do i weigh too much?

No, whatever you do don't become OCD on your weight. I once did that and all that happened to me was I became fragile and injury plagued. Just focus on training and eating healthy.

Sand Dunes wrote:

No, whatever you do don't become OCD on your weight. I once did that and all that happened to me was I became fragile and injury plagued. Just focus on training and eating healthy.

Agreed, but what is healthy eating? Is a low fat diet healthy if 60% of our energy comes from fats?

personwhoruns wrote:

I am a competitive high school distance runner, racing events ranging from the 800m to the 5k. I also hope to run my first half-marathon this year. My current weekly mileage is around 35-40 miles per week. I drink plenty of water, and i eat a LOT, but very balanced with mostly healthy foods - fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lowfat/fat-free dairy, fish, nuts, eggs, lean meat - although I do have a weakness for chocolate and ice cream. Also, i'm female and 16 years old (but turning 17 soon). I am 5-foot-3-and-5/8, and weigh 110-112 pounds. Am i too heavy? would weight loss help my running performance? what would be a good weight for me?

Other high schooler here. First of all, no, you’re not too heavy. Second, high school is way too early to worry about race weight.

You’re fine.

yes, no, maybe? wrote:

Sand Dunes wrote:

No, whatever you do don't become OCD on your weight. I once did that and all that happened to me was I became fragile and injury plagued. Just focus on training and eating healthy.

Agreed, but what is healthy eating? Is a low fat diet healthy if 60% of our energy comes from fats?

I define healthy eating as eating clean. That is eat mostly unprocessed foods i.e. whole grains, legumes, fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds. Keeping processed white sugar/flour to a minimum and use oils sparingly.

Just my 0.02

Sand Dunes wrote:

yes, no, maybe? wrote:

Agreed, but what is healthy eating? Is a low fat diet healthy if 60% of our energy comes from fats?

I define healthy eating as eating clean. That is eat mostly unprocessed foods i.e. whole grains, legumes, fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds. Keeping processed white sugar/flour to a minimum and use oils sparingly.

Just my 0.02

So where do you get your fats from?

60% of total energy requirement, that's a lot of fat. Where do dieticians propose we get that energy from?

yes, no. maybe? wrote:

Sand Dunes wrote:

I define healthy eating as eating clean. That is eat mostly unprocessed foods i.e. whole grains, legumes, fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds. Keeping processed white sugar/flour to a minimum and use oils sparingly.

Just my 0.02

So where do you get your fats from?

60% of total energy requirement, that's a lot of fat. Where do dieticians propose we get that energy from?

What are you talking about when you say 60? The general outline for our macronutrients are 35% or less of your calories from fat, protein requirement depends on your energy output, and the rest from carbohydrates.

yes, no. maybe? wrote:

Sand Dunes wrote:

I define healthy eating as eating clean. That is eat mostly unprocessed foods i.e. whole grains, legumes, fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds. Keeping processed white sugar/flour to a minimum and use oils sparingly.

Just my 0.02

So where do you get your fats from?

60% of total energy requirement, that's a lot of fat. Where do dieticians propose we get that energy from?

Stop trolling. This girl had a serious question. Don't you feel bad about destroying her thread?

Sand Dunes wrote:

yes, no. maybe? wrote:

So where do you get your fats from?

60% of total energy requirement, that's a lot of fat. Where do dieticians propose we get that energy from?

What are you talking about when you say 60? The general outline for our macronutrients are 35% or less of your calories from fat, protein requirement depends on your energy output, and the rest from carbohydrates.

https://mynutrition.wsu.edu/nutrition-basics/

I'm talking about energy requirements. 60% of our energy requirements are supplied by fat metabolism. Think about it. Are you burning carbs while you are trolling or fats. And how many hours a day do you spend trolling here? 8? 10? 12? That's a lot of fat metabolism ain't it?

But even if you training the way your pretend, you would still be using 60% fats, just more total energy.

So what I'm saying is that there is no general consensus on what constitutes a healthy diet, because the real dietary experts are few and far between.

yes, no, maybe? wrote:

Sand Dunes wrote:

What are you talking about when you say 60? The general outline for our macronutrients are 35% or less of your calories from fat, protein requirement depends on your energy output, and the rest from carbohydrates.

https://mynutrition.wsu.edu/nutrition-basics/

I'm talking about energy requirements. 60% of our energy requirements are supplied by fat metabolism. Think about it. Are you burning carbs while you are trolling or fats. And how many hours a day do you spend trolling here? 8? 10? 12? That's a lot of fat metabolism ain't it?

But even if you training the way your pretend, you would still be using 60% fats, just more total energy.

So what I'm saying is that there is no general consensus on what constitutes a healthy diet, because the real dietary experts are few and far between.

There is a general outline for a healthy diet. It's called eating your fruits and vegetables and not eating junk food. It's not rocket science. Don't focus on macronutrients, focus on eating a healthy well balanced diet and your macronutrients will fall into place.

idiot wrote:

Stop trolling. This girl had a serious question. Don't you feel bad about destroying her thread?

Most of the girl threads are started by Sand Dunes, aka Jamin.

You're fine. There's nothing wrong with chocolate and ice cream either. You should be eating a lot because you're still growing while training. You need enough fuel to give you energy *and* recover. Losing weight would be counterproductive and unhealthy. The annoying thing is that you might get a little faster for a short period of time, but that's your body's reaction to starvation and stress, which will eventually cause health problems and injuries that will definitely slow you down.

Sand Dunes wrote:

yes, no, maybe? wrote:

I'm talking about energy requirements. 60% of our energy requirements are supplied by fat metabolism. Think about it. Are you burning carbs while you are trolling or fats. And how many hours a day do you spend trolling here? 8? 10? 12? That's a lot of fat metabolism ain't it?

But even if you training the way your pretend, you would still be using 60% fats, just more total energy.

So what I'm saying is that there is no general consensus on what constitutes a healthy diet, because the real dietary experts are few and far between.

There is a general outline for a healthy diet. It's called eating your fruits and vegetables and not eating junk food. It's not rocket science. Don't focus on macronutrients, focus on eating a healthy well balanced diet and your macronutrients will fall into place.

I get that, I agree, but where do we get our fat supply from. From converting carbs into fat, from converting adipose fat into intramuscular fat and from fat in the diet. So why not eat more fat (which is much more heatlhy in all natural forms than you believe) and less carbs until you are really training hard, then eat more of both?

Just sayin, the info we get on diet is a lot of misinformation a lot of the time.

thank you, i did have a serious question, and thank you to the people who actually answered it.

yes, no, maybe? wrote:

Sand Dunes wrote:

There is a general outline for a healthy diet. It's called eating your fruits and vegetables and not eating junk food. It's not rocket science. Don't focus on macronutrients, focus on eating a healthy well balanced diet and your macronutrients will fall into place.

I get that, I agree, but where do we get our fat supply from. From converting carbs into fat, from converting adipose fat into intramuscular fat and from fat in the diet. So why not eat more fat (which is much more heatlhy in all natural forms than you believe) and less carbs until you are really training hard, then eat more of both?

Just sayin, the info we get on diet is a lot of misinformation a lot of the time.

If you feel like you need more fat just eat more nuts, seeds, avocados, and oil. It's not rocket science, besides we should not think of nutrion in terms of isolation but rather in terms of the total sum.

most of this conversation is not relevant... can y'all actually answer my question please?

personwhoruns wrote:

most of this conversation is not relevant... can y'all actually answer my question please?

Reread my second post:

. . .healthy eating as eating clean. That is eat mostly unprocessed foods i.e. whole grains, legumes, fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds. Keeping processed white sugar/flour to a minimum and use oils sparingly.

Sand Dunes wrote:

personwhoruns wrote:

most of this conversation is not relevant... can y'all actually answer my question please?

Reread my second post:

. . .healthy eating as eating clean. That is eat mostly unprocessed foods i.e. whole grains, legumes, fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds. Keeping processed white sugar/flour to a minimum and use oils sparingly.

Also my first post on this thread:

No, whatever you do don't become OCD on your weight. I once did that and all that happened to me was I became fragile and injury plagued. Just focus on training and eating healthy.

I'm doing that, but what we are told, i.e. high carb/low fat is not good nutritional science. Because no matter how much we train or don't train, that energy ratio of fats to carbs is always going to be in favor of fat metabolism. But what we are supposed to believe is the opposite.

And then we get the weird stuff like the low carb nonsense and the paleo and ketogenic loonies.

Where is the really good dietary science? It's hidden away, because commone sense advice comes from people who aren't attention seeking whackos. Just sayin.

yes, no, maybe? wrote:

I'm doing that, but what we are told, i.e. high carb/low fat is not good nutritional science. Because no matter how much we train or don't train, that energy ratio of fats to carbs is always going to be in favor of fat metabolism. But what we are supposed to believe is the opposite.

And then we get the weird stuff like the low carb nonsense and the paleo and ketogenic loonies.

Where is the really good dietary science? It's hidden away, because commone sense advice comes from people who aren't attention seeking whackos. Just sayin.

I'm not advocating low fat, high carb. I'm advocating that people eat a healthy well balanced diet.