (to give your cells energy to go again tomorrow!).

    If I did not eat after a workout it would certainly impair my recovery and my ability to train hard again the next day.

    I watch my calories & macros overall throughout the day to ensure I am not overeating which would cause weight gain and to make sure I plan my meals to suit my training.
  • macchiatto
    macchiatto Posts: 2,890 Member
    I usually work out shortly after breakfast so I don't often eat again right after a workout, but if I'm hungry I will. Like pp's said, meal timing doesn't matter.
  • gabriel270290
    gabriel270290 Posts: 1 Member
    sarabushby wrote: »
    Depending if your goals are weight loss driven or performance driven people may give different answers but for me, training for speed & endurance it's critical to time my nutrition right - before working out have some carbs to fuel the workout, during the workout I have more carbs to fuel my training abs prevent 'hitting the wall', then afterwards it's important to eat protein for muscle repair and carbs for ATP syntheses (to give your cells energy to go again tomorrow!).

    If I did not eat after a workout it would certainly impair my recovery and my ability to train hard again the next day.

    I watch my calories & macros overall throughout the day to ensure I am not overeating which would cause weight gain and to make sure I plan my meals to suit my training.

    Sara explained it perfectly. As long as you are keeping your cals on point, timing your meals depends exclusively in your goals or the type of training you're doing. Don't loose focus on the main objective, if the goal is to loose weight it is well know that if you train parcially depleted of carbs (fasted) you will enhance fat loss, but that's a science apart and each one of us responds differently.
  • SideSteel
    SideSteel Posts: 11,068 Member
    gabriel270290 wrote: »
    sarabushby wrote: »
    Depending if your goals are weight loss driven or performance driven people may give different answers but for me, training for speed & endurance it's critical to time my nutrition right - before working out have some carbs to fuel the workout, during the workout I have more carbs to fuel my training abs prevent 'hitting the wall', then afterwards it's important to eat protein for muscle repair and carbs for ATP syntheses (to give your cells energy to go again tomorrow!).

    If I did not eat after a workout it would certainly impair my recovery and my ability to train hard again the next day.

    I watch my calories & macros overall throughout the day to ensure I am not overeating which would cause weight gain and to make sure I plan my meals to suit my training.

    Sara explained it perfectly. As long as you are keeping your cals on point, timing your meals depends exclusively in your goals or the type of training you're doing. Don't loose focus on the main objective, if the goal is to loose weight it is well know that if you train parcially depleted of carbs (fasted) you will enhance fat loss, but that's a science apart and each one of us responds differently.

    Training while or for glycogen depletion may increase acute fat oxidation during the training bout but that doesn't necessarily translate to greater total fat loss over time compared to training fed.

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4242477/
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    jla2425 wrote: »
    http://fitness.mercola.com/sites/fitness/archive/2016/01/22/eat-before-exercise.aspx
    nutmegoreo wrote: »
    I don't understand how this is a gender thing. If someone could explain how digestion/consumption work post-exercise differently between men and women, that would be awesome thanks. I'm just trying to figure out where this "information" could have possibly found any roots.

    OP, eat if you're hungry and it doesn't make you ill. Meal timing is rarely relevant for the average person. IIRC, in the case of elite athletes, that could be different.

    This was the ppst i read

    Thanks. I'll look at it a bit closer, when I get a chance later. At first glance there are two things that make me question the validity of this particular opinion piece. First, the author doesn't have a particularly squeaky clean name to him:

    https://www.quackwatch.org/11Ind/mercola.html

    Second, the sales pitch to his book at the bottom of the page is another clue that he's just there to over-complicate things so that more people are convinced that they need his books to lose weight.
  • SideSteel
    SideSteel Posts: 11,068 Member
    To the OP I have a few points to add:

    1) I'd consider never going to mercola.com again. He's a complete shill/huckster and he does more harm than good.

    2) Regarding your original question I'd primarily base this on personal preference and adherence and if there truly are ZERO differences to you as far as preferences go I would lean towards positioning some nutrients around training (before/after or both) within a couple of hours on each end of training.

  • cozytimes
    cozytimes Posts: 111 Member
    if you're hungry or want to eat after a workout, then go ahead. it's your preference.
  • deputy_randolph
    deputy_randolph Posts: 940 Member
    I eat before, during, after...all the bagels.
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