Meal Timing Question

I have switched to T-dawg 2.0 as previously suggested and have some questions regarding meal timing. It is suggested to eat the majority of your carbs in the am, with a P+C meal postworkout. During the week I workout in the evening, usually around 7-8pm (it is not possible at this particular time to change that). I have Surge, pre-workout, then immediately post-workout with a scoop of protein but by the time I get home it is usually 9-9:30, so my post workout meal is also my last meal, eaten at about 10:00 pm. So this being the last meal, eaten fairly late in the evening, should it still be P+C, or would I be better of with a P+F?

Also, I consume the majority of my daily carbs early in the day (other than Surge, veggies and the few random carbs from protein powder, nuts etc.) in the form of breakfast oatmeal followed by a piece of sprouted grain bread with tuna for lunch. Considering that I train later in the day, would it be more beneficial to move the P+C meals to later in the day, closer to the time I train?

Sabrina,

when dieting or getting ready for a fight I also train very late and usually don’t arrive home until about 10pm. Here is what I do:

7pm - start training sip on surge during
9:30pm - done drink 1 serving Surge
11pm - Eat P+C meal
7am - eat P+C meal
9am - P+P meal
12pm - P+F meal
3pm - P+F meal
5pm - a casein whey shake (PROM3)

This is straight from one of John Berardi’s articles and something Tampa-Terry and I figuered out to be best for me in preparing for a fight. It’s worked tremendously so far.

Da Boxer

I just wanted to add something that boxer al touched upon in his post. Instead of drinking a scoop of Surge before your workout, you are better off sipping on a scoop during your workout and when you finish drink the other scoop 15-20 minutes after you are done with either your entire workout.

Two weeks ago Chris Shugart posted an article on post-workout nutrition. The article’s name is Post-Workout Resurgence. Definetly check it out, maybe that will help answer some questions of yours!

JuniorNT,

Your correct on the surge timing. I read that article and truly understand it completely. But, remember Im a boxer and sipping on surge during workouts for some reason gives me that awful crash after about 1.5 hours, real sleepy once practice is over, gatorade has the same effect as well. Don’t know if it’s related to my low blood glucose levels. Readings of 58-65 during empty stomach, only 110-120 after surge. That’s why I use an almost all protein meal 2 hours before practice.

Most of my practices are 2.5-3 hours long, so training on an almost empty stomach is far easier for me, plus I feel a bit lighter.

Other than that, I would definately sip on Surge during training.

Da Boxer