Breakfast = PWO?

[Gavin LeFever]

I was under the idea that PWO foods such as oats and etc are for only PWO times, but many folks eat oats for breakfast. Is breakfast a PWO meal?

By PWO food I'm referring to any non-vegetable carbs.

For my breakfast, I always cook some eggs and ate a can of green beans or something, but most here are waving the oats banner a lot. Are they trying to gain and thus going for oats or am I missing a step in my nutritional info?

 

[Fozzy1]

most of us get up and exercise before we eat, well I know I do.

~Foz

 

[glebster_inc]

CAn't exercise without my food...food is energy.

 

[Porch_Rabbit]

Yeah I kind of have a question too. I have lifting that starts at 9:00 A.M. and I wake up right before it. I use Superpump 250 and I take that at 8:30 A.M. THe problem is I cant have any food before that so I cant eat until I am done with lifting at around 10:30 A.M. and then I have Cytogainer as a PWO shake. So is this bad for me not having breakfast until all of that?

 

[grizz_mv]

breakfast should be a pwo meal, you haven't eaten in 6+ hours, and you need to get nutrients in your bloodstream fast, just like pwo.

porch

yes get up earlier and eat

 

[EddieH4444]

Will eating oats for breakfast cause a weight gain? because I add about 1/2 a cup to my morning shake and I don't want to gain any weight,

 

[Gavin LeFever]

I've heard some folks run in the morning because their energy stores are low and they could burn weight that way.

But, that goes against the whole rule of eating as often as possible (every 2-3hrs). I think that is bad for metabolism and you're just as likely to go catabolic.

Then again I eat 30m before I go to sleep (and I do have problems getting to sleep and this may be a cause) and I eat as soon as I wake up because I am starving.

I get a PWO meal whenever I work out so if I hit a non-PWO breakfast, then workout, I'm hitting a PWO meal within my 2-3hr time-frame.

 

[beef curtains]

Running right when you wake up on an empty stomach is a good way to burn fat, maybe take a scoop of whey or some creatine or something upon waking though. And complex carbs are a must for me in the morning just because they provide longer-lasting energy and actually help kickstart your metabolism better. You starve your body overnight, so it's important to break the fast and get energy in your body.

 

[STWACOACH**]

*sigh* there is nothing wrong with eating oats, borwn rice etc more than once a day. Sure veggies and fruit have there place, but some on now.

 

[erco]

I'd only do the carbs after a workout rule if you have very specific body composition goals. Athletically, it won't do that much.