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2009-08-08 4:06 PM

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Subject: Nutrition While Training for Marathon
For you, does it change much during training? Do you adjust your diet much during your training to take in more calories and energy?

First, I am asking this with this in mind: this year I increased my triathlon training a lot, competing in more and longer races. I lost about 13 pounds since a year ago- at this point I don't think it would be too healthy to drop any more (5'7, 112 lbs).

I am training for a marathon on Oct 10th now and have been finding myself tired more often than usual, feeling very spent, nauseous at times and just an overall a lack of energy. I get 7-8 hours of sleep a night, so I suspect it could be nutrition-related. I've been told I don't take in enough calories throughout the day, but I feel full very easily and feel very uncomfortable when full- so it becomes a bit of a problem trying to eat more than usual. On a typical day, I basically eat:

Small bowl of irish oatmeal, one walnut, 1 tsp flax, 1/3 banana and 1 strawberry

1 banana

1/2 wheat pita with about 3 slices turkey, lettuce, tomato

apple or some other fruit

4-6 oz chicken breast with a vegetable and/or rice/quinoa

1 yogurt with 1/3 banana, kashi cereal, berries of some sort


I've also been making sure I get in some natural peanut butter- I probably have it every other or every day now that I'm getting in more miles- for healthy fats and protein.

Anyhow- any thoughts or similar experiences? Thanks for your input.



2009-08-08 4:51 PM
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Subject: RE: Nutrition While Training for Marathon
I'm definitly no nutritionist, but what you are eating is way to little. One walnut, one strawberry? Really?

I also tend to feel full easy, so eating smaller amounts more often is the way to go. Add dense foods like nuts, peanut/almond butter, avocado, olives.

FWIW-I weigh 2 just pounds more than you and probably eat 3-4x the amount. Anything less and I am wiped out.



Edited by LittleCat 2009-08-08 4:59 PM
2009-08-08 4:57 PM
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Subject: RE: Nutrition While Training for Marathon
to mention 1 walnut and 1 strawberry is a little worrisome and sounds borderline eating disorder. You are also in the underweight category looking at your BMI (17.5).

Edited by gymgirlx 2009-08-08 4:57 PM
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