I ALWAYS eat before a morning workout – normally just an apple with some wheatgerm (I love the stuff!) but if it’s a longer run (1hr+) I have a piece of toast or something, with PB. I’m lucky, I can eat [small] amounts just before I run 🙂 Anything larger though and I need a few hours.
Well done on the run, seeing as you didn’t reaaally want to 🙂 Have a great day!

My stomach used to be very sensitive to eating before a workout (i.e., major cramps!) However, I found out that (for me), eating a bowl of oatmeal with bananas & pb or a bagel with pb and a banana didn’t effect me as long as I waited 1/2 to 1 hr. before exercising. And it gives me a blast of energy throughout even my longer runs. 😀

It must have been fun checking out a new city with your sneakers! 😀

I usually eat a few bites of banana in the morning. I wake up around 4:30 to work out, but I never lift on an empty stomach. I’m fine with doing cardio on an empty stomach and sometimes feel better.

I always eat before a morning work out. If I’m just doing strength training and minimal cardio work, I can get by with a handful of almonds, or a small piece of toast with jam or nut butter.

But normally, I wake up early and have a bowl of oatmeal to fuel my work out and my morning. When I skimp on breakfast and work out, I end up practically crippled with hunger a couple hours into the morning. haha

ps. checking out a new city with a nice run is one of my favourite ways to discover it! I hope you hear good news soon about your #1 choice!

-Alison

I can’t eat before any workout. It kills my stomach. The best I can do is a slice of bread with peanut butter a half hour before. I don’t work out in the morning, though.

I have finally joined the crowd of eating something small before a workout. My performance would always tank if I was working out for anything longer than 30 minutes and I have finally smartened up!

My favorite is a sprouted grain wrap with a bit of peanut butter OR fruit + coconut butter. Yummo!

I usually have a normal sized breakfast about 20 minutes before I run. I’d prefer to let it digest a bit more before exercising, but my schedule doesn’t really allow for it.

After almost passing out once (oops!) the trainer I was working with said I MUST eat something before I work out. I don’t like anything too heavy and I like it to be quick, so I usually go with 1/2 a Cliff Bar :).

Great job getting out for your run!

I am horrible about eating before I workout in the morning! I always work out in the morning and it’s usually 4-6 days a week. Sometimes I will have some OJ (4 oz) but that’s usually it. The one exception I make is before a long run (to me that’s over 5 miles). When I trained for a half marathon last year I made sure to eat breakfast (usually a whole wheat english muffin with PB) about 30-45 minutes before I headed out on my long run days.

What makes things worse is that I usually don’t eat breakfast until about 9:30, so I am up at 5:45/6AM and working out from about 6:30-7:30 and still don’t eat anything for almost 2 hours. I know this is something I need to work on. I don’t come home after working out (get ready for work at the gym) so that makes it a little more tricky.

I can’t even eat the day OF a run! I have to run first thing in the morning before I eat or it basically can’t happen. I drink vegetable juice before my longer runs. Green juice got me through two half marathons!

Usually I’m barely awake when I roll out the door to run in the morning, so I don’t eat anything. I also only run between 3-5 miles a morning so it’s usually not a problem.

When I up my mileage, I’ll probably wake up a little earlier and have a banana or spoonful of PB 🙂

I always eat something before a morning workout. Either a small banana and peanut butter, or something like half a luna bar. I have to wait about 2 minutes before working out after eating! But if it’s after a meal, I have to wait about 20-30 minutes.

I always had a boyfriend that was on his way to pick me up and take me running was always motivation. I didn’t want to let him down!

I always eat before a workout – usually a slice of toast with peanut butter funnily enough. As you say, if you don’t eat, yo are running on empty. I have nearly upchucked whilst running but that was after a heavy dinner, not good!!!

I never eat before a morning workout—bad, I know! I usually get up, throw my clothes on, and head out. I wonder how my performance would improve if I did eat before?

Charlotte looks really beautiful. I hope you enjoy living there!

Usually I don’t eat til I’m home, unless it’s a harder workout like spinning or a long run. If I eat, I have to wait to digest and never feel as good exercising!

I know that this is a big no-no, but I don’t eat before early morning workouts (i.e. workouts that I literally begin within 20-30 minutes of waking up). I find that it actually negatively impacts my performance….I get out of breath much faster, and my stomach tends to bother me. But I’ve been working out in the afternoons lately, so that hasn’t really been as issue. Either way, I have to drink TONS of water before, during, and after my workout!

yay for the run! Work it.

I have to run on an empty stomach or I get really sick. However, I do run after work so I’d say it’s about four hours since eating. If I’m going to do a longer run I’ll eat something like a sweet tart or two during the run to keep my blood sugar alright. I know that’s probably not awesome but I get really sick and my acid reflux flares if I’m not careful.

I workout super early. Like 4:30am. I can never eat beforehand but I ALWAYS make sure I put something in my stomach right before bed. Usually cereal or yogurt. But I find that if I eat something right before bed, its always enough to get me through my early morning workouts.

I MUST eat before a work out. Funny enough, it’s usually a banana or toast with peanut butter! That combo fuels me but doesn’t weigh me down.

I can not eat before a workout in the morning, I have to go on an empty stomach or it makes me queasy.

I don’t know if it’s psychological or physiological, but I HAVE to eat before an AM workout. Actually, I have a huge breakfast every morning, and then wait about two hours before I hit the gym. Works for me!

I HAVE to have food first thing in the morning. I don’t know how people can work out without anything in their system! My body would never allow such a thing.

I have oatmeal every morning and I wait about an hour to an hour and a half after eating to head to the gym. By the time I’m exercising it has been at least an hour and a half since I was eating and my stomach has settled by then and I have fuel to go!

I try to not eat (I swear I run faster that way!), but if I’m starving, half a banana with pb is my go to.

Glad you’re having fun in Charlotte and that you’re having luck on the housing front!

i run within 20 minutes of waking up and i typically eat half an apple before a short run (under 6 miles) and dry toast before a long run. now that i’m farther along in my pregnancy (25 weeks) even 1/4 of an apple is too much! my stomach has gotten smooshed with the growing baby, leaving little room to eat too much at one time!

If I eat before a morning workout, it has to be at least an hour before. Generally I like going on an empty stomach more, though.

I’ve tried for years to eat something before a AM workout, but I still dont’ like to eat anything. If it’s anything, I’ll eat a banana. I can’t get the toast down though.

Whoa whoa whoa…you’re human? Say it isn’t so! I thought you worked out in your sleep and ran 6 miles to get your mail. This revelation has shaken my foundation. *grin*

I like toast with PB and a piece of fruit if I run 1st thing. Running on empty makes me light-headed.

I like the Atkins Protein Shakes for a pre-workout. They don’t make me feel sick, they are low in sugar and packed with protein.

95% of the time I always eat something. I work out first thing in the morning and the staple is 16oz of water first thing and then half of a Powerbar. Anything over 10 miles…I’ll go crazy and eat the whole thing 😛
If I don’t eat beforehand, I always end up starving in the afternoon and lethargic!

I’m lucky to have a flexible morning work schedule. Ideally I eat a real breakfast and then wait 1.5 to 2 hours to work out. If that’s not possible I still need a few bites of something, but not too much.

before, I didn’t eat before, but now, I know I need to eat, I’m too afraid to faint somewhere. I threw just sth in my mouth, dried fruit, a piece of bread. I don’t have any troubles with digesting it 🙂

Yes, I pretty much have to eat before a workout that is more than 20-30 min. Even if it is just a hand full of cereal or half a banana and water. But if I’m going to do over 4 miles of running or a good gym workout, I’ll eat a more substantial half breakfast.

I eat the same thing pre-workout, but if my workout isn’t going to be very vigorous sometimes I’ll skip it just because I’m not hungry at that time. But before a longer run or a race I force it down because it helps in the long run.

it definately looks pretty there. I would never run through downtown jackson, I would get shot!

I normally don’t exercise right first thing so I almost always eat my full breakfast before I work out, and then usually rest at least an hour or so. Luckily I have the time to do that. If I DO happen to do a workout right bright and early though I still need to eat something anyway. I just don’t think I could survive running completely on empty! Usually a bite of banana and pb and maybe half a small muffin or mini bowl of cereal, something along those lines,will do it.

I never eat before morning runs. However, I am usually running 20 mins after waking, so I don’t have time to digest and feel sick. Since warmer weather has hit and my runs are longer ( just finished c25k on May 22 and now run 3.2 miles) I drink about 4 oz of water before leaving.

Tomorrow is my first race and as it starts at 9 and not 6:30 when I usually run, I have to eat first. I am curious how it will effect my run. I am planning a 1/2 piece of toast with cashew butter and 1/2 banana @ 7 a.m. do I have lots of time to digest.

If I run before breakfast, or if it’s been several hours since a meal, I’ll eat some dried fruit and some nuts first. I usually stick to two or three days and a tiny handful of peanuts, which tides me over without making me feel unwell. I can eat it about ten minutes before the workout.

I got a little off the wagon so to speak when we were on vacation, but it was fun either way! I always have to eat a little something before a morning workout, usually at least 30min-hour before 🙂

I occasionally will skip a meal in the am just to shock the body but usually I have a smoothie. I’ll usually wait an hour but have gone running 15mins afterwards. Longer the better though so you don’t feel bloated running!

I have to eat before an AM workout, or I will feel like I am going to pass out. I have eggs and toast or oatmeal, and wait about 30 minutes after.