What should I have to eat Postworkout

[davearv]

Right now postworkout I am eating tuna and an energy bar. Is this good or should I be doing something different?

My goals is to transform my body. I am 258 lbs at 6'1" and 35 years old. Very FAT!!! I don't want to go to the extreme and be a bodybuilder type but more of a GQ look.

Thanks in advance for any help.

[KJR246]

You should read the stickys

[easye7]

i love when people think their going to turn into ronnie coleman because they hit the gym a few days a week...no offense meant OP..


and yes, read the stickies. stuff will change your life

[RandallH19891]

Originally Posted by easye7

i love when people think their going to turn into ronnie coleman because they hit the gym a few days a week...no offense meant OP..


and yes, read the stickies. stuff will change your life

Well everybody wanna be a bodybuilder, but don't nobody wanna lift no heavy ass weights!

[jwdjrs]

Originally Posted by davearv

Right now postworkout I am eating tuna and an energy bar. Is this good or should I be doing something different?

My goals is to transform my body. I am 258 lbs at 6'1" and 35 years old. Very FAT!!! I don't want to go to the extreme and be a bodybuilder type but more of a GQ look.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Hope this helps...... http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...ht=Postworkout

[morristhecat]

consider both your pre- and post work out meals,

you should have a meal plan! the supplements etc are not really enuff to just change your body and drop a lot of weight. So a good meal plan is essential. And a good exercise plan. Lose fat, build muscle. That meal plan should be worked out with a dr. or reg. dietician

Are you also doing cardio or bascially just get moving a sweating on a regular basis? Being more active and less sedentary? I don't believe in killing yourself and throwing up like on those tv reality excercise shows . You want to change your lifestyle and nutrition, not get a heart attack or kill yourself while the persona; trainer screams at you to push it harder till you puke.

pre- did you have a meal? for example I work out in the morning, I have a pre-work out breakfast about 1 hr prior to workout;with some complex carbs and protein ex: bran or whole wheat bagel and scrambled egg whites, glass of Orange Juice.

post work out a protein shake with whey protein (whey powder) ?? then lunch a little later after you get your protein and cool down. A balanced lunch with protein/complex carbs.

during work out have something to sip such as Gatorade (watch the calories) there is a Power-ade Zero (many dextrose/carb based hydrating drinks out there but read labels). Maybe have that energy bar during your work out if you need something, but you shouldn't be getting famished during your work out.

[Celladork]

Why energy bar postworkout??? Would you not benefit more from that energy bar pre workout instead? Start your day off with some protein, fat, and complex carbs for breakfast, say a couple eggs with 2 slices of whole wheat toast w/butter. Then preworkout down the energy bar and piece of fruit or 2, maybe with a bit of protein as well.

Tuna is fine but postworkout is the primary time during the day when you want carbs, in fact simple carbs at that. When you leave the gym after a strenuous workout of any type your body goes into a catabolic state due to the heightened metabolic process and energy breakdown to power yourself through your workout. Postworkout needs to be recovery time and your PWO meal is what kicks it off. Protein helps BUILD new muscle but doesn't exactly help RECOVER the muscles you already have worked. Muscles need their glycogen restored to enter into a building state and carbs are what do this. Simple carbs are absorbed and digested faster thus beingbeneficial because it kicks off your body's recovery state faster.

Add some rice and even fruit to that tuna, or make a tuna sandwich using whole wheat bread and down it with a glass of fruit juice.

[RNRW]

Originally Posted by davearv

Right now postworkout I am eating tuna and an energy bar. Is this good or should I be doing something different?

My goals is to transform my body. I am 258 lbs at 6'1" and 35 years old. Very FAT!!! I don't want to go to the extreme and be a bodybuilder type but more of a GQ look.

Thanks in advance for any help.

A GQ look, LOL.
Doesn't want to look like a bodybuilder...ROFL.

Are you aware of how long it takes to get to the point where you LOOK like a bodybuilder?! You seem to be under the impression that God gave you the world's most magnificant genetics ever, and that you can do it in 11.7 days...It takes several months of dedication and doing everything right to even make a serious change in physical appearance, and to look like an actual bodybuilder takes years...


First, yes, read the stickies.

Second, you may not want to LOOK like a bodybuilder, but, depending on your genetics, there's a chance that you would never even be ABLE to look like one, even if you DID want to. The fact still remains that for changing your physical appearance, a bodybuilder lifestyle is the way to go. Think about this, if you want to look like a "GQ" model(good grief, cracks me up, most of those "tards" starve themselves to look like that for a matter of a couple of days), no, I'm not going there. Rather, if you want a good body, following a bodybuilder lifestyle is still the best way to go, because it will allow anyone to achieve this in the quickest timeframe. Then, get this, when you have achieved the build you want, DONT LIFT like you want to get bigger...just maintain...

[rude boy]

Originally Posted by RNRW

A GQ look, LOL.
Doesn't want to look like a bodybuilder...ROFL.

Are you aware of how long it takes to get to the point where you LOOK like a bodybuilder?! You seem to be under the impression that God gave you the world's most magnificant genetics ever, and that you can do it in 11.7 days...It takes several months of dedication and doing everything right to even make a serious change in physical appearance, and to look like an actual bodybuilder takes years...


First, yes, read the stickies.

Second, you may not want to LOOK like a bodybuilder, but, depending on your genetics, there's a chance that you would never even be ABLE to look like one, even if you DID want to. The fact still remains that for changing your physical appearance, a bodybuilder lifestyle is the way to go. Think about this, if you want to look like a "GQ" model(good grief, cracks me up, most of those "tards" starve themselves to look like that for a matter of a couple of days), no, I'm not going there. Rather, if you want a good body, following a bodybuilder lifestyle is still the best way to go, because it will allow anyone to achieve this in the quickest timeframe. Then, get this, when you have achieved the build you want, DONT LIFT like you want to get bigger...just maintain...

why would you think gq models starve themselves? how about genetics, eating healthy, exercising, etc..

[davearv]

What is the stickies?

[RNRW]

Originally Posted by rude boy

why would you think gq models starve themselves? how about genetics, eating healthy, exercising, etc..

Because, for photoshoots, many of them DO, they're models, many of them are notorious for it, I'm not being a jerk about it, just speaking the truth, research it for yourself, you'll come to the same conclusion(not ALL of them do it, I'm sure some of them bust their asses to look scrawny...lol).

[KJR246]

Originally Posted by davearv

What is the stickies?

They're at the top of the Nutrition forum page.

They say Sticky next to them. One is Pre,Post workout. Read it.

[davearv]

Thanks guys for all the help and comments (good and bad)