Another "Diet" Thread

It is really pretty simple. If want to make sure you are getting everything you need without getting fat, just eat whole foods. Eggs, quality meats, plenty of vegetables, beans. Truly whole grains are good too. I'm a big fan of plain oats.

As far as calories, I'd say shoot for 19 - 2100 + miles run*100.

Cggordon2730 wrote:

It is really pretty simple. If want to make sure you are getting everything you need without getting fat, just eat whole foods. Eggs, quality meats, plenty of vegetables, beans. Truly whole grains are good too. I'm a big fan of plain oats.

As far as calories, I'd say shoot for 19 - 2100 + miles run*100.

I've been getting about 3000-3500 calories a day so I've right about there. I have to find ways to use eggs and vegetables more.

The best way to eat more eggs and vegetables is to........... Eat more eggs and vegetables. Not that eggs are a must. Just a good dense source of nutrition.

Not trying to be sarcastic at all. If you want to do something, just do it. You have a good idea of roughly how many calories you need. Just get em from real food. Everyone knows what real food is if they're honest.

Vegetables you eat for vitamin give you all the carbs you need. Avoid any other sources of carbs, especially grains. They make you scrawny fat.

Eat as much animal meat rich in protein and fat as you can. And you will be buff.

I'm not a professional athlete but I do believe in the Chris Solinsky approach: listen to what your body and hunger tells you.

People will tell you, eat fresh, whole and natural. It makes sense to not depart too far from that.

An athlete on a quest to make themselves great should occasionally going out on a limb and challenge themselves, with eating leaves, fruits and herbs and by portion control and leanness measures.

Besides all that, though, a sensible version of the "furnace justification" is not to shovel heaps into that furnace but to be in tune to your cravings. Anybody who pays attention over periods of time has probably observed that their cravings for certain foods, cuisines and spices come and go. I don't have scientific studies to back it up, but I believe it's good to closely ride this craving cycle. It feels good when one can be in tune, address it well and be tidy. Amirite? Listening to ones instincts elsewhere can be beneficial to. Like when it feels like it's really time to stretch, really time to shower, really time to go out on the prowl for a babe, etc.

unless you need supplements do not take them. I take a multivitamin daily, but you want to get most of your nutrients and vitamins through whole foods like the previous poster said. Mineral supplements is believed to be just a fabricated scam created by the health industry.