Heather in MD Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 If you only had one option for exercise (walking) and two options for when you could go (before or after lunch) - what would you do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidiyaDawn Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 I'd go before - I'm much more energetic earlier in the day. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristusG Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 I'd go after. By that time, I'm usually starving and if I don't eat then I begin feeling bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionfamily1999 Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 :lol: Split results, right down the middle. I said after, because that's when I'd be worried about burning up calories. Before is good, because it makes you hungry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn. Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 I said before. Exercising earlier helps you burn more calories throughout the day, so the earlier you can exercise, the better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 I'd go before. If I was hungry, I'd eat a banana for some energy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krista in LA Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 I said after because that's the time of the day I'm most likely to sit on my butt, snack, and do absolutely nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 I said after because it is much better for our family to get all the concentrated homeschooling done in the morning. Then I could relax on my walk! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3lilreds in NC Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 If I walk, it has to be first thing in the morning. It's just how my brain works. If I don't do it then, it won't happen. If I had to choose between right before lunch and right after, I'd go right after. It's a good way to work off the after-lunch wooly brain that seems to hit us all. :D Right now, though, we usually have something going on or Schmooey needs a nap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 I voted after. I read in a health magazine once that exercise in the morning appears to do nothing to improve metabolism with the theory being that the body is waking up anyway and already starting to burn. Studies showed that exercise later in the day appeared to keep the metabolism burning as it worked better for those wanting to lose weight. It was a review of a study, and I haven't seen any follow ups to know if the theory has been reproduced or not. I just remember the important points... ;) One other important point was to eat breakfast daily. Those that didn't had a harder time losing weight too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in MD Posted March 8, 2011 Author Share Posted March 8, 2011 Looks like a close race... I guess we could walk before lunch on M/W/F and after lunch on T/Th/S :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extendedforecast Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 I said before because the weather is much nicer earlier in the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamrachelle Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 I fall in the exercise in the morning camp. If I don't make the time to go in the morning I tend to talk myself out of it by the afternoon. (Code for: I love naps.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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