Workout Nutrition Guide
I hope everyone knows how important the diet piece of the puzzle is by now with regards to weight loss and staying in shape – nutrition takes up about 70-80%. Thus, you want to make SURE you’re fueling your workouts in the best way possible. After all, what you’re consuming around your workout is probably not a leisurely 4-course meal with your boyfriend, so let’s attempt to make it nutritionally optimal. But you don’t need to plan it yourself! Lucky for you I have created this workout nutrition guide for you.
One thing that usually gets neglected on the fat loss diet is the need for ingesting enough fruits and vegetables. You frequently see fitness models with egg whites and bowls of oatmeal, without fruit or veggies in sight! Some might even argue that fruit makes you fat! Here is the deal – eating a lot of anything makes you fat. Fruit has been given an especially bad name because of the sugar that it contains. However, you’ll be happy to learn sugar is not at all times bad.
Raw fruit and veggies are totally Crucial for a fat loss diet because of all the vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals, and fiber they contain. They also can help you stay more full in the course of the day while controlling your blood sugar and insulin levels.
Speaking of insulin… if you were to ask most professional fitness models what the most important hormone in your body for building muscle* is, they might state testosterone.
*: REMEMBER, in our world (meaning chicks who want to look fabulous) building muscle actually means getting more toned, defined, and burning more fat. It does NOT mean getting bulky, so please, please don’t be afraid of building muscle. Muscle will significantly help in your fat loss endeavors.
In reality, the most important hormone when it comes to building muscle is insulin. The good thing is, unlike testosterone, ingesting insulin will not cause you to grow a set of balls or hair on your face. It is easy to completely control your insulin intake with your diet without the use of any weird pills.
Insulin is a hormone which gets released in response to an increase in sugar in your blood. It’s action could be good or bad based on when you ingest it.
Let’s start with the bad news – The downside of insulin is it stops fat burning.
Here’s the good news- Research shows that increases in blood sugar during and right after exercise will NOT stop fat burning. Actually, insulin will send sugar and amino acids to your muscle, HELPING with growth and recovery. And better growth and recovery means enhanced muscle building.
So, let’s put it all together -
* You need more fruit and veggies.
* You need to have something sugary during and following your workout so insulin will get released.
* You can not realistically be ingesting food throughout or after a workout since the blood rushes to the muscles during exercise and it is hard to digest anything.
* One more thing… new sports nutrition study consistently indicates that adding a bit of protein to your workout drink will make a tremendous difference in your progress.
So here’s the answer- You should have a shake made up of all fruit (which takes care of the sugar) and some protein powder. You have several choices for this:
1. Visit Jamba Juice or your preferred juice bar and order an all-fruit smoothie with a scoop of protein.
2. Throw fruit and ice in a blender at home and add a scoop of protein. Blend well.
3. If you’re really pushed on time and you need something pre-made you will need to sacrifice some nutritional value. Grab a “Protein” Naked Juice or Odwalla. Definitely not your best option, but better than nothing.
Drink this gradually throughout your workout and after. I normally start to drink it about 20-30 minutes into my workout.
Don’t be surprised when you begin to see faster results.
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