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When to eat?

  • 06-01-2007 4:10pm
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    apprentice
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    Hi there,
    Im a complete fitness virgin but after all the pies over the Christmas i have decided to do something about it. i have enrolled in an aerobics class one night a week at 8pm. my question is when is the best time to eat around a workout? also sholud i be avoiding certain food groups at this time? thanks..


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  • #2
    davyjose
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,287 ✭✭✭davyjose


    apprentice wrote:
    Hi there,
    Im a complete fitness virgin but after all the pies over the Christmas i have decided to do something about it. i have enrolled in an aerobics class one night a week at 8pm. my question is when is the best time to eat around a workout? also sholud i be avoiding certain food groups at this time? thanks..
    Try not to eat anything substantial at least two hours before you work out. You can maybe grab a small snack about a half an hour before you work-out to sustain energy, if you wish. for something like Aerobics, you can then have a Carb-heavy meal afterwards, although I would advise (given the lateness of your work-out, not to mention wanting to lose weight) keeping this small.
    To be honest with you, it's quite a small amount of exercise to be doing per week, and so what you eat isn't going to be that critical (assuming it's already a typical healthy diet and you don't eat it on the way to the gym). Is the aerobics class for 1 hour? Probably. In which case you want to aim to be exercising 3 or four times a week.
    Fair play to you for getting started, though. hopefully you'll get the bug and won't be able to stay.


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