If i have a good workout, is it a waste to eat a good meal for dinner?!
Question: If im trying to lose weight and i had a good 2 hour workout with also doing a 40 minute high intensity interval training exercise, is eating a good size meal for dinner making my workout a waste. like i know you have to eat good and throughout the day i eat good meals that are not big but healthy but for dinner i am having a half of thin piece of steak, a bunch of broccoli, and a potato. Is this making my whole workout a waste of time? Should i eat a little more during the day before my workout so i will only have a very small dinner like a slimfast and some fruit or should i keep doing what i am doing?
Answers: If im trying to lose weight and i had a good 2 hour workout with also doing a 40 minute high intensity interval training exercise, is eating a good size meal for dinner making my workout a waste. like i know you have to eat good and throughout the day i eat good meals that are not big but healthy but for dinner i am having a half of thin piece of steak, a bunch of broccoli, and a potato. Is this making my whole workout a waste of time? Should i eat a little more during the day before my workout so i will only have a very small dinner like a slimfast and some fruit or should i keep doing what i am doing?
How is this working for you? Everyone's body is different. Realistically we should eat our biggest meals for breakfast and lunch, because we burn many of it off by moving around all day and our workouts.
Dinner should be the smallest meal of the day, especially if it is after 6:00. If you eat a healthy breakfast, lunch, and snacks in-between the meals, you won't be starving when you are finished with your workout.
My question is how many calories did you really burn when you worked out? The next one is you are really going for the carbs. are you trying to build muscle too? This will be the way you will know if the workout is a waste.
Weight loss is a simple formula. You must use up more calories than you take in. It is not supposed to matter when the calories go in or out. However, if you stop eating you will stall like a car with no gas. Eating healthy foods (your dinner menu sounds very good), should be all day, every day. The evidence is that breakfast eaters lose more because they fuel their workout and keep going longer and stronger.
Check out this site for a healthy food guide.