After a solid sweat session, fuel back up and recover right with one of these 25 things to eat post-workout.
I don’t know about you, but one of my favorite parts of a workout is the noms I get to devour post-sweat. Whether a just logged a long run or HIIT it up all over the gym, my endorphins are high, and so is my hunger. Sometimes I just want a little bite. Other times I want a full on meal, so I hit up some of my fit friends to get a range of eats for whatever it is I’m craving after a workout. Everything you see below has ingredients and nutrients that are sure to help you recover right, whether you want to bring on the breakfast or a healthy dessert!
If You Just Want A Bite
Copycat Blueberry RX Bars – Fitful Focus
Gluten-Free Oat Bites – The Fit Cookie
Chunky Monkey Cookie Dough Bites – Healthy Helper
Vegan Cookie Dough Bites – Food Faith Fitness
Macadamia, Cacao, Cherry Recovery Bites – The Fit Foodie Mama
If You Feel Like A Smoothie
Purple Power Smoothie – Eat Real Live Well
Cherry Limeade Post-Workout Smoothie – Suzlyfe
Cherry Mocha Smoothie – Fitful Focus
Apple Pie Smoothie – Healthy Fit Mama
Chocolate Cherry Recovery Smoothie – Snacking In Sneakers
Peanut Butter Cup Protein Smoothie – Strength & Sunshine
If You Want All The Carbs
Apple Cinnamon Potato Bread – Bucket List Tammy
Cherry Pie Overnight Oats – Fitful Focus
Healthy Peanut Butter & Jelly Muffins – Family Food On The Table
Gluten-Free Banana Bread – Fitful Focus
Chocolate Protein Pancakes – This Runner’s Recipes
Chocolate Protein Sun Butter Oats – Hungry Hobby
If You Want A Legit Meal
Hash Brown Breakfast Bowl – Street Smart Nutrition
Roasted Beet Pesto & Greens Pasta – One Hungry Bunny
Sweet Date & Potato Crepe – Fitful Focus
Spring Time Pasta with Asparagus & Peas – Kroll’s Korner
Sundried Tomato & Kale Omelet – Fitful Focus
If You Want Dessert
High-Protein Raspberry & Banana Mousse – The Fit Blog
Unicorn Energy Bites – Fitful Focus
Rich & Chocolately Post-Workout Recovery Pudding – Fitful Focus
Let’s Chat:
What do you usually eat post-workout? Share your favorite recipe!
Thanks for all of these great ideas!
Kimberly G recently posted…Airbnb Brooklyn Half Marathon Training Recap – Week 8
I really wanna try your Blueberry RX Bars!!! I need to get on that stat. Thank so much for including my recovery bites! <3
Annmarie recently posted…Honey & Hemp Peaches ‘N Cream on Toast {Vegan, Gluten Free}
I love all of the recipes! Especially the “desserts” lol. I am trying to back off the sugar wagon and need healthier options! Thank you!
These all look fantastic! I am usually an eat all the carbs person 🙂
Deborah @ Confessions of a mother runner recently posted…Portobello, Spinach and Feta Veggie Burgers Meatless Monday
Geez–glad I ate lunch right before I read this!!!
Wendy@Taking the Long Way Home recently posted…Doing the Opposite
I wish somebody would have that gorgeous bowl waiting for me. I’m usually too tired and stabby to make much of a recipe unless I do it ahead.
Marcia recently posted…The Power of More
Awesome roundup for the post-workout refuel! Much needed for many!
Great list! If I eat anything, it’s usually some type of protein. I’ve made smoothies in the past but when I workout at night, the last thing I want to do is make a bunch of noise and wake up my kids.
Anna @ Pipers Run recently posted…Run|Cycle|Earth Day Weekly Wrap Up
yum! These are all a whole lot more interesting than what I usually grab, which is a granola bar with some peanut butter 😀
Michelle Rogers recently posted…VIDEO: How to pick strawberries, plus three scrumptious strawberry recipes
What an awesome reference! Unfortunately, I am NOT a good post-workout eater. I might be thirsty, but seldom ever feel like eating right away. Now….a couple hours later, get the heck outta my way if I’m headed to the fridge or pantry…
Kimberly Hatting recently posted…Nonstop Running…Literally and Figuratively
Whoa what a list!! I like savory so if I had to pick from this list, I’d go with the sundried tomato and kale omelet. From the Nuun Seminar I recently attended, Dr. Sims who’s an exercise physiologist and a nutrition scientist recommended nonfat Greek yogurt as
one of the best post recovery workout if you’re not vegan or lactose intolerant. So I drank one of those Chobani Greek yogurt drinks after my long run this weekend. I think it worked!
Elaine @myRUNexperiment recently posted…The Run Sandwich – A Runner’s Routine
Yum! That breakfast bowl would win me over. I love all the things in it!
Coco recently posted…My Best-Paced GW Parkway Classic Race Recap
Yum! What if I want to eat alllll the things? 😉
Rachel recently posted…How to Pamper Yourself During Racing Season
OMG – the hashbrown bowl is HAPPENING in my house. Looks so great! And, I love avocado too! 🙂 yummy yummy in my tummy!
Gina @runningaoundtheboyz recently posted…Shin Splints, Stress Reaction, OR Overly Cautious – that IS the question?!!
Oh, what a great list! Now I’m hungry 😉
Michelle @ Running with Attitude recently posted…Weekly Wrap – Marathon Fun and RtR Week 7
Nicole, you are side-tracking me big-time with all these good-looking recipes! The sweet potato date crepe with the buckwheat crust looks so darned good— as do the cherry overnight oats.
Mary recently posted…Açaí Bowl
Haha sorry to side-track you, but glad you like them! The overnight oats are my favorite.
Thank you for sharing my treats, and now to eat ALL THE THINGS!
Susie @ Suzlyfe recently posted…A Unique Mother’s Day Gift that Lasts All Year
POST WORKOUT… A BIG HUNK OF CHICKEN or SALMON is what I am GAME for!!
I am always starving! So many choices! Love it!
Mary Beth Jackson recently posted…It’s not Spring, it is Sprummer! Weekly wrap
Great post. I totally agree. Post-workout meal is the most important one! It is when the body requires a lot of proteins and carbohydrates to fill up the glycogen. Not to mention that if you want to lose weight and your strict on carbohydrates, eating them after the work out is smart because they cannot actually turn into fat! Very nice recipes you got here. I promise I will use them!
Fabulous roundup!! They all look good 🙂
I usually want something salty post workout.
Kathryn @ Dancing to Running recently posted…Loudoun Half Marathon Training Log – Week 6
Great post should have made it the Top 30 haha. Nice photos that made me hungry
Fantastic list! I can’t wait to try these!
I am so very thankful that I found your blog post, just in time for this fall when I am commencing my workout plan! Thank you for sharing please keep posting more!xx
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