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romes10
romes10
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2004/01/21, 08:06 AM
I am managing to do the 3 meals and two snacks a day (5 small meals) eating routine. the question i have is about my last meal. I finish work around 6:30 and am getting hungry.I was told you have to wait 2 hours after you eat before you work out but I want to do my workout right away (I probably won't get off my butt after dinner.) Is it ok if I work out without any food, even though my stomach is hungry? Or any tips to get off my butt two hours after I have lost my motivation!LOL
agamble
agamble
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2004/01/21, 09:44 AM
Schedule one of your snacks about an hour or so prior to your workout. Have a protein/carb snack or an MRP. This snack is where I have a protein bar, fruit, and water. Takes care of the hunger and gives me energy to work with.
bb1fit
bb1fit
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2004/01/21, 09:45 AM
You do not have to wait 2 hours. Depends on what you eat. Even so, an hour should be fine. If this is not feasible even, you may want to invest in some MRP's, drink one of those, then go work out. Here are some digestion times of foods.

DIGESTION TIME OF VARIOUS FOODS
(approx. time spent in stomach before emptying). ........
Water when stomach is empty, leaves immediately and goes into intestines,Juices Fruit vegetables, vegetable broth - 15 to 20 minutes.
Semi-liquid
(blended salad, vegetables or fruits) - 20 to 30 min.
Fruits
Watermelon - 20 min.digestion time.
Other melons - Canteloupe, Cranshaw, Honeydew etc. - 30 min.
Oranges, grapefruit, grapes - 30 min.
Apples, pears, peaches, cherries etc. - digest in 40 min.
Vegetables
Raw tossed salad vegetables - tomato, lettuces, cucumber, celery, red or green pepper, other succulent vegetables - 30 to 40 min. digestion. -
Steamed or cooked vegetables
Leafy vegetables - escarole, spinach, kale, collards etc. - 40 min. - Zucchini, broccoli, cauliflower, string beans, yellow squash, corn on cob - all 45 min. digestion time
Root vegetables - carrots, beets, parsnips, turnips etc. - 50 min.
Semi-Concentrated Carbohydrates - Starches
Jerusalem artichokes & leafy, acorn & butternut squashes, corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, yam, chestnuts - all 60 min. digestion.
Concentrated Carbohydrates - Grains
Brown rice, millet, buckwheat, cornmeal, oats (first 3 vegetables best) - 90 min.
Legumes & Beans - (Concentrated Carbohydrate & Protein)
Lentils, limas, chick peas, peas, pigeon peas, kidney beans, etc. - 90 min. digestion time
soy beans -120 min. digestion time
Seeds & Nuts
Seeds - Sunflower, pumpkin, pepita, sesame - Digestive time approx. 2 hours.
Nuts - Almonds, filberts, peanuts (raw), cashews, brazil, walnuts, pecans etc. - 2 1/2 to 3 hours to digest.
Dairy
Skim milk, cottage or low fat pot cheese or ricotta - approx. 90 min. digestion time
whole milk cottage cheese - 120 min. digestion
whole milk hard cheese - 4 to 5 hours digestion time
Animal proteins
Egg yolk - 30 min. digestion time
Whole egg - 45 min.
Fish - cod, scrod, flounder, sole seafood - 30 min. digestion time
Fish - salmon, salmon trout, herring, (more fatty fish) - 45 min. to 60 digestion time
Chicken - 11/2 to 2 hours digestion time (without skin)
Turkey - 2 to 2 1/4 hours digestion time (without skin)
Beef, lamb - 3 to 4 hours digestion time
Pork - 41/2 to 5 hours digestion time


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agamble
agamble
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2004/01/21, 10:14 AM
Thanks for this list bb1.
Reddy
Reddy
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2004/01/21, 06:59 PM
very cool list - anyway to post in the "diet" area so people can find it easy??

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Jdelts
Jdelts
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2004/01/21, 07:11 PM
AWESOME!!

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romes10
romes10
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Joined: 2003/12/26
Canada
2004/01/24, 08:33 AM
Thank you very much everyone! That cleared up a lot and now I won't go hungry when I work out!