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    Default what do you eat before exercising

    I'm getting ready to go on a 5 mile bike ride, and I'm not sure what to eat. ANy suggestions?

    Thanks

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    Solarliving,

    HI! I always start with water before I eat and then dig into a bowl of a fruit/veggie combo that has been put in the food processor.

    Like today, I mixed 2 cups of spinach,1 1/2 fuji apples,3 broccoli florets


    Road bike? :)

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    water, maybe some Yerba Matte tea and 3 Cordycept Mushroom caps from New Chapter (these are dried into caps). If awhile from time I get up to work out I may have 1/2 a Fuji Apple or a small serving of Gogi Berries if appleless.
    Psalms 18:2 "The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold."

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    goal is to see this go down 3% (as they are not as accurate as they are consistant ! )

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    I eat a raw cracker with coconut oil spread on it for energy.

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    My favorite.. a banana!


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    Thanks everyone for your responses. This route I go on is pretty intense so I needed something that would allow me to ride for an hour. I ended up doing a smoothie of strawberries, blackberries and spinache. I brought some nuts and seaweed for the ride back. It held me up pretty good. I just wondered if I was eating enough.

    Thanks again

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    I make a green smoothie w/coconut butter and have a serving beforehand, and for durnig I take the same smoothie and dilute it 1/4 smoothie to 3/4 water. :)

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    Like Revell I am excersising at 5:30 am and thus have only a bit of water beforehand...I have my 4-5 fruits when I come home...

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    I always eat fruit before I exercise. On weekdays, I exercise after work, in the late afternoon. On these days, I usually eat a big apple about 30 minutes before. On weekends, I exercise in the AM. I get up early, eat my usual breakfast of a big fruit salad. Then I wait about 1 hour before exercising.

    Christine

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    Hi Everyone,

    They don't call me Monkeyboy for nothing!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Pre workout it's all bananas and a big jug of water.

    Maybe an orange too.


    Peace and happy cardio,

    M.B.

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    Cool

    For me just coming off juice fast and now ending of recovery time I hope,
    I've been doing 8oz spring water upon wake up to get fluids moving, then make a fruit drink in the blender mixed with spring water and organic maca powder before workout. :)

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    what I really like about being raw is that I can workout with nothing, or after eating pretty much anything, cause my body isn't bogged down digesting a lump of crap. It's amazing...

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    At 5:00 am - water. Fruit smoothie afterwards.


    Quote Originally Posted by Revvell
    Since I excercise mostly at 5:30 a.m. ~ water.

    Revvell

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    I also exercise first thing in the morning so for me it is just water. When I get home I have citrus juice (orange and/or grapefruit) and then an hour or so later a large green smoothie. Before raw I had to eat a large breakfast before exercising or I'd get so sick to my tummy, but not anymore!
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