shakey when do aerobics

Sometimes when I'm about 20 min. into aerobics I start to get the shakes and have to quit. I eat a banana about 15 min. before. I exercise early and that's about all I can handle in my stomach.

are you taking anything else

coffee or caf stim?

what are you eating before you go to bed? When you get up in the AM how long are you waiting until you exercise?

If you can, take a week and a few days to get your body acquainted to the AM meal. Try oatmeal or egg whites with bread and OJ. Don’t exercise, just get accustomed to introducing the break from the fast. Remember breakfast means you are breaking the fast from the previous night.

For those who don’t eat a breakfast or more then a 100 or so cals in the AM, it is a tuff thing to do because your body has become dependent on using what it has stored for you to function. Took me sometime to get back to that rhythm, and now if I don’t eat within an hour, my stomach is eating itself.

If you can train yourself to eat more in the AM, you should see better gains and most important not so shaky.

If you are eating more in the AM and still feel shaky with no caff stims, go see a DR asap. Might be earlier signs of something, you never know


Vap

15 minutes before isn't enough. Try one slice of wheat bread, with whatever on it (no peanut butter) and the banana an hour and a half before? Pro load with water until you have to use the rest room a few times. If this is in the morning, you will have to drink even more whatever, and maybe get up earlier.

Originally Posted by jkee

Sometimes when I'm about 20 min. into aerobics I start to get the shakes and have to quit. I eat a banana about 15 min. before. I exercise early and that's about all I can handle in my stomach.

I would also have to say it's because you haven't eaten enough. Here is my current diet and this is a day that I workout, of course on a off day I don't have the two shakes in the am, just start with egg whites and oats.

4:10 AM
CFM protein shake with creatine

6:40 AM
Post workout shake

8:30 AM
5 Egg whites
1/2 cup oats with 2 tbsp flaxseed meal & 2 tbsp wheat germ

11:00 AM
4 oz Extra lean ground turkey
4 Egg whites
2 tbsp Salsa (optional)

1:30 PM
4 oz Extra lean ground turkey
1/2 Cup Brown rice or other healthy grain
Spinach
Tomato
2 tbsp Balsamic vinegar

4:30 PM
15 Almonds
4 oz Extra lean ground turkey
1 tbsp Natural PB
CFM protein shake

7:30 PM
Depends but always a protein and veggie (no grain carbs)

Before bed...sometimes casein protein shake..

Originally Posted by jeno67

I would also have to say it's because you haven't eaten enough. Here is my current diet and this is a day that I workout, of course on a off day I don't have the two shakes in the am, just start with egg whites and oats.

4:10 AM
CFM protein shake with creatine

6:40 AM
Post workout shake

8:30 AM
5 Egg whites
1/2 cup oats with 2 tbsp flaxseed meal & 2 tbsp wheat germ

11:00 AM
4 oz Extra lean ground turkey
4 Egg whites
2 tbsp Salsa (optional)

1:30 PM
4 oz Extra lean ground turkey
1/2 Cup Brown rice or other healthy grain
Spinach
Tomato
2 tbsp Balsamic vinegar

4:30 PM
15 Almonds
4 oz Extra lean ground turkey
1 tbsp Natural PB
CFM protein shake

7:30 PM
Depends but always a protein and veggie (no grain carbs)

Before bed...sometimes casein protein shake..

looking good Jen-

Originally Posted by Vaporeizied

looking good Jen-

Thanks...and you know sometimes it's not enough, when that happens I add another grain carb or healthy fat.

Jkee,

First off, if you are using any stimulants (caffeine, ie coffee / tea / 5 Hour Energy) in the am prior to working out, cut the amount you use or consider outright eliminating them.

Secondly, consider waking up about an hour earlier and eat more calories prior to working out. If your stomach can't handle solid foods prior to workouts, consider a 300 calorie shake mixing Oatmuscle, your choice of whey, and fat (examples - omega muscle, EFA) an hour before you do your am cardio. Many theories exist on the optimum protein to carb to fat ratio's .... I have found that a 1:1:1 caloric ratio works best for me and my current goals (slow and steady fat loss / muscle maintenance / slow and steady strength gain).

Hey Jeno,

Like a comment I made to Vape in his Myo-12 thread, I think you need to up your fibrous veggie intake.

Salads would go well with that 11 am meal and that just-before-bed Casein shake ...

I eat alot of veg.. I'll have to look into doing a shake. I was trying to keep it simple with food bwo and nothing too heavy. For some reason I just started getting the shakes.

I know if I eat just protein and veg. for supper I'm hungry within a couple of hours.But if I add half a 'food for life' english muffin I'm not. I'm not a rice or bean eater they don't satisfy the way the bread does. I've cleaned up my diet soo much that when I do cheat I feel horrible so I really think about it before I do. If I have a choice between fruits and veg. over chocolate, choc. will lose.

What is a good low cal. pwo(that tastes good) that you recommend. Not looking for high calories since I eat breakfast a couple hours later. I still haven't found one that I look forward to. BSN made a good one but after joining this site I put it in the trash! And I don't do stimulants or coffee. I still am thinking about Ribose. I know some like it for energy and others say it's a waste.

I have Heliogen Casein in chocolate, and vanilla lean whey. What could I add to that for pwo?

if money isnt too big of a problem, you can hit up wholefoods, they actually have some pretty decent food. i get my oatmeal, nuts, veggies over there n i also just got some good berries to snack on. they have gojiberry, mulberry n acai powder. and you know its all certified organic.

im doing all this because diet is just too important in cutting weight. or gain muscle for that matter. them berries dont have much calories, n they go great with oatmeal or spinach. oh one last thing, Fibre is aiiight too. you get omegas n them good stuff and it taste good.

I do that also, my husband says I'm expensive the way I eat. I've told him I don't want to be 60 someday and look and feel like I'm 80! Basically if I can't make it I don't eat it. There are too many additives in foods these days. I get made fun of by my family.. but let's see who has the last laugh.