Eating and Exercising

[NDvegan85]

Do you guys notice that any particular food/type of food helps you through a workout especially well? Unless I workout early in the morning, I like to eat about 1 1/2 or so before a hard workout. Tonight, even though my legs were feeling tired, I had an awesome run. I don't know if it had to do with dinner or not. So what is your favorite pre-workout meal?

[gems622]

I always feel better if I eat WW toast with or without peanut butter

[Jessikt]

I always enjoy a good smoothie.
My favourite is: Blueberries, Vanilla Soymilk, Silken Tofu, a Banana( :nana: ), and 2 tsp of Flax oil. Yummm.
It's very filling and gives me lots of energy!

[IamJen]

I usually do better eating after I'm done. If I'm working out in the morning, I'll grab some cereal sometimes though. Of course, there's always orange juice. :D

[annabanana]

Whole wheat pasta with tomato sauce gives me lots of energy and staying power, it seems. If I eat it the night before running (if I run in the morning) or about 2 hours before (if I run in the afternoon) it makes me feel great!

[silverundertone]

i find that coffee really helps me....
and some kind of fruit is always nice afterwards..

[Jes]

I wake up early to get a workout in, so I usually grab some O.J. and use breakfast as my motivation to get some exercise, but eating well the night before definitely helps.

[Cassiel]

Peanut butter and toast is great if you have a good hour before you go run. If I have less time, a half a banana is perfect (if I'm running for an hour or less, that is). If you can afford them, energy gels are wonderful - they digest fast and give you a quick boost without danger of getting a sidestitch, usually (eating much causes this for me).

[NDvegan85]

Hmm, I've never tried those energy gels before. Interesting.

And Jessikt, that smoothie sounds wonderful... but the only ingredient in it that I have is a banana! And I don't even have a blender here at school!

I do have to do a better job of eating more at night to have energy for my AM workouts. I'm doing 2 a days for now until I get swamped from classes and I only feel so-so in the mornings really. Unfortunately, there is no ww pasta in the dining hall, but I have a hot pot. I suppose I could do that in the room.