Q. I've started an exercise routine, but I've only been exercising in the evenings. I would like to start exercising in the morning as well, but should I eat breakfast before or after exercising?
Thank you in advance. =)
Thank you in advance. =)
A. I just answered a question like this.
Without a doubt you should eat breakfast before exercising. Think about it, "break/fast". Breakfast is breaking your fast, meaning you haven't eaten for what, 8 hours? In the morning you basically have negative calories and with exercise you'd be burning what little you have. Exercise requires calories so you have the energy to do so. With negative calories in your system you're likely to pass out or binge after you exercise. Plus I'm sure you've heard many times that those who eat breakfast (and don't exercise in the morning) are more likely to maintain their weight than those who don't. Why wouldn't it be the same for exercising?
Never listen to anyone who says you shouldn't eat before exercising. They clearly know nothing about health and nutrition.
Without a doubt you should eat breakfast before exercising. Think about it, "break/fast". Breakfast is breaking your fast, meaning you haven't eaten for what, 8 hours? In the morning you basically have negative calories and with exercise you'd be burning what little you have. Exercise requires calories so you have the energy to do so. With negative calories in your system you're likely to pass out or binge after you exercise. Plus I'm sure you've heard many times that those who eat breakfast (and don't exercise in the morning) are more likely to maintain their weight than those who don't. Why wouldn't it be the same for exercising?
Never listen to anyone who says you shouldn't eat before exercising. They clearly know nothing about health and nutrition.
How do I stop bingeing ?
Q. I eat extremely healthy all day long and I exercise regularly, but around 7 or 8 at night I start to get really bad junk food cravings. I'll then keep eating junk food until I get full or sick. This happens probably about 4 nights a week. I don't throw up or have a severe eating disorder, just a lack of self control. I was wondering how you guys deal with your cravings, and how you prevent yourselves from overeating or bingeing?
A. I have a history of both anorexia and bulimia and can tell you that this is not about self control. Its a mixture of many things, I can say afew of mine and it may help but I really really think you should speak to some one as bulimia (which is eating and throwing up however many or few times you do it its still called bulimia and is still an eating disorder)
I struggle with my evenings post 8pm aswell. I am trying to put a stop to my bulimia by stayhbing at my mums place, 5 weeks and counting and 5 errors only so far!
I struggle with my evenings as I get tierd and the control I have had to eat not enough calories in the day, isnt as strong as it is in the night time and I am more aware of my cravings as I am not so occupied with things I am doing in the day such as work or seeing people.
I also get lonely. I live alone and feel very iscolated. Though I dont think I would do well sharing with some one so I not only feel tierd, I feel desperatly lonely.
I also can slip up. Have one thing I didnt plan to eat and then the whole diet I was on collapses and I think "what the hell..." and binging begins.
I get board, sometimes I have lots of mental energy, my mind can be racing with thoughts on the day, or worries about my weight or how I look, jobs I should be doing, careers I should be following ...etc.etc. It piles on the pressure and I just feel trapped inside my head but to tierd fro the day and also too overwhelmed by the thoughts to feel able to do anyhting about them I can sometimes binge to wipe over these thoughts.
The best way around it I have found- after my current 1 and a half year spell of bulimia, is to eat a healthy diet.
Speak to your doctor about being referred to a dietition who will advise you on the correct way to fill your plate and how many calories you need.
A meal should have 30% carbohydrates (bread, pasta, rice, potato or cous cous...etc) 30% protien such as red meat, white meat, fish, quorn or tofu, and 30% vegetables and/or fruit. Eat 6 small meals a day -add up to the calorie amount for your bodys weight. (a dietiton can do this for you) and try to balance it so it varies from meal to meal and you are able to eat enough vitamins.
Work on your trigger points, maybe steer clear of fastfood places and areas if you can, or maybe stay inside.
Trust me bulimia can screw up you life, I am in thousands of pound debt, although not all bulima, it definatly made it much much worse.
It can also wrek you teeth, the acid- no matter how much you think you rinse your mouth, will erode your teeth enamel, eventually fillings will fall out, teeth will crumbe and gapes between teeth appear, and dentists can not do very much to help as any help gets destroyed by the throwing up.
I'd advise you to try spend time with somebody in the evenings to try and break the apttern before it becomes ingraned.
Trust me, bulimic at 40 does not look good. I am 25 and the bulimics who were 40 I saw when I was 18 will haunt me forever. They are a major reason for me wanting to change my habits.
I struggle with my evenings post 8pm aswell. I am trying to put a stop to my bulimia by stayhbing at my mums place, 5 weeks and counting and 5 errors only so far!
I struggle with my evenings as I get tierd and the control I have had to eat not enough calories in the day, isnt as strong as it is in the night time and I am more aware of my cravings as I am not so occupied with things I am doing in the day such as work or seeing people.
I also get lonely. I live alone and feel very iscolated. Though I dont think I would do well sharing with some one so I not only feel tierd, I feel desperatly lonely.
I also can slip up. Have one thing I didnt plan to eat and then the whole diet I was on collapses and I think "what the hell..." and binging begins.
I get board, sometimes I have lots of mental energy, my mind can be racing with thoughts on the day, or worries about my weight or how I look, jobs I should be doing, careers I should be following ...etc.etc. It piles on the pressure and I just feel trapped inside my head but to tierd fro the day and also too overwhelmed by the thoughts to feel able to do anyhting about them I can sometimes binge to wipe over these thoughts.
The best way around it I have found- after my current 1 and a half year spell of bulimia, is to eat a healthy diet.
Speak to your doctor about being referred to a dietition who will advise you on the correct way to fill your plate and how many calories you need.
A meal should have 30% carbohydrates (bread, pasta, rice, potato or cous cous...etc) 30% protien such as red meat, white meat, fish, quorn or tofu, and 30% vegetables and/or fruit. Eat 6 small meals a day -add up to the calorie amount for your bodys weight. (a dietiton can do this for you) and try to balance it so it varies from meal to meal and you are able to eat enough vitamins.
Work on your trigger points, maybe steer clear of fastfood places and areas if you can, or maybe stay inside.
Trust me bulimia can screw up you life, I am in thousands of pound debt, although not all bulima, it definatly made it much much worse.
It can also wrek you teeth, the acid- no matter how much you think you rinse your mouth, will erode your teeth enamel, eventually fillings will fall out, teeth will crumbe and gapes between teeth appear, and dentists can not do very much to help as any help gets destroyed by the throwing up.
I'd advise you to try spend time with somebody in the evenings to try and break the apttern before it becomes ingraned.
Trust me, bulimic at 40 does not look good. I am 25 and the bulimics who were 40 I saw when I was 18 will haunt me forever. They are a major reason for me wanting to change my habits.
How to lose 40 pounds in four months?
Q. going to college in fall and need to loose weight
A. I have lost 50 pounds in 6 months...
Here's my top ten tips:
1) Don't FORCE yourself to eat foods you truly hate. This will result in you associating healthy food with negativity.
2) Ideas for snacks: Fruit, cereal bars, yoghurt, raw veg, rice cakes.
3) If you detest most vegetables (like I do) then shove a load in with meals like curry, stir-fry, chile con carne, spaghetti bolognese and lasagne. The strong taste covers up the veggies!
4) Allow yourself a special treat every week. For example, one small chocolate bar on Sunday evenings. It'll give you something to look forward to and helps control cravings.
5) TELL lots of people (close friends, family) about your plans to lose weight, as this will motivate you.
6) Starving yourself is NOT the answer. It'll make you hungry and miserable, and can induce binge eating which will make you put on weight rather than lose it.
7) VARY your diet, make it interesting. If you keep eating the same things (however healthy they are) you'll quickly get bored and long for other, deliciously fatty and unhealthy foods.
8) ALWAYS have breakfast (at a set time everyday if possible) and don't eat anything after 8pm as your metabolism slows down at night so your body finds it much harder to burn off foods you eat late in the evenings.
9) Do regular exercise that you enjoy and find fun/exciting. If the idea of a gym fills you with dread, DON'T JOIN ONE.
10) Give yourself time off from your diet if it's a long-term thing. (For example, I allowed myself a two-week break over the christmas period, as well as my birthday and a further fortnight-long holiday where I let myself eat whatever I want.
GOOD LUCK xx
Here's my top ten tips:
1) Don't FORCE yourself to eat foods you truly hate. This will result in you associating healthy food with negativity.
2) Ideas for snacks: Fruit, cereal bars, yoghurt, raw veg, rice cakes.
3) If you detest most vegetables (like I do) then shove a load in with meals like curry, stir-fry, chile con carne, spaghetti bolognese and lasagne. The strong taste covers up the veggies!
4) Allow yourself a special treat every week. For example, one small chocolate bar on Sunday evenings. It'll give you something to look forward to and helps control cravings.
5) TELL lots of people (close friends, family) about your plans to lose weight, as this will motivate you.
6) Starving yourself is NOT the answer. It'll make you hungry and miserable, and can induce binge eating which will make you put on weight rather than lose it.
7) VARY your diet, make it interesting. If you keep eating the same things (however healthy they are) you'll quickly get bored and long for other, deliciously fatty and unhealthy foods.
8) ALWAYS have breakfast (at a set time everyday if possible) and don't eat anything after 8pm as your metabolism slows down at night so your body finds it much harder to burn off foods you eat late in the evenings.
9) Do regular exercise that you enjoy and find fun/exciting. If the idea of a gym fills you with dread, DON'T JOIN ONE.
10) Give yourself time off from your diet if it's a long-term thing. (For example, I allowed myself a two-week break over the christmas period, as well as my birthday and a further fortnight-long holiday where I let myself eat whatever I want.
GOOD LUCK xx
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