MeghanE Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Hey All, I am on day 22 and I recently read on a forum that if you work out you should be eating a pre-workout and post-work out meal that is not counted in your 3 meals per day. Is this true??? I am not a hardcore athlete by any means, I run 12-18 miles/week and do body-weight training exercises at home on off days for approx 30-40 min. I run a few races each year, but not to win, just as motivation to keep up with running. I am currently training for a 10 mile race in 3 weeks and my goal is to just decrease my time from last year.... I run first thing in the morning because that is the only time it fits into my schedule. Before each run I usually eat a banana or some hard boiled eggs or some nuts. Afterwards I eat a larger than normal breakfast usually eggs or homemade sausage, spinach, sweet potatoes and either berries or grapefruit and then another 2 meals. On running days if I need to, I allow myself a snack between meals. Should I be eating more meals? And what about the days where I just do an at home workout, does that really count as a workout? Here are my day last few days: M1: eggs, raw cashews, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries M2: Spinach salad with tomatoes, cucumber, kalmata olives, homemade greek dressing, tuna 40 minute workout using just body weight, no weights or equipment, interval style post-workout banana M3: hamburger with spicy guacamole, grilled pineapple, onions and baked sweet potato "chips" ("sampled" some sweet potato chips while getting dinner ready) banana 4 mile run at 10 min/mile M1: 3 eggs, spinach, sweet potatoes M2: Same salad as previous day M3: grilled rosemary lemon chicken and roasted vegetables with olive oil Had a handful of nuts midday M1: 2 eggs, spinach, sweet potato hashbrowns pre-workout 1 egg, banana 40 min home workout M2: Hamburger with spicy guacamole, onions and grilled pineapple with roasted zucchini and carrots 3 mile walk pushing 2 kids in a jogging stroller (with a playground break) M3: Chocolate chili and avocado Thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeghanE Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share Posted April 17, 2013 Oh sorry, i should have reread the iswf meal plan for workouts. I read it, but i must have missed the part that said there was a bonus meal. Sorry for the dumb question! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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