Fuel for health and performance

What you eat before and after a workout and throughout the day can help feed your efforts in the gym (or home gym). Some points to remember:

1. As an active woman, if you lower your energy intake, performing moderate-intensity exercise in a fasted state will NOT enhance your fat loss. (Oxygen magazine, Nov/Dec 2016). Never under-carb your high-intensity training. Get the most out of your higher intensity training by consuming carbs before your maximal workout and then evenly distribute your remaining daily balance throughout the day. (Oxygen magazine, Nov/Dec 2016).

2. Do not decrease your daily caloric intake by more than 300-400 calories a day in order to achieve a caloric deficit, and your total caloric intake should never drop below 1200 calories (taking into account what you eat and what you burn off during exercise). You will be starving your body well below what it needs just to sustain your resting metabolic state and you will be hindering your weight loss attempts as your body attempts to hold on to whatever energy source it can (mostly in the form of fat stores).

Read the following article for further information:

https://www.oxygenmag.com/nutrition/body-meal-plan-9898

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