Pre Gym Meal Help

[BRUN]

fitting the gym into my life has never been easy, long standing members of this forum will know that ive been in and out of gym membership for years

at the moment im managing it, but i need some help

i work mon-fri, 8-5, i dont live that far from work so im usually home for 5:30pm unless something at work holds me back, even still id be home for 6pm at the very latest

the gym i go to, is too busy straight after work, so ive been going at 8pm, now the thing is im hungry when i get home from work, and no way on this earth could i wait til 10pm when i get back from the gym to eat

ive tried a few things recently but they all seem to repeat on me a little when in the gym, not majorly but enough to not be fully focused on what im doing, i had some soup on tuesday and that might still be an option but i think i ate too much of it, and bought a soup which had too much in it, as it was very filling

im wondering what i can eat @ around 5:30pm that wouldnt have me burping it @ 8pm, just now ive had a chicken breast which was left over from tea yesterday, but that was a one off lol, ive been having protein shakes after the gym and maybe a bit of something else aswell but not a massive meal

[Martin Brown]

Have you tried only having a very small portion of something? Maybe it's the volume that's causing problems.

Or try just having a whey / malto shake instead?

[BRUN]

maybe my portion size does need reducing, thought about having a whey shake but i dont think it would fill me enough, would a MP MRP shake do the trick ?

[Martin Brown]

yeah that'd be a good alternative. I cant stomach much pre training so always rely on a shake.

[suj]

bowl of oats?
i think cheef has some before a session?

[BRUN]

anything really thats reasonably filling but has started to digest within 2 hours

i keep thinking about a bowl of cereal but not sure if there is anything more suited

[suj]

yeah oats + some nuts if still peckish? 2.5hours of digestion should be more than enough!

[BRUN]

aha, you might have hit on something their, nuts !........if i have a small meal and need a top up they might do the trick

i usually have some dry roasted in my drawer at work for snackages, that might be an option, have to see how big of a bag costco do

[SphinX]

i personally wouldn't take in anything more than 150g's in weight before gym....and give atleast 1hr before your workout....also have you looked at MP's meal replacement? or the MYbar...very good products before a workout, quite filling too.

[BRUN]

i looked at the mybar and was going to order some, but they are very pricey IMO

i definitely dont eat 1hr before the gym, try to get 2 hours between eating something after work and starting at the gym