what to eat when working out part 2

When it comes to exercise and eating there are many different opinions and also several myths. Some people actually believe that it is healthy to exercise a lot and eat little! This is completely wrong. Your body needs to get a lot of energy when you work out even if you want to loose fat. What actually happens if you don't eat enough is that the body starts slowing down the metabolism and "saving" the fat. In addition it will cause the body to start tearing on your muscles.

You should eat a meal 2-3 hours before you work out. It should consist of both carbs and proteins and could be something like:

• Bread with fish/cheese/meat/egg
• Cereal with milk/yoghurt
• Dinner with rice/pasta/potatoe
• Drink juice, milk or water

Eat or drink a snack about one hr before your workout

• Fruit
• YT (mellommåltid)
• yoghurt with grain

Remember to drink a lot to ensure the fluid balance is correct!

After a workout the experts say that you should eat food with lots of carbs (since the body uses up the carbs stored during the workout) moderate amount of proteins and lots of liquid.

Smoothies, bananas, bread, yoghurt, energydrinks and cereal (of the healthy kind) is good for you right after a workout. A larger normal meal is recomended within an hour after that.

I hope this gives you a little bit of an idea of some great ways to keep the energy going even with lots of physical workouts during the week. And a way to get more out of the training you are doing! I know it helped me!

Now it's friday night and I call it weekend! What are you doing this weekend?