We live in the fattest nation in the history of mankind. This throws off perceptions of what is healthy.
We live in the fattest nation in the history of mankind. This throws off perceptions of what is healthy.
confused and concerned wrote:
Today has been a pretty typical day.
7:30am Breakfast: 1 bowl Oatmeal, 1 Banana, 100 calorie yogurt
10am snack: apple
12 lunch: Ham and cheese sandwich, 1 bowl potato and kale soup, some carrots peppers and cauliflower w/ hummus dip
3:30 workout - 8 mile (1 hour) run w/ some general strength work after
5:30 dinner - 2 chicken breasts, brown rice, salad w/ spinach, tomatoes, cheese, mushrooms, onions, light french dressing, pudding or cookie for dessert
only 400 calories for breakfast? Bad idea. You haven't eaten anything for hours beforehand.
the snack is less than 100 calories which, for an athlete, is negligible.
The lunch is maybe 200 or 300 for the sandwich. The rest is thin (soup) or vegetables (no calories)
Meaning between the time you go to bed, and the time you work out the next day, you eat less than 1000 calories. Of course you have no energy.
The dinner is fine. Chickens is good eating with plenty calories. But if you eat it all at once, it's not as bioavailable. It doesn't make up for the starving you do earlier in the day.
You can stop the starving by eating a chicken for breakfast too, and for the snack, eat meat again. Meat is digested very quickly and won't interfere with your workout the way vegetables and starch can.
Obvious Question wrote:
You, like everyone else, has an optimal racing weight. What reason do you have to believe that yours is something less than 160?
^This. Although some people may run fast at your height/weight, everyone is different. There are different body types. Weight is comprised of muscle and bone in addition to fat. You probably lost some muscle, which is why you are unable to recover as well.
Haus wrote:
We live in the fattest nation in the history of mankind. This throws off perceptions of what is healthy.
precisely