Pre and Post Workout Snack

Not sure if it's considered a "snack" but I always have a whey protein shake after I exercise, it's like my "reward" or a pat on the back after finishing my workout, as for the pre-workout snack, I always have a fruit or two.

Breakfast about an hour or so before (toast with peanut butter and jam, plus espresso) then another espresso and a bit of candy before and during. Post is lunch.. usually chicken or shrimp with vegetables or leftovers

On the weekends when I try for longer rows, I’ll often have a couple of ounces of beef jerky...I like the Kirkland steak jerky. During the week I don’t eat anything and the have breakfast about an hour later.

Nothing before, then a protein slushy afterwards. Maybe some carbs, depending if blood sugars decided to dive too much. (diabetic, so need to check after)

Usually it's just meals. Most often, my cardio-type workouts are in the AM, so I eat a light breakfast before (kefir, peanut butter on pita would be typical). I usually eat lunch soon after unless we go out for coffee after on-water rowing, in which case I'd be having a large plain skim latte (skim milk = protein and sugars, of course caffeine).

If I haven't eaten recently and feel a little low-energy before a strength workout later in the day, I might have a light snack, sometimes just a green-apple caramel sucker (60 calories, pretty much pure sugar), or cheese and crackers. If it's a long time until dinner, I might have a protein-y snack after (strength training makes me hungry, for some reason ), like Greek yogurt/fruit, cottage cheese, or some crispy chickpeas.

For a while I was taking a kettlebell class immediately after spin class, and found I'd do better (more energy in kettlebell, better recovery) if I had a small snack with carbs, sometimes a just-apples applesauce packet, sometimes a small chocolate milk, because those were easy to put in my gym bag and eat quickly in the very few minutes between classes.

I don't have a pre-workout snack since I workout early in the morning. I just eat breakfast. After my workout I've recently started eating my protein bars in the period I spend between a workout session and lunch, since I found that I was becoming cranky, and lethargic if I wait until lunch. I know most protein bars, including the atkins, protein one and zone perfect bars are more of a candy bar than health-food, but it's like my pat on the back for working up a good sweat! I don't count this as a snack, but I will also drink whatever is left in my 22oz waterbottle along with my protein bar, AND THEN drink 8oz of whatever tea I feel like that day(chamomile, darjeeling, roobis cinnamon, jasmine green etc.). The liquids plus the bar help me feel satiated until lunch, sometimes a little too well!

I workout way too early, so I just have a protein shake before....and a protein shake after combined with 1/2 cup of Almond Milk + All Bran after my workout. It's simple.