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Eating then sleeping before work-out

Garym1976 Posts: 17 Joined: 2002/04/09	2002/04/17, 04:03 PM Is it ok to to eat say 2-3 hours before a workout and then take a nap right after eating. And if it is should i do something when i wake up before the workout?
rpacheco Posts: 3,770 Joined: 2001/12/13	2002/04/17, 04:09 PM Yes, that's fine. No need to do anything...except maybe drink water. That nap is probably the result of eating that pasta...eating heavy always makes me feel sleepy... -------------- **_Robert_**
Boddhisattvha Posts: 1,226 Joined: 2002/03/07	2002/04/17, 05:18 PM I have been told it's very bad to go to sleep right after eating. It screws up your bodies digestion process. Anyone else hear this? -------------- And my soul must be iron, because my fear is naked. I'm naked and fearless.
jnellie Posts: 924 Joined: 2002/02/24	2002/04/17, 05:38 PM YEH I HEARD THE FOOD JUST SITS THERE AT LEAST IT DID FOR ME I WORKED A PART TIME JOB AT NITE GOT HOME AT 930 ATE AND WENT TO BED PUT ON 15 POUNDS IN 6 MONTHS WHEW........
rpacheco Posts: 3,770 Joined: 2001/12/13	2002/04/17, 05:54 PM I think that's true, if you're going to bed for the night. However, a short nap shouldn't make too much of a difference. I can't take those mid-day naps anymore...got too much energy to waste it on sleep! -------------- **_Robert_**
Boddhisattvha Posts: 1,226 Joined: 2002/03/07	2002/04/17, 06:17 PM Basically if memory serves, your body gets confused because you just ate and you need to digest. But when you go to sleep your body is supposed to rest, not keep digesting. So it makes your body digest while you sleep, and when you wake up it's still digesting so you can actually wake up hungry alot of the time. -------------- And my soul must be iron, because my fear is naked. I'm naked and fearless.