Question for a.m. exercisers
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I'm up at 6 in the morning, take 1 or 2 coffee and go out running at 8:15. When I get back, usually 45 minutes after, I do a workout session and eat breakfast only after all that. Can't eat anything before, otherwise I feel sick.0
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I eat a banana and some water 30min before a workout. I do cardio 3time a week and weight train 3 times a week. I just do not have enough energy if I don't eat. I have read that you can train on a empty stomach or have a small snack before. It just depends what works for you. I am also up at 6 and working out at 6:30am.0
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I do not eat anything prior to working out - have 24oz of water during my exercise. On most days that I have strength training I have a bit of coffee (that of course is when the Mr. sets up the coffee maker, lol, if not i don't have anything either).
Breakfast happens within an hour after work out.0 -
The only thing I do before my workout at 5:30ish in the morning is brush my teeth. I am on a tight schedule so I get my workout in, drink a bottle of water, get myself and my 3 year old together and I'm out the door. If necessary I'll grab a banana or something with 100 cals or less but 90% of the time I eat breakfast when I get to work around 8. I've always thought it wasn't a good idea to eat something right before my workout no matter what time of the day.0
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I don't eat before I workout. I get up at 4:00 am and an in the gym by 5. (I have to commute to my office which is where my Gym is). I can't eat. if I do, I'm like you - I get sick.
Everyone is different. sometimes different foods or different wake up times work (If I'm up by by 3:30 and hungry, I can handle an english muffin with a little peanut butter and water if I am in the gym by 5) sometimes, you will just find that you cannot eat before you work out.
If you can't eat PRE workout, definitely fuel up POST workout!0 -
In the mornings when I have to go to work early during the week, I eat afterwards. That is because I want to get my workout in before I shower for work and I eat after right before I leave for work. On the weekends, sometimes I eat before I exercise. But, only if I don't plan on exercising until a while later. Depending on time.0
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After. My routine: get up, take thyroid meds with a full glass of water, C25K (every other day - need to get better about doing something else on the off days), get ready for work, and have breakfast at work (yogurt, fruit, granola bars, or Balance/Luna bars).0
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I eat breakfast within 20 minutes of waking up, and try to be at the gym about an hour later.0
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I eat afterwards. I think I would get sick if I ate before, or feel weighed down. Much nicer to go bust my *kitten* and then come home to a nice little meal. Even though it's all healthy stuff, it feels like a reward.0
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thanks for this post and all who contributed to it! this helped.0
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I think this is a personal preference thing, I split train 6 days a week and get up at 6 a.m. I am a type 2 diabetic and there is no way I could put myself through a workout on a empty stomach. I consume 850 calories (3 pieces of Brownberry Health Nut toast with All Natural Crunchy Peanut butter, a Dan Active yogurt, coffee and 1% Milk) I have never had issues with throwing up but when I first started and wasn't eating right I did have times where my blood sugar got to low and I came close to passing out, so again do what works for you.......0
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I get up, workout, get ready for the day and drive to work. I don't eat until I'm at my desk (often coffee and oatmeal), which is usually 3 hours after I first wake up. It may not be the best habit, but I can't stomach anything before a workout and I don't have enough time immediately afterward.0
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I typically have a protein shake just after my workout, then breakfast an hour or two later. If I am super hungry then I have a light protein shake prior to working out or a handful of almonds, does the trick for me.0
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I'm the same. I only do spin classes in the a.m. I wake up at 4:45 and a 100 calorie granola bar of some kind, either a Clif Bar Mini or a Special K cereal bar, while I get ready or on the drive to the gym. I spin from 5:20-ish until 6:30, drinking a full big bottle of water as I do. On the way home I might have a banana or light snack, if anything. I usually get home and pick up my regular routing, having my morning coffee as I get ready for work and when I arrive at my office I have my regular breakfast at around 8:30 (usually about 260 calories).0
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I work out at 5 a.m. every weekday morning and I usually eat either 1/2 cup of cereal at 4:30 or drink a cup of kefir before I go to the gym. Drink cup of coffee on my way there. Don't usually have any problems with that. Gives me energy to work out. Then when I get to work I eat breakfast around 8 or 8:30. I try to eat eggs with fruit but I make sure I have protein. then another snack around 10 or so. I wouldn't work out any other time. Love it!0
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Since my AM workout is primarily cardio, I don't drink large amounts of water before. I do have a banana or the such like when I think of it. Sometimes I go without until after the workout. That doesn't usually bother me.I'm trying to get into the routine of exercising in the mornings which really isn't something I've ever done before. My question is when do all you morning exercisers find is the best time to eat breakfast? This morning I ate a banana and had a glass of water before working out and then threw it up about 20 minutes after my workout. I thought it would be good to have at least something on my stomach. I'm in relatively decent shape and I've never thrown up after a workout before. Would I be better off eating after exercising? Any opinions would be helpful, thanks!0
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I eat a light breakfast prior to working out. I eat a protein and a carb (eggs and oatmeal) for breakfast. I have only thrown up once due to physical activity, but, for what I ate and how close to playing hockey I was when I ate it, I deserved it.
There is the theory that if you don't have anything in your belly before working out, you'll burn fat easier. On the other hand, if you do eat breakfast, it naturally starts your metabolism and the 200-300 calories you eat for breakfast will be burned during your workout, you will also burn more fat (because your body has a food source for fuel allowing your muscles to work harder), and you will continue to burn fat after you complete your workout because your metabolism started working before you even set foot in the gym.
The common theory about throwing up due to physical activity has nothing to do with what you eat. For most people, dehydration is the main cause.
A little article for livestrong.com:
http://www.livestrong.com/article/433010-throwing-up-after-exercise/0 -
I always eat after I work out on my early morning workout days... If for whatever reason, I can't workout until later in the day, I make sure to give myself at least an hour after I eat to start a workout.0
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I have my coffee when I first wake up, then workout about 30 min later, I eat breakfast at work.....probably 2 hrs after that........0
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I have to eat after I exercise. I like working out in the morning on an empty stomach because I don't feel so heavy when I am doing my cardio.0
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