Comments on: Healthy Snacks For After Your Workout

By: Mika

Mika — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:22:39 +0000

Thought I’d share a link to an article that talks a bit more about counterproductive exercising and how detrimental it can be to your weight loss goals.

http://www.shapefit.com/overtraining-exercising-too-much.html

By: Jacob

Jacob — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:32:53 +0000

Oops, meant to post this in reply to Julies comment

By: Jacob

Jacob — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:31:59 +0000

I think it depends on alot of factors such as how strenuous your workout is and what you ate before hand. Here is one quote from one of my muscle and fitness magazines that suggest my claim:

“If you weight train and do cardio in the same session, don’t do it on an empty stomach. Within 30 minutes preworkout, take in 20-40 grams of slow digesting carbohydrates and 20 grams of a fast absorbing protein. Providing your body with nutrients that’ll stay in the system throughout most of your gym session will help you perform at optimal levels and won’t require your body to dig into muscle mass.”

By: Jacob

Jacob — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:31:23 +0000

I think it depends on alot of factors such as how strenuous your workout is and what you ate before hand. Here is one quote from one of my muscle and fitness magazines that suggest my claim:

By: julie

julie — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:29:42 +0000

I would love to know why you think that working out for more than an hour will start burning muscle. What kind of workout causes this? Certainly not yoga, not hiking. Cardio? Strength training? I’m curious to read the studies that lead you and Darya to believe that more than an hour gets counterproductive.

By: Darya Pino

Darya Pino — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:56:08 +0000

Thanks Carrie I have no problem with controlled portions of nuts. Could probably be quite helpful actually

By: Carrie

Carrie — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:48:39 +0000

Hi Darya,
Sometimes I think you can read my mind. ) I was thinking about an earlier article or tidbit you gave about almonds and nuts. I am a college student and I am on campus more than I am at home, or any other place for that matter, the issue with this is that the choices of food are not always the best. To combat this, I often carry my own food with me. I was curious to know how you felt about the pre-packaged 100 calorie packs of nuts such as the ones made by Emerald? Next Tuesday in my Writing for PR class we are going to be presenting our favorite blogs. I have selected Summer Tomato. As an ending for my presentation I am going to hand out almonds to the class. I was going to use the prepacked ones as a convience factor but I want to be true to your opinions. My main point for chosing your blog is the way you make eating actual food simple,fast, and tasty. Thank you for helping me learn to eat better.

Carrie Stocks

By: Chris Pedersen

Chris Pedersen — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 04:07:57 +0000

Couldn’t agree more on the meal replacement and energy bars–just more processed food to avoid. Too sweet for me. For snacks I make my own trial mix with raw nuts and dried fruit. Yum!

By: PatK

PatK — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 03:20:07 +0000

Thanks for the info on the healthy snacks after workouts. I find that a variety of nuts or some fresh fruit usually hits the spot for me and gives me the energy boost I need after a workout. Anything else makes me feel sluggish later on, so I just rather keep it simple

By: Jacob

Jacob — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:58:59 +0000

Also I believe once you get over the hour mark if you haven’t refueled with food then your body will actually start burning muscle for fuel. That probably the complete opposite of what you want.