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Tell me your honest opinion of this post-exercise food pls

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tulips27 · 19/11/2022 20:32

I've exercised all morning today and for some reason I've got really ravenous and I think I've undone all my work (although I'm not exercising for weight loss in particular).

Breakfast: two black coffees
Cycle 5 miles
Swim 45 minutes

Post swim snack: banana from my bag, a few nuts (so far so good)

Now at this point I would normally go home and eat nothing till my evening meal, but because the weather was so nice I treated myself to a Tesco meal deal which I never do because I can't afford it! I just got carried away.

Meal deal: Brie and cranberry sandwich, hot chocolate

Cycle 5 miles

Evening meal: two samosas and a side salad (no dressing)

Then (!) I was still hungry and this is where things got out of control, I've just demolished another samosa and a small bag of kettle chips from the meal deal that I was saving.

So if you look at it, I've ended up putting away a lot of unhealthy food and probably lost my gains from exercising at all. But I was soooo hungry, I still am. I could eat another dinner right now if I'm totally honest. 😩

Regular exercisers, where am I going wrong? I'm starving. Any advice welcome.

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Claudia84 · 19/11/2022 21:53

Started so well with the banana and nuts but samosa and salad for tea?
I assume you're vegetarian? You need a whole meal - carbs, protein, vegetables for your evening meal.
Fair enough if normally you only want to have two meals a day but you need to actually have a proper meal.

Cope74 · 19/11/2022 21:51

You need more protein after exercise, at least 20g within 30 minutes of exercising is recommended. I have a high protein yoghurt (the calcium is good too!) and a generous handful of almonds.
That will help you to feel less hungry later, but I agree with others who are suggesting you look carefully at what you consider constitutes a meal!

imbacktoshowyoumydress · 19/11/2022 21:41

This is a weird way to eat.

Post exercise I'd expect to have something with protein... A tuna salad, avocado, eggs, chicken, chickpeas etc

Then evening a proper meal.

There's nothing wrong with having a brie and cranberry sandwich - but it sounds like you're beating yourself up over this?

You've had a series of snacks all day. I would focus on 2-3 proper meals which are balanced.

Lbnc2021 · 19/11/2022 21:37

Losing your gains? Lol, you’ll never make gains on that rubbish diet.

BIWI · 19/11/2022 21:35

Well you're not eating especially nutritious food, for a start!

Where is the protein? You're just eating carbs, which might satiate you 'in the moment' but won't keep you feeling full/satisfied. In fact, too many carbs will make you hungry, which is what's happening to you.

If you're not exercising for weight loss*, what is the 'work' or the 'gains' you think you're undoing?

*you'd have to be doing a huge amount of exercise every day for weight loss - your diet will be more important here, and yours is a diet designed to impede weight loss, if not result in weight gain

Roundaboot · 19/11/2022 21:34

Hang on..you expected to go a whole day on just two coffees, a banana and a handful of nuts? And consider two samosas and a salad to be a meal? It's no wonder you were ravenous, you've not had a decent meal all day!

Cwcwbird · 19/11/2022 21:33

Where you're going wrong is you're not eating enough for that level of exercise - you usually have a banana and some nuts and that's it til evening? It's no wonder you couldn't sustain that. Eat properly. Fuel yourself properly.

Gumreduction · 19/11/2022 21:32

My spidey senses tell me exercise addiction. And eating disorder

TomTraubertsBlues · 19/11/2022 21:29

If you're trying to diet, samosas are shit. They are simultaneously calories dense and not very filling.

What you want is nutrient dense foods which are very filling, and give a moderate amount of calories.

TomTraubertsBlues · 19/11/2022 21:28

You should have had a proper dinner - that would have meant you didn't need to demolish the crisps!

dementedpixie · 19/11/2022 21:27

Two samosas and a side salad is a starter not a main meal

RayKray · 19/11/2022 21:25

What do you mean by losing your gains? What are your goals? You say weight loss isn't it, so then it depends what it is. I do strength training, my goal is to get stronger, gains made in the gym wouldn't be negated by what I ate unless I didn't get enough protein or never ate healthy food. One meal like that wouldn't make any difference. So it comes down to what the gains are you're trying to make?