Nutrition questions

I've used the following three books to guide nutrition and training and have lost about 20 pounds in 5 months, and have been building muscles (denser and heavier than fat) without purchasing any special meals or following any special diet - just eating and driniking much smarter. Training Plans for Multisport Atheletes - Gail Bernhardt Complete Conditioning for Swimming - Dave Salo and Scott Riewald The Triathlete's Training Bible - Joe Friel All three have great sections on nutrition including weight loss. Bernhardt's book shows you how to evaluate calorie intake and needs. She and the others make the point that you don't have to count calories daily. Salo and Riewald's book provide a great deal of nutritional information for for swimming training and compettion, and Friel's nutritional information covers nutrition for athletes in great detail, and especially addressing changes as one ages. You need to be aware of basic nutrtitional information and intake of these essential nutrients: Carbohydrates Protein Fat Vitamins Minerals Water While special meals might help for a little while, eventually you will probably go back to eating foods from normal sources. Its far better to learn about proper nutrition, especially for athletics, and combine that learning with exercise to make the life changes needed. You can probably lose 2-4 pounds per month this way and have a better chance to keep it off. One final thought, your body burns fat from low to moderate intensity excersie, but uses up muscle glycogen when high intensity exercising and you need to replace this glycogen to keep muscles recovering and then rest for muscle adaptation. Running is more effective at burning calories than swim, bike or dryland. These three books provide good informatin on how to refuel and avoid over fueling the tank so that you drop weight at a comfortable rate. Hope this helps.

I've used the following three books to guide nutrition and training and have lost about 20 pounds in 5 months, and have been building muscles (denser and heavier than fat) without purchasing any special meals or following any special diet - just eating and driniking much smarter. Training Plans for Multisport Atheletes - Gail Bernhardt Complete Conditioning for Swimming - Dave Salo and Scott Riewald The Triathlete's Training Bible - Joe Friel All three have great sections on nutrition including weight loss. Bernhardt's book shows you how to evaluate calorie intake and needs. She and the others make the point that you don't have to count calories daily. Salo and Riewald's book provide a great deal of nutritional information for for swimming training and compettion, and Friel's nutritional information covers nutrition for athletes in great detail, and especially addressing changes as one ages. You need to be aware of basic nutrtitional information and intake of these essential nutrients: Carbohydrates Protein Fat Vitamins Minerals Water While special meals might help for a little while, eventually you will probably go back to eating foods from normal sources. Its far better to learn about proper nutrition, especially for athletics, and combine that learning with exercise to make the life changes needed. You can probably lose 2-4 pounds per month this way and have a better chance to keep it off. One final thought, your body burns fat from low to moderate intensity excersie, but uses up muscle glycogen when high intensity exercising and you need to replace this glycogen to keep muscles recovering and then rest for muscle adaptation. Running is more effective at burning calories than swim, bike or dryland. These three books provide good informatin on how to refuel and avoid over fueling the tank so that you drop weight at a comfortable rate. Hope this helps.