Weird workout stuff

[mary_mayhem]

Those of you who have been committing exercise to a while probably already have encountered this. But it's news to me, so I'm sharing so that those who have been as ignorant as I was will take notice for themselves

Comments

[dewline]

I'll be interested to know if and how well this works for anyone else.

[mary_mayhem]

Gonna be a guinea pig and see how it works for you?

[starfire68]

I had almost forgotten this...thank you for the reminder :D

Although I usually do my exercise as soon as I get up in the morning (I have an AM Yoga dvd that really helps get me going for the day), and walk weather-permitting.

I didn't do all that well during the holidays though...the kids being home has really put a crimp in the exercising. I need to get my routine back.

[x_creepy_doll_x]

hmm, wonder why it is?

[magicgenee]

I was told by an MD---long time ago---to NOT exercise just after a meal because the body is focused on the digestion process. Don't know how valid that is, but I've always exercised before eating and felt that it counted.

[mary_mayhem]

That makes sense.

[gamber2]

For what it's worth, none of this is true for me. If I eat before or after exercise, it's all the same. Too much food and I gain weight, less food in high quality and lots of exercise and I lose back down.

The only odd thing I've noticed empirically is that I get really really hungry from SCUBA, even though there's not much exercise involved. I think the water sucks a lot of heat out of me, that's my explanation.

[mary_mayhem]

That makes sense, too.

I'm also willing to bet that your exercising-a-lot-for-years body handles calories differently than my newly-being-active body.