Obesity brings along various problems and health issues. This is why people are getting fitness freaks. During the COVID-19 lockdown period, many of us realized the benefit of staying healthy. Therefore, people are trying all types of workouts, yoga, and healthy diets to maintain a healthy and strong physique.
Most of us have gained tremendous weight during the lockdown period. Now that offices and regular lifestyles have started, people are going crazy to lose weight instantly. This is no magic, it requires a lot of effort and hard work. With a rigorous workout, you also need to follow a healthy meal plan.
Many of us think that the ultimate way of losing weight is by excessive workouts and strict dieting. Well, I too was one of them. However, the right way of maintaining a healthy yet perfect physique is by including healthy food even during workout sessions. When you eat the right food at the right time it covers the deficit of vitamins, carbs, fat, protein, and minerals in the body.
Why Eating is Necessary before Workout?
Research proves that the body burns an equal amount of fat during a workout whether you eat or don’t eat after or before exercise. If you don’t eat before exercise, you may lose muscle fat. When you don’t eat and remain empty stomach, your body goes into survival mode. It starts taking protein from muscle instead of other body parts. This leads to muscle loss.
Moreover, exercising requires energy for pushups and sit-ups, and to run on the treadmill. If you don’t eat the required amount of healthy food you aren’t giving enough fuel to the body. Thus, eating at least one healthy snack before a workout is imperative, and after the workout is necessary.
Preparing healthy food can be tiring especially after two hours of a workout session. Healthy Xpress provides a healthy meal plan delivery service for Miami-Dade & Broward and some parts of Palm Beach County. Their meal contains the right amount of calories, carbs, protein, and fat. Apart from delivering balanced meals, they also accept orders for Keto, Athletic, Paleo, or other customized meal diets.
What to Eat After Workout?
You can’t just eat any food, but all food items that you include in your diet should contain an adequate amount of protein, fat, carbs, and calories.
Mentioned below are few options that may help you plan your diet –
Carbohydrates
- rice cakes
- whole-grain bread/cereal
- sweet potatoes
- chia seed pudding
- oatmeal
- fruit (berries, apple, bananas, etc.)
- crackers
- quinoa
Protein
- turkey or chicken
- protein shake (plant- or animal-based)
- salmon or tuna
- chocolate milk
- eggs
- tofu scramble
- Greek yogurt
- cottage cheese
- peanut butter
Healthy Fatty food
- nuts and nut butter
- flax seeds
- avocado
- coconut oil
Stay hydrated
Staying hydrated is the most important part of our daily life. You should drink enough water before, during, and after workout. Fluid flushes out toxins from our body and improves our body function and digestive system. Our body needs water to keep running.
You don’t need to stick to one type of meal all time. It can make life bring and you may skip a meal or cheat a day with muffins and chocolate bar. Thus, look through different websites where you will get plenty of healthy recipes. They are simple recipes that can be cooked easily with daily used ingredients and delicious to eat.
