Will eating after exercise make you lose weight faster? Eating the right things and the right amounts is the key!

What the Cofit Nutrition Team wants to tell you is:

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1. Eating after exercise is important

2. It is more important to eat the right amount of food after exercise

Should you eat after exercise? People who are losing weight are always afraid that if they eat after exercise, they will waste the calories they have just worked hard to consume! Is this really the case? Let the nutritionist explain to you why eating after exercise can help you lose weight faster!

You must eat after a certain period of exercise to prevent muscle loss and a decrease in metabolic rate!

Burning calories through exercise is a very important process in weight loss. Many people always think that eating after exercise will waste the fat that has just been burned through sweat. We must first understand that during exercise, it is not only body fat that is consumed. Another major source of energy is the fuel for muscle cells: glycogen!

Therefore, with a certain duration and intensity of exercise, not only will fat be burned, but the muscles themselves will also suffer slight loss. During weight loss, the body is already in a state of slightly insufficient energy. If the muscle loss after exercise is not immediately supplemented with proper nutrients to stop the loss and start repairing, the muscles will be more likely to be lost. In the long run, the basal metabolic rate will decrease, making it increasingly difficult to lose weight!

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During the weight loss period, supplement moderately rich protein foods as soon as possible after exercise to protect muscles and burn more fat!

After exercise, muscle cells experience the stimulation of energy consumption and contraction, and their absorption capacity will increase. Therefore, food supplemented after exercise will be more easily absorbed by the muscles. As long as the amount is supplemented appropriately, it is less likely to cause fat accumulation. If you engage in exercise of a certain intensity for more than half an hour during the weight loss period (about the degree that you are slightly out of breath, or weight training that significantly increases your heart rate), it is recommended to supplement with an appropriate amount of protein-rich food after exercise to prevent muscle loss and improve fat loss efficiency!

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Quick and adequate supplementation will allow you to get the best results from your exercise!

After exercise, the muscle absorption capacity decreases over time, so the sooner you replenish, the better. However, you still need to pay special attention to the amount of food. Appropriate supplementation can repair muscles, but if you supplement too much, the excess nutrients will enter the fat cells and accumulate. So what is the best way to eat? Nutritionists provide the following minimalist convenience store meal for your reference!

Exercise for about 30 minutes: 250 ml unsweetened soy milk or 1 tea egg or 1 serving of steamed egg.

Exercise for less than 1 hour: 1 cup of 500 ml unsweetened soy milk or (250 ml low-fat milk + 1 tea egg).

Exercise for 1 to 1.5 hours: 500 ml of unsweetened soy milk + a tea egg or a steamed egg in a tea bowl.

Exercise for more than 1.5 hours: 500 ml low-sugar soy milk + a tea egg or 500 ml unsugared soy milk + a tea egg + a piece of fruit.

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Notes:

The intensity of exercise can be roughly estimated by the degree of fatigue, with a total score of 1-10. Assuming 1 point is as relaxing as lying in bed and daydreaming, 10 points is falling to the ground and feeling too weak to even crawl. When you reach a certain exercise intensity, the above supplement is applicable!

Exercise every day, at a very high intensity, with the main purpose of increasing muscle mass.

For those who have any of the above three conditions, they are more likely to feel tired. It is recommended that you supplement carbohydrates in addition to protein after exercise. Let the nutritionist help you build a physique that is easy to lose weight and lose weight successfully at one go.

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