Madcity
White Belt
Hi all, I am completely new the forums so I wanted to introduce myself in addition to asking for some advice.
I took Karate back when I was a teenager and drifted away from it due to the numerous distractions in a young persons life. Many years later I found myself completely out of shape and over-weight. At the advice of my doctor I dropped about 40 lbs (still have about 10-15 more to go) and got healthy enough to enroll in Martial Arts classes again.
I signed up with a local MMA school (Infusion) that teaches Muay Thai and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Classes are at a great time so they dont conflict with my work schedule but they are late enough in the evening that I find myself pretty hungry after work, before classes. I usually end up eating something but try my best to keep it lite and simple. I have been experimenting with mostly liquids (protein shake, juice, etc.) but sometimes I eat something a bit more solid like (cheese, tuna salad, cereal, oatmeal.)
There is one night when I attend a cage fitness class and then do Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu classes which has me going for about 1:15 to 2 hours depending on the curriculum. One night I felt like I was going to get sick because I had probably ate too much (or the wrong type of food) and another night when I tried to keep it very light to avoid getting sick I felt very light headed and weak after about 40 minutes.
I was wondering what types of food people commonly recommend before classes in order to keep energy levels up without feeling like there is a brick in my stomach?
Thanks for any tips, I am glad to be here on Martial Talk!
I took Karate back when I was a teenager and drifted away from it due to the numerous distractions in a young persons life. Many years later I found myself completely out of shape and over-weight. At the advice of my doctor I dropped about 40 lbs (still have about 10-15 more to go) and got healthy enough to enroll in Martial Arts classes again.
I signed up with a local MMA school (Infusion) that teaches Muay Thai and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Classes are at a great time so they dont conflict with my work schedule but they are late enough in the evening that I find myself pretty hungry after work, before classes. I usually end up eating something but try my best to keep it lite and simple. I have been experimenting with mostly liquids (protein shake, juice, etc.) but sometimes I eat something a bit more solid like (cheese, tuna salad, cereal, oatmeal.)
There is one night when I attend a cage fitness class and then do Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu classes which has me going for about 1:15 to 2 hours depending on the curriculum. One night I felt like I was going to get sick because I had probably ate too much (or the wrong type of food) and another night when I tried to keep it very light to avoid getting sick I felt very light headed and weak after about 40 minutes.
I was wondering what types of food people commonly recommend before classes in order to keep energy levels up without feeling like there is a brick in my stomach?
Thanks for any tips, I am glad to be here on Martial Talk!