No Bake Energy Bites- A Great Pre-Workout Snack

Need a good preworkout or post workout snack?

No bake energy bites

Thanks to my friend Penny for providing me with this semi-easy recipe.

Let’s face it, I don’t like cooking, so the easier the better. The hardest part of No bake energy bites is getting all the ingredients together.

The scoop on Pre-workout foods

I never workout hungry. I just feel like my energy gets zapped and I feel weak and punky. There is scientific truth behind this. You r body prefers sugar for energy. Sugar is a carbohydrate and carbohydrates get broken down into glucose and then used by the body as  glycogen. The body stores glycogen in the bloodstream and the liver. It makes sense then if you work out in the morning without eating you will have depleted glycogen levels. If you have been on the go all day the same thing applies. 

Working out demands a little bit of swagger. make sure you are fueled up.

How many calories?

I don’t know but the ingredients are all  good for you. People get hung up on counting calories and I can see why. In this case you get an exception to the rule.

Let me throw this at you. Sometimes the critical factor is not what you eat but when you eat it.

For example, eat some of these No Bake Energy bits an hour before you workout and you are going to do 2 things.

1. You give yourself quick energy for a great workout.
2. You burn up the carbs during the workout.

So don’t worry about calories. Plus you can eat a few more afterwards to replace the burned up glycogen. 

Isn’t that cool!

Can you eat these post-workout or as a snack?

Sure. After a workout you need to replace carbs and proteins so this fits the bill.

If you eat them as a snack, remember that excess carbs will get stored as fat.

As always, moderation is a good thing.

But that is hard because these are good.

Ingredients

2 cups quick oats

3/4 cup banana chips

1/4 cup dried blueberries

1/4 cup ground flaxseed

1/2 cup chocolate chips

1/2 cup peanut butter

1/3 cup honey

1 tsp. vanilla

How To’s

1. Mix all ingredients together.

2. Roll into teaspoon size bites

And there you have it.