IM Training = How much MORE FOOD can I eat?

Yup, that sounds just about right.

I ate so much food during my training and still had a pretty tough time keeping the weight on and staying fueled for my workouts.

Anita Bean in "Complete Guide to Sports Nutrition" suggests that if your eating properly, it is not possible to take enough calories on board to offset what you burn in a hard day. (And even in some not so hard days of training)

You get full before you can consume that many calories. (Carb Dense foods tend to be bulky and fill you up)

I remember being so hungry waiting for dinner to arrive at our table (Out with Friends for dinner) that I almost started to gnaw on someone's arm. (Luckily the food came)

of course you're not full. you've got your metabolism in full force right now.  but besides that, nothing you ate would be filling at all for me either.  looks like sugar and cheese!

~B

Karen. . .

It's like Bob Marley once sang. . .   Them Belly Full, But We Hungry! ! !

It won't be long NOW! ! ! !

John. . .

bryancd - 2008-08-14 11:51 AM Poptarts and donuts no, more fruit and veggies yes .

Agreed - but it's a bit late now. Don't go changing your diet at this late stage. It's got you this far and your body or brain might just spit the dummy if you go get all healthy-like on it now.

1/2 a donut?!  You gotta be kidding me?!  I've never eaten half a donut in my life!  That does not look like that many calories Karen.

Yesterday  I ate:

coffee with creamer/sugar: 100
oatmeal with blueberries and a peach:  400
Bowl of tomatos with lite Italian: 100
Healthy Choise Steaner: 300
Oatmeal with BB: 400
2 Ham sandwiches: 600
Healthy Choice Steamer: 300
2 slices of cheese: 200
Bowl of shredded wheat: 300
2 cookies: 200
cup of Italian Ice: 200

~Mike 

I'm a finance manager that hates math.

JUst to make karen feel better ..the normal gary diet

 yogert and dt mt dew
2 monster drinks, and small snickers
couple pound bag of M&M"s 12 pack dt dew
whole chicken

I seem to always be hungry (except after a hard workout) and I've managed to not lose any weight, although I would love to, however, I'm not willing to cut out my treats to get there right now. This was yesterday's food.

Breakfast: clif bar, diet coke

2nd breakfast: blueberry oatmeal

lunch: chicfila sandwich on wheat, diet coke

Snack: graham crackers (4 sheets! normally it's just 2 with some peanut butter, but I'm out of pb at work)

Pre workout: little debbie oatmeal creme pie (170 calories)

During 2 hour ride (2 bottles of Gatorade G2 with 1/2 scoop carbo pro), 1 little debbie oatmeal creme pie

Dinner: 2 scrambled eggs, 2 pieces of high fiber toast with small pat of butter, 2 turkey sausage patties. 1 cup of skim milk. 

bryancd - 2008-08-14 2:38 PM

SuzanneS - 2008-08-14 1:31 PM

I seem to always be hungry (except after a hard workout) and I've managed to not lose any weight, although I would love to, however, I'm not willing to cut out my treats to get there right now. This was yesterday's food.

Breakfast: clif bar, diet coke

2nd breakfast: blueberry oatmeal

lunch: chicfila sandwich on wheat, diet coke

Snack: graham crackers (4 sheets! normally it's just 2 with some peanut butter, but I'm out of pb at work)

Pre workout: little debbie oatmeal creme pie (170 calories)

During 2 hour ride (2 bottles of Gatorade G2 with 1/2 scoop carbo pro), 1 little debbie oatmeal creme pie

Dinner: 2 scrambled eggs, 2 pieces of high fiber toast with small pat of butter, 2 turkey sausage patties. 1 cup of skim milk. 

No wonder you're hungry! You aren't eating nearly enough calorie dense, good carbohydrate and protien food. Graham cracker, little debbie whatevers are just sugar, scrambled eggs and a piece of toast is way light and turkey pattie sausages have hardly any protien and are mostly salt. Come on girl! Where are the fruits, veggies, lean protien, and carbs!

We've been trying to do the steamed veggie thing at dinner, but to be honest, this week it's been all about convenience. I do the little debbie thing during the bike and before swims cause they are way cheaper than gels and seem to sit ok on my stomach and are close to amt of calories I want (170 per)

By the time I was done with work and riding and changed, it was after 8:30 PM last night. The last thing I wanted to do was cook. But those are just excuses. I know it. I need to HTFU and eat better. Generally I feel like I do ok. I know I need to bring my lowfat cheese and triscuits back to work and my turkey slices.

Tonight we have on the agenda a 3000 m swim. I will probably just have water and the graham crackers before that, a G2 during that, and then for dinner is meatloaf with broccoli and canteloup. And a glass of skim milk again. I may have some vanilla yogurt later with blueberries.

My husband and I need a wife who will do all the cooking and meal prep for us!