Diet question...before and after gym

MooShop

Hi guys,

I have been going to the gym for the past 6 months or so and really making great strides. I just need to regiment my diet to lose more body fat and I know diet is critical in this. I usually go to the gym 4-5 times per week, 3 weight days with cardio at the end, cardio alone one or two days.

I go to the gym in the morning, usually around 11am as I work at 2:30pm. My biggest problem is knowing what to eat before and after the gym at these times. I am thinking of buying whey protein powder to have directly after the gym, what would you recommend I eat before and after the gym.

I am living abroad now, I used to eat porridge in the morning, but can't find any here. I also don't like muesli, it's raisins I don't like. I'm not a fussy eater and would eat most things, except raisins!!

Any advice or tips would be great......also could you recommend a good protein powder?

Khannie

Wouldn't worry about the protein powder unless you're finding recovery an issue. I get mine from bulkpowders.co.uk and its good stuff.

As for muesli..... Maybe make your own in batches. Very easy to do.

Apologies for brevity. On the phone.

Khannie

Oh.... Read the last post in the fitness basics sticky too. Very useful for meal timing info.

rocky

Good thing this article was posted recently:

http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/muscle-gain/pre-vs-post-workout-nutrition-qa.html

He's not convinced on Intermittent Fasting methods just yet, give him time ...