I will add you to my blog roll and enjoy reading yours as well in the future.

=) Laura @ Finding A Healthy Balance (after a “100 Pound” weight loss)

Happy early birthday to your hub!

A friend gives me the advice for this program and now I lose more than 16 lbs. in three weeks: http://turnurl.com/?a7f5b6

Give it a try and I’m sure it worked!

All the best
Reimund

I agree with Ellyn

I really like Ellyn’s list of normal eating. It’s about time!

Congrats on your baby girl!!!!

kaneil, balanceisbest

I did a half a few months ago. We had a 2 hour delay(which messed up my nutrition a bit) but if I recall:

Pre race: bagel w/ pb & banana, coffee, more coffee.
Just before swim, a Gu & 1/2 peanut bar (yes the candy one)
*swim was delayed, so ended up needing another Gu & the other half of the bar)

Nothing in T1

During the bike, I got on an interval. Alternated water and a cyto-concoction (Gatorade has way too much sugar for me) on the :00’s I’d drink water, on the :15’s Id eat a shot block or 1-3 sports beens (mmmm watermelon w/ caffiene) on the 30’s I’d drink cyto, and every other hour I’d eat a solid + salt tabs and Leggs. This worked until I got to the final aid station on the bike: they had potato chips! mmm, real salt!

Introduce him to BONK BARS…oh my, deeelish, packed w/ nutrition. Seriously the anti bonk food.

When I got to T2, I was beat up from the bike and starving. Nutrition on the run went out the window. Cookies here, chips there, broth..omg, warm broth and various other things. I just slogged along til I finished.

Tell him to sign up for another event, and pronto!

I am training for my first triathlon – sprint distance- currently. I am still trying to work out nutrition kinks, but maybe I am not eating enough!

thank you!

Thanks!

According to them you can easily fool yourself into thinking you are eating healthy while you are actually piling up the calories. Their article Eat This Not That to lose weight explains it much better than I can.

Good Luck, hope it helps.

Thanks for the comment… you’re right! As mentioned in my previous comment, the point is to prevent mindless eating after dinner. If someone hasn’t eaten dinner and is hungry at 8pm, they need to eat! I can see how this can be read, AND taken the wrong way.

The rules in the article are just basic rules. Everyone’s body is different. If someone eats breakfast at 5:30am, there is no way I would expect them to go until 1pm without food. The rules need to be taken as just basic rules. If you’re hungry 3 hours later, then eat. I wrote those rules because we often find ourselves eating according to the clock… so giving people a certain amount of time between meals is to keep mindless eating at a minimum. As far as going to bed hungry… no one should be going to bed starving. If you are experiencing true physical hunger, then you need to eat a little something. Again… that rule was put in to prevent mindless eating after dinner.

If you are a true intuitive eater that means you know your body better than anyone. Stick to what you know best. These rules are best used for those still trying to figure it all out. If there are any readers with disordered eating, you need to do what’s best for your body… and go by the rules you make for yourself. Denying your body food when hungry is never a good idea.

Saying that it’s okay to go to bed hungry — no way. That’s what I thought when I was in the worst part of disordered eating. If I’m hungry, my body is asking for food.

Thanks for reading! The post refers to 1 gram of protein per pound of body weight, not kilograms. If you are using kilograms – your protein recommendations are exactly what you said (1.2-1.7g/kg)

Thanks again for reading!

~Estela

-kristen

Joanne,
So happy you enjoyed the post!!

Great stuff to think about!

Have a great day!
Candee