Eating Habits

[watch me run]

So I'm just wondering what everyone usaully eats on a daily basis, in season and out of season. I usaully eat between 2000-3000 calories each day. I try to stay away from a lot of junk food... but a lot of the time it gets the best of me ^_^

[spikeysam71]

I eat just about 3,000 calories a day which is made up of 3 meals and 3 snacks but thats also because I'm trying to gain a few pounds. I try to eat healthy by just monitoring what I eat and not eating things overly unhealthy but I wouldn't say I eat very healthy. I take a daily vitamin and just try to add in healthy foods here and there without overdoing anything.

[soccer]

During this past spring season I really got into a bad habit. I basically thought tht if I had last food in my stomach I would run faster. So the days leading up to races I wouldn't eat that much. I would have cereal for breakfast, lunch consisting of a pb and j sandwich and then come home have some pasta and a salad, maybe a bar or two and then go to sleep. Then the day before a race I would do the same thing but for dinner I would just have a salad and cheerios and wake up the next morning and have at most half a banana if it was a saturday meet. I would feel terrible during the race and thought it was because I had too much of something the days prior and then I would have less and less each time. This was really becoming a problem when I started to race terrible and i was neevr feeling good.

So now basically my eating habits consist of eating a lot more food but make sure it's good for me and like once or twice and week I wil eat some junky food. I was basically always afraid of just eating too much food even though it would be healthy I just felt I should never have anything in my stomach when I ran.

[JActon]

Anytime of the year, I just eat whatevers around, I'm not into the whole healthy eating makes you a better runner thing.

[RunFreer]

I eat peanut butter and chocolate, usually combined in a peanut butter cup. sometimes I eat meals, but real food is for squares...

but seriously I just eat 3 meals a day and snack on fruit or pretzels if I'm hungry. Right now I'm like 2 lbs or so overweight but that will come off once I start actually doing workouts and doubling.

[SlowHeatHero]

The day before a race I have spaghetti and salad dinner for lunch, footlong sub for dinner, and a bowl of ice cream about an hour before bed. The ice cream does magic, I PR'd every CC meet this year that I ate it the night before. It must have something to do with the insane amount of carbs in a small amount of ice cream.

[Matt Sutcliffe]

I feel like I have the crappiest diet. In the morning I always have something very sugary. lunch, generally a little bit of a pb and j sandwich with a couple snacks (something like rice krispie treats or whatever) and dinner i'm a little better. have whatever my mom makes. but in between those meals is always chocolate or something very unhealthy.

I really want to change my eating style but it's a really tough habit to break. i wish i could go like tarahumara style and just eat corn, pinole, chia, etc. ^_^

[pln09]

Pasta. Unreasonable amounts of pasta. http://209.85.12.234/style_images/1/icon12.gif

[Mr. Irrelevant]

Originally posted by JActon@Jun 24 2010, 10:44 PM
Anytime of the year, I just eat whatevers around, I'm not into the whole healthy eating makes you a better runner thing.
Tend to agree with this. I do want to eat right, but not sacrifice anything. If I have a bad meal no big deal.

[Runfaster]

Pasta. Unreasonable amounts of pasta. http://209.85.12.234/style_images/1/icon12.gif

couldnt agree more. ughhh love pasta

[ColinSCF]

I eat paleo. So just nuts, veggies, lean meat, and fruit. No pasta for me, but I do eat insane amounts of chicken and eggs. =D

[Rob A]

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[Cocakula]

I've given up delicious foods to keep fit. It sucks but you get used to it. I don't actually have a meal per say, except breakfast. I'm just constantly eating smaller snacks.

[pln09]

I've given up delicious foods to keep fit. It sucks but you get used to it. I don't actually have a meal per say, except breakfast. I'm just constantly eating smaller snacks.

You really shouldn't be worrying about food so much. Go eat some pie.

[Cocakula]

I was over exaggerating a bit. :P

I'm not anorexic or anything...I just don't really eat junk food. Since I've starting eating healthier foods in healthier quantities I've been in a lot better shape, not that I was in bad shape before. I think it's the little things that make the difference.

[okko]

junk food doesn't even taste good if you go a long time without eating it. the only hard part about eating healthily as a runner is establishing good habits. once those habits are established, there usually isn't much temptation to go back to eating crap.

[Matt Sutcliffe]

if only i knew how to establish those good habits

[sebcoe]

junk food doesn't even taste good if you go a long time without eating it. the only hard part about eating healthily as a runner is establishing good habits. once those habits are established, there usually isn't much temptation to go back to eating crap.

QFE

[JActon]

junk food doesn't even taste good if you go a long time without eating it. the only hard part about eating healthily as a runner is establishing good habits. once those habits are established, there usually isn't much temptation to go back to eating crap.

True, I pretty much didn't drink any soda at all this past year at school when I use to drink like 5 cans a day, but I'm back to that now that I'm home.

[Quenton_Cassidy]

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qfmetoo. I feel bad about it, because I eat sooo muccchhhh fast food. I should probably try to stop, but its so good!

[schwartz]

carbscarbscarbs. i have waffles on deck in my freezer and if i get hungry i just eat them with peanut butter and jelly on them. usually a meal is subway, wendys, or pasta. i try to offset it with water just to make myself think im being healthy

[steeple923]

if only i knew how to establish those good habits
Once ate McDonald's a couple hours before running the 2 mile indoors at Purdue. After the race I became quite ill from the food. I vowed then and there to not eat Mickey D's ever again. Eventually that has spread to all fast food: I've lived a half block from a Burger King for the past 12 years and have never been there .

Advice, to start, plan out your meals and buy the food in advance for the week, that way you won't ever finding yourself saying, "There's nothing to eat. I'll just go get a burger."

[Matt Sutcliffe]

Once ate McDonald's a couple hours before running the 2 mile indoors at Purdue. After the race I became quite ill from the food. I vowed then and there to not eat Mickey D's ever again. Eventually that has spread to all fast food: I've lived a half block from a Burger King for the past 12 years and have never been there .

Advice, to start, plan out your meals and buy the food in advance for the week, that way you won't ever finding yourself saying, "There's nothing to eat. I'll just go get a burger."

I've actually quit McDonald's and other fast food (besides taco bell :( ) a while ago. Also, I don't drink soda unless that's like one of the only things to drink. Since I'm still in high school and my parents buy the food, I don't have much of a choice. Unfortunately, my mom always buys a ton of junk food and snacks and stuff because she knows that I will eat it. I think, if I'm fed healthy food I would eat it