post workout nutrition?

[Nonerz]

I think the pre and post workout meals are the most important of the day. If I were worried about calories, I'd short just about any meals except those two.

spatts, i typically have 1/2 a myoplex with a banana after my workout...what would you recommend as a pre workout meal & how much time should i give myself to process the food before working out (i don't like that full stomach feeling when i'm lifting).

 

[bignate73]

what would you recommend as a pre workout meal & how much time should i give myself to process the food before working out

chicken alfredo has worked great for me all week.

<-----fatboy

 

[vinylgroover]

You post workout meal should have carbs in it, not just protein. Important to ingest carbs as soon as possible after working out (at least within 60 minutes). You want to spare your protein for muscle building and have the carbs replenish glycogen stores.

 

[MR. BMJ]

My favorite postworkout meal as of now is that of 1 Balance bar and 1 EAS Advant Edge Lemon Cheesecake bar. Either that or two balance bars.

There was a long thread on the diet board (probably a hundred of them now that I think about it) that had about a hundred replies. Maybe if you looked it up, it might help ya out. I believe MS, posted that her favorite pre-workout meal was a slice or two of whole wheat bread andd some peanut butter (correct me if I am wrong sis). I'd probably add some Smucker's sugar free jelly on mine though

BMJ

 

[MR. BMJ]

Actually, i dug it up for ya, and I was a little off on the MS meal...I forgot the honey. Sorry honey

http://boards.elitefitness.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=132121&highlight=preworkout+meal

BMJ

btw...I no longer drink milk because the bonk I get from it after about a half an hour, I just can't handle that anymore.

 

[SteelWeaver]

I'm working on dropping bf again. Question: If I am trying to restrict calories, and I ate my limit during the day, should I skip the post workout whey shake? Its a difference of 150 cals.

This is an interesting question. If you're working on sort of a weekly cal balance, then it would seem logically fine to go ahead and have the 150 cals, then cut off the cals the next day. I wonder though, over what sort of period is optimal to count calories - as a weekly total? A daily total? A three-daily total? Like, if you're at maintenance one day, then waaaay below maintenance the next, then above it the day after, but the total as an average comes out to a negative balance for the 3 days, that surely is fine

Also, how significant is the difference that would be made in protein recycling/synthesis for having the post w/o pro vs NOT having it? Couldn't that be made up the next day when you've saved enough cals to have a decent post w/o meal?

Sorry VLC - going off on a bunch of questions here, but it really IS an interesting question, isn't it?

BTW - some reason you didn't have a protein bar/shake/baked potato on you? heh heh he heh (sorry, couldn't resist - but don't worry - my current nutrition is nowhere near as good as yours )

 

[bignate73]

i would say, dont skip the postworkout shake. 150x5 days...negligible. the benefits of getting that postworkout nutrition outweigh the less than half lb you can lose by the calorie deficit. remember you are trying to maintain LBM while dropping bodyfat. (i hope)

 

[VeggieLifterChick]

Re: Re: post workout nutrition?

This is an interesting question. If you're working on sort of a weekly cal balance, then it would seem logically fine to go ahead and have the 150 cals, then cut off the cals the next day. I wonder though, over what sort of period is optimal to count calories - as a weekly total? A daily total? A three-daily total? Like, if you're at maintenance one day, then waaaay below maintenance the next, then above it the day after, but the total as an average comes out to a negative balance for the 3 days, that surely is fine

Also, how significant is the difference that would be made in protein recycling/synthesis for having the post w/o pro vs NOT having it? Couldn't that be made up the next day when you've saved enough cals to have a decent post w/o meal?

Sorry VLC - going off on a bunch of questions here, but it really IS an interesting question, isn't it?

BTW - some reason you didn't have a protein bar/shake/baked potato on you? heh heh he heh (sorry, couldn't resist - but don't worry - my current nutrition is nowhere near as good as yours )

All very interesting questions. I have found that rotating cals seems to be more effective than keeping them lower constantly only because my energy levels suffer. its not even a matter of carbs, hi or low. Its a matter of total cals. I'm weak below 1550 or so.