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Well, I had this combo this morning ( shake ) before doing legs. Not bad at all.
1/2 cup oatmeal
1 small banana
40 grams of Whey protein
1 tablespoon of natural PB
Should I had NOT added in the fat ( P.B. )???? Someone at the gym told me that perhaps it might not be a good idea to add that fat first thing in the morning prior to your workout. Simply because you want those carbs to kick in faster.
See heres the thing. I wake up at 4am to be at the gym by 5am. So I get up at 4am, down a shake, and by 5am ( 1 hour later ) I'm hitting the weights. So I need those carbs to kick in quick ( within 1 hour ). But give me enough energy to really give me that boost I need for the next hour.
BTW!!! The box of my quacker oatmeal says that 1/2 of oatmeal is 40grams. I measured 1/2 cup of oatmeal and then weighed it. And it did NOT come out to 40grams! It came out to 67! Yes! I did it correct.
Box says that 1/2 cup is 27grams of carbs. Which is what I want. But 1/2 cup really comes out to more than 40grams. Which means Im actually taking in more carbs than 27grams. What did weigh out to 40grams was 1/4 of a cup!
1/2 cup oatmeal
1 small banana
40 grams of Whey protein
1 tablespoon of natural PB
Should I had NOT added in the fat ( P.B. )???? Someone at the gym told me that perhaps it might not be a good idea to add that fat first thing in the morning prior to your workout. Simply because you want those carbs to kick in faster.
See heres the thing. I wake up at 4am to be at the gym by 5am. So I get up at 4am, down a shake, and by 5am ( 1 hour later ) I'm hitting the weights. So I need those carbs to kick in quick ( within 1 hour ). But give me enough energy to really give me that boost I need for the next hour.
BTW!!! The box of my quacker oatmeal says that 1/2 of oatmeal is 40grams. I measured 1/2 cup of oatmeal and then weighed it. And it did NOT come out to 40grams! It came out to 67! Yes! I did it correct.
Box says that 1/2 cup is 27grams of carbs. Which is what I want. But 1/2 cup really comes out to more than 40grams. Which means Im actually taking in more carbs than 27grams. What did weigh out to 40grams was 1/4 of a cup!
