34/365 Reward Yourself with Your Recovery Food

Friends and Fitness Enthusiasts,

So you already know how important it is for you to eat within 30-40 minutes after working out. You don't want to prolong eating so that you don't overeat when you actually sit down for a meal. You also don't want to give yourself the excuse that you can eat anything just because you worked out. Generally you will burn about 400 calories per workout. Of course that depends on how hard you work but still. 400 calories equates to about 3 chocolate chip cookies, a slice of cheesecake, or two slices of pizza...not all those with ice cream on top.

If you're trying to lose weight, giving yourself a big excuse to eat whatever you want is not going to help. Use that protein shake, a Chewy bar, a handful of almonds, a banana with peanut butter, or whatever as your recovery food and reward for your hard work. If you're trying to gain weight then yes you can eat more but, keep it healthy! You can pack on a lot of calories with pizza but you're also consuming a lot of fatty, cheesy cholesterol and maybe more carbohydrates than you'd like. Instead, pack on the whole grains, oatmeal, beans, chicken breast, etc.

You can easily restock the calories you burned and more by giving yourself the excuse that you worked out. Use your recovery food as your reward but, keep it reasonable.

In health,

Lauren