I have to eat breakfast. I get ravenous hungry if I don't get breakfast. I don't really have much time to cook breakfast so i just eat a bowl of Honey Nuts and banana to last me until mid morning then I will eat a yogurt. I try to eat 5 meals everyday but on the weekends, I only eat 2 or 3, depending what time I wake up. DonnyMost, is it good for the person to work out on an empty stomach in the morning? I've heard some claims that the person needs to work out on an empty stomach if they're working out in the morning.
i think that healthy eatting should be: 1) stack up on the calories in the morning so you can get through the day. 2) stack up on the calories noon so you can get through the afternoon. 3) a variety of food at dinner for your daily minerals, vitamins, etc. 4) a plate of fruit in the evening. 5) go to bed not on a full stomach so you don't get fat.
I skip or just get a little snack for breakfast I am starving by lunch time. I end up having a big ole fatty meal that sets the tone for a big ole fatty dinner. I don't know if you're trying to lose weight or stay the same, but have you tried eating a big breakfast? I don't mean pancakes and bacon. I mean something fairly healthy like cereal. If I eat a big breakfast (2-3 bowls of cereal) I don't get that starving I want a grande combo to myself feeling around lunch or dinner time. It also helps with that snack that you want after dinner. You just tell the voice not to worry I'll fill up in the morning. Compromise. I've lost 35 pounds in 8 months by just chenging one meal.
Well a year ago I was about at my ideal weight, which is around 185-190 since I'm 6-2 and have a fairly big build. I've put on probably 20-30 pounds since this lifestyle change came about, so I'm looking for anything that is going to get me out of this funk. I like that suggestion of eating a big breakfast, I have noticed that if I ever do get up and eat something like eggs and toast I get more energetic during the course of the day and am less likely to overeat. I hear you on the whole "grande meal" thing. That is exactly my problem. I eat that little breakfast and then I get so hungry by lunch that I eat probably my whole calorie intake for the day in one sitting, and then still want to eat a big dinner. Thanks for the input guys, I appreciate the suggestions and am looking forward to putting them into action.
Yep I would get whataburger for lunch and then kfc wings at night, lol. If I didn't love basketball I would've been huge and at my height I'd look rather frumpy."For me" the big breakfast reduces the craving for (not completely.....mmmmmm large meat lovers and wings.........) fatty, large portioned meals. I do eat whatever and however much I want on Sunday though.
I think it's also from being in a stable relationship. Good relationship means going out to eat more, more pizza at home for movie nights, more late night trips to taco bell. When you're single, your priorities are different, it's more me me me so the focus is on yourself. When you're with a SO, it's also about pleasing them.
Thats part of it, plus she's always trying to eat healthy and I feel like a bad influence when I bring home greasy food or sit there and eat a pizza while she's having a salad.
I've heard conflicting arguments about this. I'd say its doable for cardio but definitely not for resistance training. If you're doing it for cardio be sure to adequately hydrate (at least 24oz) beforehand, cause you're already thirsty when you wake up.
I can agree to that. I did the empty-stomach morning cardio years back with only drinking something (mostly grean tea) before I started, and ate breakfast afterward. Not sure its a "better for health" method, but for weight loss I shedded plenty of excess pounds fairly quick and I wasnt even overweight. No way I'da done hardcore weight workouts on an empty stomach.
The problem is most people don't know when they're really "thirsty" and are more likely to confuse it with hunger. If we get more water than we think from food, that's good but I wouldn't tell anyone to trust the signals when it comes to thirst. I'd bet that the average person drinks less water than they should, and those that gets enough are never realistically in danger of drinking too much. The only downside seems to be having to go to the bathroom. I never usually ate breakfast through college like most of yas. Usually food sounds gross first thing in the morning and so obviously there's no hunger... or is there? Think about how we space our meals and what happens when you go without food for 12+ hours. Most people don't eat dinner right before they go to bed for the night. Let's say you eat dinner at 7 and go to bed at 11. You haven't eaten for four hours by the time you sit the sack. Add a good 8 hours of sleep until it's time to wake up and even have thoughts about food. By the time its time for breakfast, you probably feel squeemish towards food in the same way you would if you go without it while you're awake for long enough. The time between dinner and first meal of the next day is waaaay longer than breakfast to lunch or lunch to dinner. I get cranky and even though I know my body needs food, I feel "sick" when I think about actually eating. It's great and probably necessary that eating should be fun most of the time. On the other side, it sucks that our need for sleep seems to give us a food withdrawl symptoms first thing in the morning.
I kind of agree, plus it's probably my age at this point too. It's also me slacking big time on the gym since my wife was pregnant. My priorities have changed being a father and husband as opposed to being a single guy so I can't find the motivation to go much. Don't get me wrong- stable relationships are great and I'm not trying to make this personal at all. It's just what I've observed with all of my friends and myself over the years.
My bf works out in the mornings and he eat breakfast after his weight training. I asked him why isn't he eating before his weight training and he said because he's taking this NO-Xplode and he has to have an empty stomach when taking that. So far, I haven't heard any problems with that but dunno if that's the right way to do it.
I take NO-Xplode too... you are supposed to take it on an empty stomach you eat before weight training to get a boost of energy... but NO Xplode does that for you automatically by increasing the size of your veins to allow for greater blood flow to the muscles... it gives you a real rush... no need for food. i've had tremendous gains on NO Xplode
Here is a tip if you get hungry before lunch. I usually take a piece of fruit with me to work or school so I will have something to snack on before lunch. It works out pretty well for me because the high water contents in fruits is very filling, so I won't be so hungry when I go get lunch, meaning smaller lunch size. I do the same thing before dinner as well.
Don't eat breakfast, not hungry at that time of day and too lazy to hit the kitchen that early. At the most I'll have a lil cereal or some donuts.
Ummm... so... you still live with your parents... ? You can put the cookie down. Down. Down. Now, slowly... walk away from the cookie, sir... slowly... slowly...
For a while I was waking up at 5am and hitting the treadmill doing 5 mile runs four days outta the week on top of my resistance training and post-workout cardio. I was trying to cut so I was working with a 2000 calorie diet per day and drinking alot of water. What I noticed is that I lost weight at a clip of about 2lbs-2.l5bs per week. I also lost a lot of muscle and eventually stopped when I hit 155lbs. Know I'm cutting again only this time I modified my cardio time to 30 min after my resistance training and 3 sessions of HIIT on non-workout days. I've kept my calories at about 25000 and notice that the wieght is coming of a tad slower but my muscle mass is staying the same. I think I may have been overtraining the first time around and not eating enough hence the muscle loss.
