Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Nutrition

I follow the same nutrition plan I put together a couple years ago, but over time I've made adjustments and fixed some things I had wrong. I don't follow fad diets and don't believe in the low carb crap. I'm an athlete and eat like one. I don't have much time now so I'm just kinda jotting things down, but I plan on writing some large articles in the future about nutrition.
My diet is roughly a 60/20/20 ratio (carb/pro/fat) which is a high carb diet. When you workout constantly you need carbs for energy. Ton of carbs. The majority of my carbs come from oatmeal, whole grain pasta and brown rice. I'm not scared to get a little sugar in my diet and often use gatorade post cardio workouts and while I'm at work as well. At my meals I will add in veggies and fruits to make up some of the shortcomings of grains though. I basically use carbs as my foundation for diet and the bulk of my calories since I usually take in quite a bit due to the high amount of calories I burn daily. The majority of my protein comes from whey powder and the complex carbs as well. My meat intake is usually 4 oz a day or none at all. The meat is usually canned tuna or chicken breasts. I try to stay away from farm raised anything. That's a whole other discussion though. Farm raised meats are terrible for you, I try to pick from wild, organic and free-range, etc. I eat no milk or dairy products for the most part but do eat eggs from time to time which are really good for you. My fats come from healthy fat sources which are fatty fish, nuts, olive oil, etc. I usually consume the most fat of my diet at the end of the night to give my body fuel while I sleep. Timing and planning of meals and ratios are very important!

I drink 1-3 cups of green tea daily and usually have 1-2 cups of coffee as well. Otherwise I stick to water and drink plenty of it.

Anyway, that's the basics for now, I will write more on nutrition at later times.

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