I have a question about eating and exercise

So I see online you should wait 1 to 2 hours before exercising after eating a meal. 30 minute wait is fine if it's a small snack. Then I see that it's fine to wait 1 hour after eating, but it depends on how much you ate.

So, I've got this stand with bike pedals on it, and I've been doing that for about 1600 revolutions, roughly 20 minutes.

Today I had a burger, mac and cheese and a spring roll, and I probably finished all of that 10 or 20 minutes before 5:00pm EST. What would you suggest is a good amount of time to wait before doing the bike pedal exercise?

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DareToSayIT · 31-35, M

You need to wait. The reason being your stomach needs enough blood and oxygen to helps with the digestion and provide you energy. If you are biking or exercising, what happens? Blood rushes to those muscle groups and the stomach lacks blood to help with the digestion process and we don’t want that. Also, there’s every chance you may get reflux and throw up what you have eaten. Give give yourself an hour or 2.

Or you can split the meal into 2. Eat the first half an hour before workout and other half after the workout.