Poll: Who watches what they eat?

I try

I did a diploma in sports nutrition to help

I also used to be over 260lb

and I LOVE FOOD ... so sometimes i am week

I am meticulous with my nutrition. >90% of what I eat is highly nutritious and good for my body.    <10% of what I eat is not nutritious at all, but it's built into my plan and good for my well-being.

Hello,

I am quite new to endurance sports, but my diet (lifestyle of eating) is very important. As one that  weighed 325lbs nearly 3 years ago diet is an important aspect of my life. Diet really isn't a good word in my mind, but it is all part of the lifestyle change that I made so that I can be healthy, physically and mentally fit, and hopefully live a long and fruitful life.

As long as that "try" is in quotation marks, I'm in. 

And Bill is underselling himself with that 90%.  Those Texas Burgers don't come along too often.

I eat a lot cleaner from Jan to early October but this time of year I let myself slide a little bit on that kinda stuff.

I really try to watch what I eat, but I'm not very good about it.  I'm getting better, but it's a struggle for me.

I also could have checked "That's what got me into tris".  At least when I'm training regularly, I can eat more.   

I log what I eat and try to eat healthy all the time...fruit, veggie and lean protein and avoiding all processed foods. It is tough, but worth it to me. It isn't a diet any more but a way of life. I've lost 95 pounds and hope to lose another 10-15 this off season to get to my ideal weight for IMLP training.

If I eat crap I feel like crap and gain weight as my body is very efficient. 

I watch what I eat most of the time but am not going to feel guilty if I have something "bad" once in a while.  I've lost 50 pounds--about half on weight watchers and half doing tri training, and have enjoyed the tri training a lot more than counting points.  Hopefully in the next year I can drop more weight and get faster.  The holidays are hard for me, but I am trying to plan ahead and keep my hands off the treats. Otherwise I should survive it!  I am totally addicted to triathlon....as I already said, it is much more fun than weighing meals. 

That said, I try try try to eat fruit, veggies, lean protein and whole foods as much as I can.  And I love smoothies.

Busted... (I didn't want to sound too freakish...)

That's my diet. I'm trying to be better about nutritious stuff. I am also taking a multi vitamin because I know I'm missing LOTS of vitamins and minerals due to my lackluster diet. I love me a cheeseburger, fries and a regular Coke. I love hot dogs. I love chili. I love craptacular food. I can't control myself!

I make sure I don't eat too much crappy food if I don't have a high volume of training going on. 

gdrinkh2o - 2007-11-08 11:31 AM

LaurenSU02 - 2007-11-08 11:29 AM I hope wild turkeys don't, because they have been following me all over South Jersey to watch me ride and run. I hope this doesn't mean I'm about to be dinner for them!!

I think they need to be careful....thanksgiving is coming up.

haha. They sure do. If I decide to take my revenge, it's gonna be free turkeys for everyone on BT !

All kidding aside, I do watch what I eat, but I allow myself to splurge a bit. I'll splurge a lot more in the off season, though. During the season, it's all healthy, healthy, healthy, aside from the occasional lunch or dinner out (but I never order fried foods or anything), a few desserts here and there .

I eat pretty healthy most of the time and lost 32lbs this season. Problem I now have is trying to keep it on. I tend to compensate my eating junk as I am always hungry. My weight doesn't budge now unless I drink beer 8-(

I don't even want to think how much I am going to have to eat during IM training next year to maintain my weight....