It is very rightly said that health is wealth. If we are healthy, we can make every dream come true. Everything is possible till the time we are healthy.
People nowadays take a step further to make sure that they have a balanced diet. They make sure that include good food in their diet and work out a bit in the gym to keep themselves in proper shape.
However, people tend to eat a lot more once they get out of the gym and hence all the sweating out in the gym tends to be a waste. Hence, proper measures should be taken to ensure that you do not let all the hard work at the gym go waste.
Given are nine foods that you should have after hitting the gym. These foods enhance your gym experience even more.
Home made energy booster drinks
Nothing can be more pleasing than a nice soothing refreshing drink. It is everyone’s desire to go in for a nice cold refreshing drink. This is absolutely normal as anyone would like to quench his thirst after working so hard in the kitchen.
But wait! Are you thinking in for drinks which have loads of calories in them in the form of sugar? Then it is sure that all your hard work at the gym is going in ashes.
Instead of consuming those high calorie drinks, you can go in for natural drinks. These natural drinks can include fruit juices and fruit shakes. You too can make one of these healthy home made recovery drinks. All you have to do is mix together banana, yogurt and milk in a smooth drink.
We get proteins and carbohydrates from dairy products. Whereas bananas are rich in potassium and magnesium which are very useful for the muscles. You can have this drink after a morning or evening workout.
Healthy sandwich
Of course! Anyone who is just out of the gym would want to go and plunge into loads of food.
However, they forget that limiting their hunger is very necessary at this point. This absolutely does not mean that you should starve yourself and not eat anything. You should eat when you are hungry. However, this should be in limitation. Hence, it is very important that you should choose the things you want to eat very carefully. After all you do not want all your exercises to go into waste.
You can go in for a nice protein-packed sandwich, which can never go wrong.
Sandwiches help in replacing the lost salts from your body. Tomatoes give a taste dash in your sandwich and also provides you with vitamin C. Go in for a nice whole wheat bread and make your sandwich fiber rich. Grill it up before you are leaving for your office or you can just have made it in minutes for an easy weeknight dinner.
Granola
We do understand the hunger thunder that goes on in your stomach once you are back from the gym. Your eyes just keep on searching for food and this is where you have a strong tendency to grab anything and eat. You tend to overlook the kind of food you are eating as you do not have strength to prepare some nutritious food for yourself.
If you find yourself in similar circumstances, then granola is the right choice for you. Granola is snack on the go. You can leave it in the fridge, or if you are heading directly to your office from the gym, you can carry some of it in your car or keep some in your desk. It is anytime better than any snacking practiced by you.
Granola consists of oats, honey, orange juice and flax. These are very rich in providing protein and carbs and some very healthy and essential fats. It also consists of nuts and dry fruits. They help by providing the much needed iron in your body for the red blood cells.
What’s more! You can have granola with low fat yogurt or by the handful. But remember even good foods have limitations, specially granola being so rich in calories.
Egg sandwich
Everyone wants to be perfect. Everyone wants a perfect life, a perfect sleep, a perfect house to stay, a perfect shape for the body, etc. Then why not a perfect breakfast that will enhance your efforts of keeping your body in shape.
And nothing can be simpler than an egg for a perfect breakfast. Eggs are well known sources of protein. Both the egg and its yolk are rich in proteins. Proteins are one of the most essential nutrients in the body. Eggs contain zinc, which helps boost the metabolism and immunity in the body. Also, it contains vitamin B12 which helps support cell production.
Have with a dash of spinach to increase the nutritional content of your egg sandwich even more. Nothing’s better than a perfect breakfast for a perfect body!
Get fish
Every person who is into the health maintenance will definitely know the importance of fish in diet. Fish is the food that completes the balanced diet. So what exactly does fish contain, to make it so very delicious?
You can go in for salmon which is the most basic source of protein. You can have it with steam veggies or with steamed brown rice which completes the meal with healthy carbs. It also gives you the most essential energy producing vitamin B.
This breakfast, if taken after you hit the gym helps you in fulfilling your hunger, but it also helps keep you full so that you stop munching late at night.
Foods from plants
Eggs, fish are no doubt great options for a healthy breakfast. But what’s in store for the veggies! What kind of food should they go in for specially if they are complete non-vegetarians?
We have a solution for that too. They can go in for plant-based proteins. When it comes to plant based foods, nothing is better than beans. Beans are no doubt rich sources of proteins and carbohydrates. Also, you can cook some really tasty dishes with them.
You can also go in for whole grain bulgur wheat. This whole grain is loaded with fiber. And not just any fiber, it is loaded with hunger-fighting fiber, which decreases the level of hunger and hence helps you in eating less. Feta cheese adds the much required calcium in your body for strong bones.
You can go in for a nice big sandwich with the given plant based protein foods and do not care of the ill effects of munching post workout.
Yummy peanut butter
It is so rightly said that one can find all the good things in the simplest form. You do not have to go and search the whole good things for hours and end in the market. You can just find it in another drawer or shelf of your kitchen. Also, you do not have to shell out pounds and pounds of money for it.
Curious as though which is this secret weapon? It is none other than your favorite peanut butter. Available everywhere and also it is so very reasonable. This butter has ample of nutrients packed in it. Not only that because of the fat content. Only you have to be very sure that you have it in proper portions. To be sure how much to have it, we might better tell you that one tablespoon of this butter contains about 100 calories. Not only that, it also contains 7 gms of unsaturated fats, which is the healthier version.
You can just have it in your sa
ndwich which contains chicken and vegetables and your high-protein meal is ready.
Whey protein shake
You really need to have some nice protein drink, especially after working out in the gym for long. It boosts your energy level, which you will be requiring after work. One of the best proteins that you go in for is the whey protein shake.
All you will be required to do in this is mixing whey powder with frozen berries and water and that’s it. You have made yourself a healthy protein shake. To make it more nutritional, you can go in for spoonful of peanut butter, oatmeal or as simple as an apple.
If you are a milk lover, you can go in for milk instead of water but you have to be careful and keep a count of the calories you will intake because of milk.
Smoothies
You have already earned your reward points by working hard in the gym. You definitely need to reward yourself. So, how about smoothie, shake or chocolate milk? Sounds unbelievable right? But it is definitely true. Smoothies, shakes, chocolate milk or energy bars are really effective snacks, especially after working out in the gym. But be sure that you avoid adding sugar in them as that will increase the calorie content in them and hence all the hard work will do no good for you. These drinks will definitely make you want to work out even more.