importance of real food post workout?

[creath]

I lift every night about 8-9ish and i try to be in bed at 11. I am currently cutting right now for vacation(I know its bulking season) in late december. I usually have a big meal at 8 am and again a big meal at 5 pm with a snack in between such as a questbar. My real question is do i need to have real food after my workout or is my shake enough? im not trying to build right now just maintain muscle mass on this cut. I dont like the feeling of food when i try to go to bed and i would like my body to burn fat for fuel in that time until breakfast the next morning. Is this an good plan?

[Gxp23]

5'8", 134 lbs

Why are you cutting?

[Oflamez]

5'8", 134 lbs

Why are you cutting?

bodyfatphobia

[sevenhm]

What makes you think a shake isn't food? If as you said you don't like feeling full at night and prefer the shake that's fine. If you think consuming a shake at night makes your body make you magically burn fat that would be misguided. Your body throughout the day is going through waves of a surplus and a deficit; it is not linear. What will determine weight gain/loss is a caloric surplus/deficit. What will help retain lbm is adequate nutrition and training stimulus.

[boo99]

I lift every night about 8-9ish and i try to be in bed at 11. I am currently cutting right now for vacation(I know its bulking season) in late december. I usually have a big meal at 8 am and again a big meal at 5 pm with a snack in between such as a questbar. My real question is do i need to have real food after my workout or is my shake enough? im not trying to build right now just maintain muscle mass on this cut. I dont like the feeling of food when i try to go to bed and i would like my body to burn fat for fuel in that time until breakfast the next morning. Is this an good plan?

in the past were you once overweight? Seems like you have some fears of gaining weight because you are concerned about it at those stats which doesnt make sense

[creath]

alright first i should probably say that in not 134 pounds anymore lol that is out of date. I am right about 155 right now and i mean that the idea of just a shake is quickly digested and thus creates a longer period of being in a fast throughout the night.

[gbullock32]

alright first i should probably say that in not 134 pounds anymore lol that is out of date. I am right about 155 right now and i mean that the idea of just a shake is quickly digested and thus creates a longer period of being in a fast throughout the night.

That is still far from needing to cut any weight at your height.