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How Soon Do You Eat After Working Out?

June 20, 2007

We all have our special rituals when it comes to working out, such as how long we warm up and when we stretch. The post workout ritual is important too, so I am curious how food factors into your routine.

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pixelhaze 5 years 47 weeks

nikolem2 [+] - Ive also heard about eating carbs after a workout, though I didn't really understand the long, scientific exaplanation about it. I remember they said the best thing was a glass of chocolate milk, since it fits the ratio perfectly. . . Unfortunately Im one of those pople who CANT eat after a workout. I feel like Ill throw up if I do. Don't know if that effect eventually wears off because Im in bed within two hours anyway. . .

pixelhaze 5 years 47 weeks

poetess 5 years 47 weeks

Probably about 40 minutes. I have to shower and rehydrate before I can eat.

bizzybee 5 years 47 weeks

Actually I think the topic of what to eat and when prior or after working out would be an amazing topic for FitSugar to write about.

bizzybee 5 years 47 weeks

Actually I think the topic of what to eat and when prior or after working out would be an amazing topic for FitSugar to write about.

SU3 5 years 47 weeks

Usually about an hour. Sometimes 90 min if I'm slacking.

PrissyLilBadAss 5 years 47 weeks

For me, its walk back to my apartment, hop in the shower, make dinner. So about 30-45 minutes, depending on what i'm cooking

Pinkgirl88 5 years 47 weeks

If i am strength training I eat carbs within an hour of my workout because they will be burned :) gotta love it.

txhottie 5 years 47 weeks

I usually am craving protein after a workout, but since I workout in the evening, I usually eat a well balanced meal. Sometimes I am just craving a fruit smoothie!

Anais18 5 years 47 weeks

If I start my workout early in the morning, I'll have a small energy bar before that (you HAVE to eat something, even a small piece of fruit... working out on en empty stomach first thing in the morning will not burn more fat, it will just burn your muscles...)If I workout in the middle of the day, I'll make sure I eat something within 30 minutes - 1 hour after I finished my workout. I DO NOT want my muscle-mass to waste away (muscle-mass helps burn more fat).

Anais18 5 years 47 weeks

If I start my workout early in the morning, I'll have a small energy bar before that (you HAVE to eat something, even a small piece of fruit... working out on en empty stomach first thing in the morning will not burn more fat, it will just burn your muscles...) If I workout in the middle of the day, I'll make sure I eat something within 30 minutes - 1 hour after I finished my workout. I DO NOT want my muscle-mass to waste away (muscle-mass helps burn more fat).

smartypantssugar 5 years 47 weeks

I'm STARVING after a workout. Stomach growling, light headed, the works. Of course, I go after work, so it's normal dinner time hunger combined with the workout. I try and have a granola bar or something healthy in the afternoon before hand, but I'm always famished by the time I get home.

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thatgirljj 5 years 47 weeks

Often I work out on my lunch hour, so it's a matter of hitting the gym and then going right back to the office to eat at my desk. But if I'm working out some other time, I make sure to at least have some fruit or a luna bar or something... not only does it replenish my body, it keeps me from being "pig-out" ravenous at my next meal.

Seraphim 5 years 47 weeks

i am SOOOOOOOOOOO hungry right after that i go home and fix dinner :)

pinupsweetheart 5 years 47 weeks

Depending on how crazy the workout was, I can eat right away. If it was a simple 30 minute cardio, I can eat within an hour.

melda 5 years 47 weeks

I usually eat some fruits after workout. like today after I finished my cardio, eat some figs

Princess Rebecca 5 years 47 weeks

I never feel like eating after I did some sport.

kungfubunni 5 years 47 weeks

I get a shower and head back to my desk for lunch. i'm usually starving by that time!

Jennifer_2sugar 5 years 47 weeks

Within the half hour

beachbabiix794 5 years 47 weeks

I dont work out a lot. I just keep my shape by not eating a lot of junk food + im vergiterian

Feesje 5 years 47 weeks

I don't eat (a lot) before I work out so afterwards I'm starving and I have to eat IMMEDIATELY.

DesignRchic 5 years 47 weeks

nikolem2 deserves a :MEDAL: for her knowledge! :) Usually after a work out, I go home and cook. Most of the time I'm munching on a few blue corn chips till dinner is ready.

DesignRchic 5 years 47 weeks

nikolem2 deserves a :MEDAL: for her knowledge! :)Usually after a work out, I go home and cook. Most of the time I'm munching on a few blue corn chips till dinner is ready.

tshellyedwards 5 years 47 weeks

I work out early in the morning - usually a one hour workout from 5am-6am. Is it okay that I'm not really eating breakfast until I get to work at 8am? I guess that would be about two hours after finishing my workout. I usually grab something really small before I workout, just so my stomach isn't eating itself :) Any thoughts, anyone?

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