So, I started noticing today how much my diet effects my performance. When I am at school, I have a bagel(full of protein!) and a banana, then for lunch a granola bar and something frozen, but healthy, like a lean pocket. Then for dinner, it is all hell. I am home and my mom feeds me, and she does not let me control what I can and can't eat. Usually it is some sort of chicken with fries or potatoes and mac and cheese or vegetables(and she always gives me way more than a person should be able to eat, and she expects me to eat it all!) Then, she cuts me the BIGGEST piece of cake for dessert, cause she always has a fresh cake baked. But today, since I didnt have school, I had a lunch just like my dinner and she made french toast for brekfast. So, when I got to my run, I felt sooo sick. And when I worked out with my trainer, I still felt sick. So, my question is, do you think there is some way I could ask my mom to cook healthier things, or let me cook myself(she wont, she is power crazy and just plain insane). I feel like this diet is really holding me back in my training.
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Ria- Pro
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Phuckduck- All-Pro
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Re: Unhealthy
your diet isn't holding you back. chill. i eat chipotle the night before races all the time and do well.
Ria- Pro
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Then what would explain the crappy way ive been feeling on my run?
ctk4xc11- Pro
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maybe you just had a crappy day, idk, experiment with different things, if you still feel bad after you eat like today again then just ask your mom to make healthier things. I don't think she will get mad that her child wants to eat healthier.
Pinthin- Elite
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Try finding recipes online that are healthier and ones your mom might go for. My mom gets excited when I suggest meals, one less thing for her too do.
Just Because- Pro
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As long as you are making healthy choices on the average then you will be okay. That being said, I read somewhere that good nutrition can increase performance 5%.
xotrackkgirl- Elite
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if she gives you too much, don't let that force you to eat it all.
Stop when you feel full.
Stop when you feel full.
*runfast*- Pro
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I don't think that diet can affect you too bad . . . all I do is make sure that I don't eat junk food before races and I usually feel fine. I usually don't pay too much attention to that when i'm training, as long as you eat mostly healthy stuff
thenextdeena- Amateur
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Re: Unhealthy
1. Make only get granola bars from the health food sections b/c usually they are high in calories. Even the ones that claim to be 'whole grain' are often loaded with sugar, so they taste good.Ria wrote:So, I started noticing today how much my diet effects my performance. When I am at school, I have a bagel(full of protein!) and a banana, then for lunch a granola bar and something frozen, but healthy, like a lean pocket. Then for dinner, it is all hell. I am home and my mom feeds me, and she does not let me control what I can and can't eat. Usually it is some sort of chicken with fries or potatoes and mac and cheese or vegetables(and she always gives me way more than a person should be able to eat, and she expects me to eat it all!) Then, she cuts me the BIGGEST piece of cake for dessert, cause she always has a fresh cake baked. But today, since I didnt have school, I had a lunch just like my dinner and she made french toast for brekfast. So, when I got to my run, I felt sooo sick. And when I worked out with my trainer, I still felt sick. So, my question is, do you think there is some way I could ask my mom to cook healthier things, or let me cook myself(she wont, she is power crazy and just plain insane). I feel like this diet is really holding me back in my training.
2. My coach and basically every nutritionist I've talked to, stress that bagels are not a health food. They are high in calories again and give you a quick energy rush.
so yes, your mom may be adding to the problem but you should read some nutrition books, because what you're choosing may not be the best choices. I was really suprised to find out how many of things I thought were healthy, really weren't
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