Here's my story.
a) I have signed up for an 11 week (3x weekly) bootcamp that starts at 10am. The morning exercise thing is not my norm (10am IS "morning")..I usually run in the evenings.
c) I am not a breakfast person, as it makes me nauseated (I know, breakfast is the most important...yada yada yada). At least this is late enough that I can basically split my lunch "allocation" to pre and post workout.
b) I don't want to fall apart and die in the middle of class because of a lack of proper pre-workout eating. Remember... I don't eat breakfast. If I am going to eat in the morning it better be doing its damnedest to make my workout better
d) Remember it is only an hour workout, so its not like I am benching 300lbs or running for 4 hours ...ie: I am really over-thinking things and understand that I am making this way more complicated than it needs to be. More than anything I am curious and would like to do things right if I can.
Okay so I've been doing some reading (go google!) on pre- and post- workout
nutrition. Now I am completely baffled (thanks google!). What the heck??! As I follow it (correctly or not):
Pre-workout= complex carbs (low fiber) + lean protein
Post-workout = complex carbs + some simple carbs + more lean protein
Now my confusion:
Okay the real big reason I can't figure this out is that the "recommended" snack and meals for both post and pre workout seem to be the same on many sites. Everyone says that pre and post meals are so important yet I can't figure out how they differ. Any more recommendation on what to eat? My normal lunch is around 250-300
calories so is there a good way to split this into pre- and post- workout snack/meals? Is this not going to be enough
calories to do what I should be doing?
Thanks to anyone who has the patience to read this lengthy merry-go-round in my head. LOL!
