| Early morning exercise - eat or not to eat first?
I got up at 5am this morning to fit in a work out before work. It's a duel reason effort; help to make me feel more awake in the morning and to help with losses and toning etc.
Now, I didn't eat before I started. I DID have a large glass of water and gave myself 10mins before starting.
I did a proper warm up, stretches and cool down and then ate after showering.
The thing is - there is conflicting advice on whether you should eat before working out in the morning or not. Some people say that working out right away before food will boost losses without harming you, others say not to as it means your body will burn the sugars in your muscles as you're low on carbs due to sleeping.
However, given I am not the lean, toned goddess I wish I was, surely my body would burn the fat in my a$$ before any muscle mass? It's not like I don't have any body fat to burn - like an athlete who needs more food to carry on their regime. And again...not being an athlete means my working out isn't exactly hardcore!
I am only going to aim to do this 2-3 times a week before work - and time is limited because I leave for work at 6.30am as it is. I guess I could throw a banana down neck, wait 20mins and then start if it is a bad thing...
...what do you think? I did a relatively light CV routine because it's a new thing for me to do (heck getting up at 5am alone is let alone adding exercise lol)...I've looked online for advice and it's 50:50 for both options.
Gah!
I guess really I should just see how it pans out and adapt to suit my body/routine.
But any help would be good xxx
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