an athlete's diet

I think your depressed! Your diet is fins and so is your sleep. Maybe you need to add some other things in your life that may keep you feeling energetic like maybe asking a girl out on a date that you think is hot. That will wake you up my man! Good luck!

Can somebody please explain to me why cereals like Kellogg's K don't cut it? I always figured I was doing well downing bowls of that stuff - plenty of vitamins, minerals, carbs, etc, and low on fat. What am I missing on the panel of ingredients?

Dairy buddy. Bad stuff. Cut out all dairy.

Do you get mucousy, phlegmy and spit a bunch when you run?

Sleepy after meals?

Dairy....

just eat...who cares...wut are you gonig to weigh your food for the rest of your life?? what a sad life!

Nutrition Novice wrote:

Can somebody please explain to me why cereals like Kellogg's K don't cut it? I always figured I was doing well downing bowls of that stuff - plenty of vitamins, minerals, carbs, etc, and low on fat. What am I missing on the panel of ingredients?

I think your problem is you don't give your body enough time between eating. It looks like almost every hour you are eating something. There is so much involved in the digestion system that people don't even think about. Maybe decide that you need to have four meals a day rather than sporatic eating.

Another thing is eat a lot of greens. Get some baby spinach and make a tossed salad, the spinach contains lots of iron. Also, i hear that pecans are a good source of enery. i think they do something to enhance the hemoglobin's ability to carry oxygen. And if you can incorporate molassas into your diet (help? adds to his/her cereal in the morning), you'll be getting more iron intake there too.

Oh, one more thing, make sure you are getting enough calories. a 2000 cal diet for a runner is not enough. Consider that you burn ~100 cal/mile (at about 7 min pace). Not to mention the added burned cals when/if you lift or do strengthening.

Good luck.

thanks for that advice, but i'm still a little confused.

I eat about 3300 claories a day (approx), run about 50 miles in an average week, and do 2 core stability sessions and 1 circuit training lasting 40 minutes each. I cycle to school easy and back 5 days a week (4 miles round trip). Apart from that, i don't have much if any physical excercise.

I was wondering if anyone could estimate how many calories i need in a day, with that amount of excercise. I 'd also appreciate any suggestions on protein, fat and carbohydrate intake?? and when is the best time for bigger proportions of each. Thanks guys.

ps- how many portions of fruit and vegetables is advised for adolescent athletes like myself. am i eating too much???

someone above told me to stay away from dairy. I'd say i eat about 2-3 portions a day. I've always read that i should include plenty of calcium to prevent stress fractures and help my bones. Is that not more important??

"my brekkie is actually over 500 calories."

don't call your breakfast your brekkie if you want people to take you seriously, lol

and i've heard many bad things about dairy also, there are different sources for calcium. i've heard that the growth hormones they inject in cows are in the milk and that can't be good for us. also its just not natural to drink milk at this age, you are supposed to stop when you stop breast feeding

i used to be big into dairy, ya know, especially with all of this hype about dairy products and weight loss.

truth is, these studies about how great dairy is are usually commissioned by the dairy industry (i.e. high potential for bias.)

Soy milk (fortified with calcium) and calcium citrate supplements are probably as good of a source of calcium as dairy producats....and without the BGH!

i personally believe that bovine growth hormone is, at least, in part, responsible for earlier onset puberty in girls and likely on the factors responsible for the high incidence of breast and other cancers.

neither theory is yet Proven, but both hold potential.

Those of us growing up in the 80s are sort of guinea pigs in a sense b/c this hormone-injection business is relatively new. it hasn't been done a large-scale for long enough for their to be longitudinal data on its long-term effects.

i'm not completely vegan, but i am vegetarian; i drink Soymilk always, and try to eat minimal amounts of cheese, eggs, icecream etc. (products likely to contain BGH.)

the reality is that free-range beef, chicken, eggs, and milk are probably healthful in a lot of ways, but once you start mass producing by adding hormones, the threat of hormone-exposure might outweigh the health benefits of these foods.

another example of technology gone too far, in my opinion.

I used to eat a lot of cereal. When I was hungry, I would always eat cereal. But I found out that I was a Celiac and realized eating cereal (wheat) was killing me.

dont listen to all these people, they aint pro sport nutrition experts, you prob getting enough protein with all that food, just need to increase your wholegrain carb intake and take some extra b vitamins.

Don't be a fool and stay away from dairy. The only people that tell you to stay away from dairy are animal activists who tell you to also stay away from eating honey. Only reason you should limit dairy is if you are allergic or lactose intolerant.

I couldn't agree more.. ALTHOUGH.. BGH and antibiotics added to most commercial varieties of all dairy products are not good and you should stay away from them.. there is one easy solution;

ORGANIC Dairy, it doesn't have the chemicals or hormones. Yeah it costs more, but this is your health!

Yeah thats the ticket!!!

Cut out all the meats cause they feed the chickens and the cows antibiotics and hormones.

Cut out all the sugar cause sugar is bad. Just ask Mr. Atkins.

Cut out all the dairy cause dairy comes from the cows who were fed antibiotics and hormones.

Cut out anything that is derived from wheat cause the gluten slows your system down and makes your feel sleepy.

No fast foods, no chinese (MSG), no japanese sushi (high mercury), and hell no american high fatty foods...

What is left? A nice bowl of salad without the dressing or the croutons. Try running after eating a bowl of tasty salad.

All you got left is veggies.

Dr. Nick: "Hi everybody!"

Homer and Bart: "Hi Dr. Nick!"

Dr. Nick: "Now there are many options available for dangerously underweighted individuals like yourself. I recommend a slow steady gorging process combined with assal horizontology."

Homer: "Of course."

Dr. Nick: "You'll want to focus on the neglected food groups such as the whipped group, the congealed group and the chocotastic!"

Homer: "What can I do to speed the whole thing up, Doctor?"

Dr. Nick: "Well...be creative. Instead of making sandwiches with bread, use poptarts. Instead of chewing gum, chew bacon, ..."

Bart: "You could brush your teeth with milkshakes!"

Dr. Nick: "Hey, did you go to Hollywood Upstairs Medical College too? And remember, if you're not sure about something, rub it against a piece of paper. If the paper turns clear, it's your window to weight gain. Bye bye, everybody!"