The following foods are suitable to eat 3-4 hours before exercise:

    • Scrambled eggs and mushrooms on wholemeal toast
    • Lean meat and vegetable stir fry with brown rice or quinoa
    • Baked beans on wholemeal toast
    • Wholemeal roll/wrap with lean meat, cottage cheese and salad vegetables
    • Pasta, quinoa or brown rice with a sauce based on low fat ingredients (e.g. tomato, vegetables, lean meat)
    • Baked potato with cottage cheese and diced vegetable filling
  • Post-workout or post-event meals and snacks
    • A protein shake/smoothie -- protein powder with the addition of milk or milk alternative (e.g. almond milk, coconut milk etc.) and fruit
    • Two boiled eggs and a banana
    • Small tin of tuna on two whole grain rice cakes
    • Seasonal fruit salad topped with Greek yoghurt
    • Small tub (200g) Greek yoghurt with a teaspoon of chia seeds and sprinkle of nuts
    • Lean chicken and wholemeal salad roll
    • Small tin of tuna and one cup cooked quinoa
    • Buckwheat thins with natural peanut butter (or other nut butter) and banana
    • Hummus and one wholemeal pita bread
    • One small bowl lean mince Bolognese with pasta
    • One cup ricotta mixed with one teaspoon honey, sprinkle of cinnamon and apple pieces
dec 5 2016 ∞
dec 18 2018 +