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Looften · 09-24-2003, 10:37 PM

Ok, I've done a bit more research and I believe I'm more prepared to organize my workouts.

From what I understand, HIIT works far far better when on an empty stomach and a good deal before you eat again. Other websites have recommended doing HIIT first thing in the morning.
I can handle that, but there is also a lot of emphasis on eating 5-6 small meals a day. How can I keep the meals relatively spread out while leaving a fair amount of time after HIIT for it to be effective.

I suppose I could follow this schedule:
-Wake up at 6:30am
-Do HIIT on an empty stomach, 4-15 minutes according to Plan9's site.
Have lunch (first meal of the day) at 10:00 (tuna fish? salad? tuna fish on salad?)
-small meal around 2?
-small meal around 5?
-small meal around 8-9?

It'd be a lot easier to fit in 5-6 meals if I could eat in the morning, but it sounds like that would hinder the HIIT.

So my main question is on the diet, how many meals do I actually need, and what kind of stuff should I eat? I know I should stick to a lot of protein, but I'm not sure what are good, easy to make, quick meals to use. Would fruit for a meal be a good idea? Are some fruits better/worse? Should I just keep tuna out of a can?

Also, would it be good to do the HIIT every morning, then 30 minutes of walking during the day, and in the afternoon 2-5pm do 15-20minutes jogging, 100 jumpingjacks, cardioglide, and cooldown walking that I mentioned earlier? Would it be too much to do that every day? (not doing that "session" twice a day as I proposed earlier)

09-24-2003, 10:37 PM	#5 (permalink)
Looften Crazy	Ok, I've done a bit more research and I believe I'm more prepared to organize my workouts. From what I understand, HIIT works far far better when on an empty stomach and a good deal before you eat again. Other websites have recommended doing HIIT first thing in the morning. I can handle that, but there is also a lot of emphasis on eating 5-6 small meals a day. How can I keep the meals relatively spread out while leaving a fair amount of time after HIIT for it to be effective. I suppose I could follow this schedule: -Wake up at 6:30am -Do HIIT on an empty stomach, 4-15 minutes according to Plan9's site. Have lunch (first meal of the day) at 10:00 (tuna fish? salad? tuna fish on salad?) -small meal around 2? -small meal around 5? -small meal around 8-9? It'd be a lot easier to fit in 5-6 meals if I could eat in the morning, but it sounds like that would hinder the HIIT. So my main question is on the diet, how many meals do I actually need, and what kind of stuff should I eat? I know I should stick to a lot of protein, but I'm not sure what are good, easy to make, quick meals to use. Would fruit for a meal be a good idea? Are some fruits better/worse? Should I just keep tuna out of a can? Also, would it be good to do the HIIT every morning, then 30 minutes of walking during the day, and in the afternoon 2-5pm do 15-20minutes jogging, 100 jumpingjacks, cardioglide, and cooldown walking that I mentioned earlier? Would it be too much to do that every day? (not doing that "session" twice a day as I proposed earlier)