For those who work out..

[Navywife620]

Right now I work out in the mornings. I drink an instant breakfast before the gym, i know I am going to start having to skip breakfast but I am not sure how I am going to work out in the movings with nothing in my system.. any ideas?

[Princess of Pink]

Chocolate!! Has worked well for me in the past! lol

[Navywife620]

Do you think it would mess with my blood sugar levels?I was thinking about just drinking crystal light instead of plain water but I am not sure if that will help me not pass out while working out.

[Princess of Pink]

I often had a breakfast of diet coke and chocolate (god that sounds so bad) and went for a huge walk or worked out. You get a sugar high but burn it off with exercise, all empty calories, nothing healthy about it really. Obviously my eating habits tend to sway pink ;)

[amari]

I stopped working out to sway due to the lack of food. I normally eat frequently due to the fact that I workout, and always eat before exercising. I just had to give it up in order to sway or else I would not have enough energy and waste away. Can't wait to eat and workout again! Don't think crystal light would be any different than water. If you do workout still I wouldn't skip breakfast.

[Princess of Pink]

Seriously I have NEVER skipped breakfast...I think it's WHAT I eat that sways pink.

[jazzers]

Right now I work out in the mornings. I drink an instant breakfast before the gym, i know I am going to start having to skip breakfast but I am not sure how I am going to work out in the movings with nothing in my system.. any ideas?

I have been running 30+miles/week and have been having the same problem. I have to eat something little. You need the sugar and energy to get through the workout. But, if you can wait afterwards, your blood sugar should be decreasing after the workout, so that is a good time to keep it low with protein, no sugar, etc...

[Navywife620]

I have been running 30+miles/week and have been having the same problem. I have to eat something little. You need the sugar and energy to get through the workout. But, if you can wait afterwards, your blood sugar should be decreasing after the workout, so that is a good time to keep it low with protein, no sugar, etc...

Thanks Jazzers, Yeah right now I run about 13 miles a week and then lift 3 days a week. I will be obviously cutting out lifting and run 5 days a week when we are swaying. I am the type of person that needs to work out, so cutting it out all together for my sway is something I couldn't do. Maybe I can just do an apple with the skin cut off before the gym or something. I know I will burn it off anyway, so I am not sure if this will have a negative affect on my sway. If worst comes to worst, I might just have to switch my work out sessions to the evenings so I don't run into the problem at all. I just like working out first thing in the morning.

[atomic sagebrush]

Eat something that is pure carbs (apple, chocolate, both ok) and don't wait around before you start exercising - the carbs will give you quick fuel to get thru the workout but will burn off quickly and leave you with lower blood sugar than you had in the first place. Be prepared to eat something immediately after exercising if you need to (and maybe even to stop partway thru) because yoru blood sugar WILL crash.

Are you 100% sure you need to eat? Sometimes with skipping breakfast, I find I can go for awhile and not have the same sort of sugar crash when I exercise

I think you need to increase workouts to 6-7 days a week or risk being in "moderate exercise" zone. It can be challenging if you're already in good shape, to tax your body.

[atomic sagebrush]

Thanks Jazzers, Yeah right now I run about 13 miles a week and then lift 3 days a week. I will be obviously cutting out lifting and run 5 days a week when we are swaying. I am the type of person that needs to work out, so cutting it out all together for my sway is something I couldn't do. Maybe I can just do an apple with the skin cut off before the gym or something. I know I will burn it off anyway, so I am not sure if this will have a negative affect on my sway. If worst comes to worst, I might just have to switch my work out sessions to the evenings so I don't run into the problem at all. I just like working out first thing in the morning.

you may be even more likely to have the prob. in the evening for the reason I mentioned above - your blood sugar levels are already low in the morning to start out with and so you may be able to exercise on an empty stomach and be ok. Whereas if your body has been releasing insulin all day long, your blood sugar may crash after eating and make it even worse.

There is nothing magic about skipping breakfast, many women have boys who skip breakfast and many girl moms never skip it. I agree with PoP, it's about your overall diet and what you're eating. The skipping breakfast just helps ensure we have a nice long run with blood sugar on the low side but if you can't, you can't..

[purplepoet20]

Working out in the morning is hard on the body and worse when swaying. I found a hand full of m&m can bring you back. I like a yogurt and pepsi about 10-15mins before Zumba or halfway. If you eat 10-15mins after working out your body will get used to it and learn to shutup after a few days.

[Navywife620]

Eat something that is pure carbs (apple, chocolate, both ok) and don't wait around before you start exercising - the carbs will give you quick fuel to get thru the workout but will burn off quickly and leave you with lower blood sugar than you had in the first place. Be prepared to eat something immediately after exercising if you need to (and maybe even to stop partway thru) because yoru blood sugar WILL crash.

Are you 100% sure you need to eat? Sometimes with skipping breakfast, I find I can go for awhile and not have the same sort of sugar crash when I exercise

I think you need to increase workouts to 6-7 days a week or risk being in "moderate exercise" zone. It can be challenging if you're already in good shape, to tax your body.

Thank you for the insight. Isn't it good for my blood sugar to crash when I am done? I am not 100% sure if I need to eat something, but my work outs are pretty intense now so I was just assuming I would need to continue to get some kind of food before I go. I guess when the time comes I can try going on an empty stomach and see what my body can do. How big is the "moderate exercise" in swaying? I am not sure I can work out 6-7 days a week.

[atomic sagebrush]

yes, but if you crash and then feel terrible you are way WAY way more likely to cheat. Plus you don't feel very good when it REALLY crashes and you can't function that way with small kiddos.

Intense exercise is just about maximizing your odds - I can't make a blanket prescription for any one individual, you need to be shrinking your muscle mass rather than growing/maintaining htat, so whatever combination of exercise/diet it takes to shrink your muscle, is what you need to be doing.

[Navywife620]

yes, but if you crash and then feel terrible you are way WAY way more likely to cheat. Plus you don't feel very good when it REALLY crashes and you can't function that way with small kiddos.

Intense exercise is just about maximizing your odds - I can't make a blanket prescription for any one individual, you need to be shrinking your muscle mass rather than growing/maintaining htat, so whatever combination of exercise/diet it takes to shrink your muscle, is what you need to be doing.

Thank you Atomic! Very good information. I will just have to make the judgement when I start the diet fully and take my pH.

[Lilian78]

Running in the mornings is one of the reasons why I won't skip breakfast ... But you store plenty of glycogen to get through a rather long cardio workout so I don't think you necessarily need to eat. I feel better with something in my stomach but have never had trouble completing a fairly long run on an empty stomach/just coffee. And actually that would be a little tougher on the body, which would sway pink, right?

[atomic sagebrush]

I agree Lillian! The one time I ever really "bonked" and couldn't complete a workout was when I ate a banana about 20 min. before I started exercising and OMG I was DYING by aobut halfway thru.

I have gotten up many times and exercised for 60 min on an empty stomach and been perfectly fine...maybe not quite as intense as some other workouts I've done but I made it through just fine. It is really the "sugar and then exercising" that you have to watch out for because you will crash then!!!