does anyone else have the problem of uncontrollable eating after races?? I eat massive amounts of sugary foods(pb&j, ice cream, cookies, cereal) after eating a normal dinner. I don't know how to fix this problem, it makes me feel terrible for about 2 days after until my stomach stops bulging out. I seem to have gotten into the saturday night binge routine and can't get out...
Train your mind: every time you're going to start binging, repeat a mantra to yourself. It's better if you find the words for yourself. "I don't need this" or "I'll feel worse tomorrow than I'll feel good now." Stuff like that.
I used to eat a quarter gallon of ice cream after any given race. I think that it was related to a larger eating problem: I was too concerned with weight and nutrition, so when I felt that the pressure was relieved for a while, I'd let loose. In my experience, the only way to get over this is to relax regarding food. It's a hard process, but I've really improved my times since I stopped being so anal over food.
In the words of Kara Goucher: eat a Dorito:
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try chewing tobacco right after dinner. seriously.
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BYU's Coach, Patrick Shane has a theory that %50 of women struggle with this issue but I believe it is a problem with men as well.
I went through the same thing when I was running.
I just don't know how to get out of the cycle..
strasburg wrote:
does anyone else have the problem of uncontrollable eating after races?? I eat massive amounts of sugary foods(pb&j, ice cream, cookies, cereal) after eating a normal dinner...
Are you eating right after the race? If not, then you should be taking in a good amount of carbs and some protein as close to the finish of the race as possible. This has helped me a lot with limiting the sugar cravings in the evening and days after races.
yup, i usually have a large peanut butter honey with banana sandwich right after my cooldown