What do you eat to exercise hard?
I learnt early-ish on that a weightloss diet and exercise do not necessarily go hand-in-hand when you reach a certain point.
Specifically, about 18 months ago I was eating less (teeny weeny chicken salads), running a lot and doing weight lifting. I woke up one day, tried to go for a 6 mile run and my body just said "no". My muscles just did not have any energy.
From that day I revisited my exercise (ran less far, but have since built back up) and crucially ate more but better food.
As most of you know, my main staple is fish. I eat about 2 pounds of the stuff a day now. With a very large salad. I also like to eat a lot of dried fruit and nuts (with lunch, not snacks).
But before long runs, I also find dark chocolate, almonds and bananas beneficial.
I used to eat oats as well for a long time. They gave me energy but I recently gave them up as they were also bloating me out and gave me gas.
So what do you eat to fuel those heavy workouts?
Last edited by IanG; 02-28-2015 at 08:49 PM.
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