Nutrition Q&A: Protein After Workouts, Carbohydrate Timing and Going Over Your Macros

Embrace Your Real

Julie Ledbetter

Health & Fitness, Fitness, Body, Mindset, Movement, Health, Acceptance, Macros, Love, Positivity, Nutrition, Loss, Weight

5 • 965 Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

You know that feeling when you scroll through fitness advice online and suddenly feel like you’re doing everything wrong? One person says you have to chug a protein shake right after your workout, another says you must eat carbs before training or your workout is useless, and then there’s that whole debate about whether you should eat less the day after going over your macros. It’s a LOT.

But today, we’re breaking it all down and keeping it real. Because the truth is—meal timing isn’t as rigid as social media makes it seem. In this episode, we’re diving into three BIG questions I know so many of you have:

What I discuss:

You do not need to slam protein after your workout. It’s about how much protein you eat daily, not about how much you eat after working out.
You do not need to fuel before workouts if you’re not hungry. Listen to your body and give it what it needs.
If you go over your macros, don’t make it up for it the next day, just try to hit your macros tomorrow.

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0:00.0	Hey there, beautiful human. You're listening to Embrace Your Real with me, Julie Ledbetter,
0:05.4	a podcast where I empower you to just be you. With each episode, I dish you a dose of real talk
0:11.4	and actionable advice for building your confidence, honoring your body, and unconditionally loving
0:16.6	your authentic self. Stay tuned if you're ready to embrace your real. Let's get and let's go.
0:28.0	Hello and welcome back to another episode on the Embrace Your podcast. You know that feeling
0:33.0	when you're scrolling through fitness advice online and you suddenly feel like you're doing
0:37.0	everything wrong.
0:37.7	Like one person says you have to chug a protein shake right after a workout. Another person says that
0:42.4	you must eat carbs before training or your workout is useless. And then there's this debate of what
0:48.1	you should do. Should you eat less? Should you not eat less? Just go on with your day to day after going over your macros. It's a lot.
0:56.2	Like there are so much conflicting information out there and it can be so confusing. And so today,
1:01.1	I just want to break it down. I want to keep it real because the truth is meal timing isn't as
1:05.6	rigid as social media makes it seem. And so in today's episode, we're going to be diving into
1:09.7	three big questions. I know that many of you guys have because I have had them. And so in today's episode, we're going to be diving into three big questions. I know that
1:11.5	many of you guys have because I have had them. And especially when I was just starting out in my journey
1:16.5	and even like a few years into my journey, I still struggled with many of these things. And so the three
1:21.4	big questions that we're going to be answering in today's episode, number one, do you really need to
1:25.3	eat protein right after your workout? Number two, should you force yourself to eat carbs before training?
1:29.9	And number three, what should you do if you go over your macros one day?
1:33.4	So I am going to be diving into those three big questions.
1:36.3	I'm going to break it down.
1:37.3	I'm going to keep it very simple, keep it very real for you so that you can walk away from this episode,
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