should I eat before or after I Exercise?
151190
If you workout twice a day cardio in the mourning and weights in the after noon, then drink a lot of water before you do your cardio but know until after food. then with the wights later on you should have eaten at least 1:30-2:30hrs before you lift.\nIf you workout once in the morning then have something after.\nIf you workout once at night have something before you train about 1:30-2:30hrs.
383397
The morning is generally a better time because right away it boost your metabolism and thus helps you burn more of the meals you consume that day. Also, if you execise in the morning be sure to eat something small before the workout so your body will have something to workoff and not go straight to your muscle.
970328
Run every morning BEFORE breakfast.  Drink lots of water and cut down on carbs (pastas, breads, rice).  Working out before breakfast is 4 times better than working out in the evening.
874399
yes, I need the exercise after today's meal
175296
it would be better if you take it before the meal. i have tried that before and usually if you take it before the meal, you will have the feeling that your stomach is already full, that would let you eat less.
529489
Ok the rules I know is that if you want to lose weight you can not eat carbs 2 hours before exercise and 1 hour after. I would not eat potatoes if I want to lose weight. I modify me diet and switch to sweet potato or kumera which is a low GI vege. This means you are fuller longer. Potatoes generally won't help you to lose weight rather than maintain. If you are after foods which will assist always go for:\n\n1) Oats in the morning and add some protein powder with some almond slithers. \n2) After you work out eat a protein bar straight away you can only eat foods before and after a workout for weight loss that do not contain carbs. \n3) Have a big multigrain roll with lean meat and heaps of salad. \n4) Have a protein shake for a snack & a piece of fruit\n5) After 4 pm no carbs go for protein 250g max. and vegies. \n\nAlso, never do weights two days in a row break it up with cardio in between. Concentrate on your different muscle groups for example the bigger muscles one session and the smaller muscles in another. Use compound muscles as it gets the heart rate higher. If you want a great website go to:\n\nwww.bodybuilding.com\n\nLastly, running should only be done 3 times per week aim for 1 hour per day. Include boxing, spin and running up stairs or sand dunes in your cardio routine. This would be to esnure your same muscle groups are not being overused and get used to it. Shock your body and change your cardio rountines.  \n\nHope this helps! (spell check has probs so hope it's ok)
732555
Make sure to eat a  meal that consists mostly of low to moderate rated carbs (gylcemic index) to provide energy for your workout appox. 30 min. before. After working out within one to two hours consume a ratio of 4:1 carbs to protein (40 grams of carbs, 10 grams of protein). Then two hours later eat a regular meal consisting mainly of protein. Your total protein intake should be about one gram per pound of body weight for the entire day. So if you weigh 150 lbs. then you will consume 150 grams of protein.
229465
Exercising helps in the mid-afternoon. Between the hours of 12 to 4, your body is more awakened and prone to work better. Also, hormones at these hours are also more stimulating so when you exercise, you feel better and look better. Also, do not eat an hour before or after you exercise.
590688
I have heard that the best thing to do is eat an hour before you plan to exercise.
451607
This depends on your metabolism, eating and exercise habits, and, typically, gender. A short general answer is: eat more (especially complex carbohydrates and protein, c. 30% and 40% of daily intake, in five or six relatively small meals throughout the day, timed to maximize digestion 30-60 min. after workouts), and exercise regularly but with rest for major muscle groups (e.g. 1: back and biceps; 2: rest/cardio; 3: chest and triceps; 4: rest/cardio; 5: shoulders; 6: rest; 7: legs). Above all, the answer depends on your particular goals, body type, and determination. Good luck!
107272
Pre-workout\nAbout 45 to 60 minutes before your workout, eat a small, easily digested meal composed of complex carbs.  This can even be a liquid complex carb shake (Myoplex sport).  It will help control your blood glucose during your workout and help give you the energy to get through it.\n\nDuring Workout\nUnless you are running hard for extending periods of time, gatorade is completely unnecessary and can actually hamper your workouts.  Stick with water, about 6-8 ounces every 30 minutes.  \n\nPost-Workout\nWithin 10 minutes of finishing your workout, you should again be having some form of complex carb or carb shake.  Don't miss this window.\n\nAfter 1 hour\nLean meat or fish with light veggie and more water.
1013944
Well the best time is first thing in the morning without eating.after your workout eat eggs , tomatoes, porridge and anything with protein( not fat stuff)\nIf you have eaten before you exercise then 2 -3 hours.\nI read this and applied it  and it works fabulously. I feel great all the time I dont get tired and research shows that if you exercise in the morning you will keep with it. Evening exercisers often stop.\n\nGo and take a look at http://fit-n-fat.blogspot.com  these guys are fun and there recommendatons work.\nTake care
199632
I think if you eat something small like a granola bar or something, so you at least have some fuel (energy) to use when exercising, it is ok. I heard that if you do that, have a good work out, and then eat, it's actually better because after working out your metabolism is going fast & is ready to burn off what you eat next. I don't know if that's totally accurate, but it is what I have heard.
789837
some people need to have small snack before working out for the energy which would be 30minutes-1 Hour before working out.\n\nSome eat after working out as well:\n\nThat's the time to load up on carbs-After Exercise\n\nA sweaty workout depletes the stores of fuel (called glyeogen) in your muscles. So replenish them by chugging some OJ or eating half a bagel. And do it quickly: studies show your body makes new glyeogen most readily in the 15 minutes after exercising. if you miss that window, you might not be as strong for your next workout. To get an extra glycogen boost, throw in some protein, too-like peanut butter on crackers, or a few slices of turkey on wheat bread. protein also helps repair and build your muscles after strength training. No snacks available ? At least drink plenty of water or a sports drink to replace what you sweat out : from "Health September 2006"
906880
Something small prior to exercising will help to get your metabolism pumping.  If you eat nothing and then have a hard workout, you will probably be starving not long after you are done exercising.  If that happens, when you do eat, your body will not want to burn the calories because you have forced your body into a mini-starvation mode.  Therofore, your body won't burn the calories because it doesnt know when it will get more fuel.
515865
both you have to be hydrated prior to get nutrients pumping through while you work out and its also good to drink water or watered down whey protien isolate during your workout to keep the amino acids comming.  but for drinking water after I use the method of weighing yourself prior to working out or cardio and then after and drinking 1L of water per lb you lose in sweat.
286494
you should eat BEFORE you work out...\n\nhow important this is depends on how intense your workout is.  it's either important, or REALLY important.\n\nduring a workout, your body is using an energy source called glycogen to do it's work.  glycogen is the sugar stored inside your cells and in your bloodstream.\n\none reason to eat before the workout is you can have a better workout (burning more calories, and providing a bigger bump to your background metabolism), because you have more glycogen in your bloodstream, and as your cells burn the glycogen stored in the cells, they can get more from the bloodstream, so they don't run out of energy.  if your body (cells and blood) run out of glycogen, and all of a sudden your whole body feels like a lead balloon, that's called a "bonk".  that's why gatorade and powerade are sold, it's just glycogen to keep your muscles going, and electrolytes to help transfer the glycogen across through the stomach blood vessels and to the cells instead of waiting until the small intestine, which would take much longer.  gatorade would be most appropriate for something like a basketball game, soccer game, hard bike ride, etc.\n\ncontrary to popular belief, weight loss does not really occur directly from the calories burned during a workout.  the calories burned during a workout are almost 100% glycogen, unless you're talking about a workout that lasts for days.  the way it works is exercise increases your total metabolism, it's a slow process, BUT OVER TIME YOUR BODY CONVERTS FAT TO ENERGY TO MAKE UP FOR THAT CALORIE IMBALANCE CAUSED BY YOUR NEW HIGHER METABOLISM.\n\nanother reason you should eat before your workout (related to the first reason) is that if your cells run out of glycogen and can't get any more from the bloodstream, but work has been done, so energy is needed... the cells will actually "eat themselves", they will use protein WITHIN the muscle as an energy source.  a scenario where this would especially be true - if you didn't eat before your workout, and then did an intense hour and a half weightlifting, then you didn't eat for several hours after your workout... your body would burn through all of it's glycogen in the cells and in your bloodstream, then your body would still need energy to maintain normal "life", and the conversion of fat to energy is not nearly fast enough to help out... the end result being your muscles would "eat themselves" to keep the cell from dying.  so if you don't eat right (and at the right time) working out could cause you to lose muscle and gain fat, not gain muscle and lose fat.\n\nand strangely enough, before and after a workout, CARBS (in moderation) are good.  carbs are the only energy source your muscles can convert into energy they can use fast enough to make a difference.  BUT keep the carb intake low at all other times.\n\nthe thing to remember is that you are NOT burning off the fat AS you work out, you will burn it off in the few days AFTER your workout from the corresponding bump in metabolism.  if you think about what this means (the implications), you will see it totally changes your approach to the original question.  it becomes a "bigger picture" thing when you know the whole story.\n\ni actually eat BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER a workout. (an hour before, and within 20 minutes after).  this gets glycogen into the bloodstream for a more intense workout, and then maintains the glycogen level after the workout so my muscles don't self destruct.  and more active muscle means a higher metabolism, which is a good thing.