excersices afterr work before or after dinner ?

[cb912013]

hi i was just wondering im starting dieting and i work all day so what im doing is going home straight doing my dvd or swimming and then having dinner. is it best to have dinner after work then exercise or just to excercise straight after work then dinner ?

[TheEditor]

Hi,

From a health point of view it makes no difference what time of day you exercise. Do what works best for you. That said, it's not a good idea to exercise on a full stomach so best to leave at least two hours after a meal before exercising. Personally, I'd exercise before dinner and have something to look forward to!

[cb912013]

Ok thankyou yeah thats what I thought but just wanted to make sure I was doing it the right way. Ive started my new plan now i started it yesterday. I watched my calories and then went swimming after work and then had dinner after swimming but the problem I had was swimming isnt till 8 so I was hungry before swimming and didnt wanna go over my calorie intake but then realised after I hadnt eaten enough calories yesterday. Is this a bad thing?

[annie0000]

I do after work and before dinner, but if it's going to be quite late, I log what I am planning to have for dinner, see how many calories I have left to play with for a snack and maybe have something just to keep the wolf from the door - e.g. a banana is pretty good or a cracker and low fat cheese or something. e.g. nothing heavy enough to make you feel lethargic.

[annie0000]

oh, and not good to go too much under your calories. okay for a 1 off, but try not to do it on a regular basis. Are you going under your actual calorie allowance or the adjusted allowance for the exercise you have done? I tend to stick to the actual allowance but never really use up the extra calories gained by exercise, but I know if I am hungry or fancy a treat, I have those in the bank

[cb912013]

Well I have a diet tracker app on my phone and it says i should be on 1200 calories a day then after i had put all my food n meals in and the exercise ive done it says under. Yesterday was the 2nd day and it said I was under again :s last night i did my fitness dvd the cardio section then the stomach bit but the cardio didnt tier me out at all from next week im gnna be riding to and from work aswell ....

so its gnna be 20 mi nride to work n back then swimming on modays 20 min cardio on dvd for rest of the week and stoamch section do u think this will help me lose weight or do i need to be doing more cardio intense ? x