What do swimmers use for electrolyte replacement and/or meal replacement shakes, etc? I am trying to loose weight but despite all my swimming, it's not happening. I think it's got to be because I'm hungrier, but have a hard time gauging my calories, so I'm looking for a meal replacement system that will help me meep track but that will also have adequqate protein and vitamins for maintaining training. Any suggestions? Thanks!
People who lose weight from Paleo usually go from the average junk diet to paleo so they think it's Paleo that works while it's actually just the choice of better foods and the fact that they don't eat junk anymore.
That is exactly it. It's the same reason people lose weight when they alter percentages of fat or carbs or whatever. The only way to lose weight it to eat less food than you normally do. It also helps if the food is whole and nutritious, because it's good fuel.
I pretty much weigh the same amount as I did before I started swimming four years ago. It's is annoying as all get-out, but I do have significantly improved muscle tone in some places, and I have much better stamina than before, which helps energize me to be enraged when people say, "the weight just fell off as soon as I took up swimming!" :blah:
The only success I ever had at losing weight came from logging everything I ate. At first I was counting calories, and trying to stop when I hit a certain number for the day, but eventually it made me more accountable for all those little "this doesn't count" snacks I ate, and made me more aware of the absolute density of foods like granola bars, energy bars and smoothies, which I had been treating as a light snack.
I'm not ready to always be hungry again, so I habitually eat a lot to compensate for the calorie loss to swimming.
People who lose weight from Paleo usually go from the average junk diet to paleo so they think it's Paleo that works while it's actually just the choice of better foods and the fact that they don't eat junk anymore.
That is exactly it. It's the same reason people lose weight when they alter percentages of fat or carbs or whatever. The only way to lose weight it to eat less food than you normally do. It also helps if the food is whole and nutritious, because it's good fuel.
I pretty much weigh the same amount as I did before I started swimming four years ago. It's is annoying as all get-out, but I do have significantly improved muscle tone in some places, and I have much better stamina than before, which helps energize me to be enraged when people say, "the weight just fell off as soon as I took up swimming!" :blah:
The only success I ever had at losing weight came from logging everything I ate. At first I was counting calories, and trying to stop when I hit a certain number for the day, but eventually it made me more accountable for all those little "this doesn't count" snacks I ate, and made me more aware of the absolute density of foods like granola bars, energy bars and smoothies, which I had been treating as a light snack.
I'm not ready to always be hungry again, so I habitually eat a lot to compensate for the calorie loss to swimming.
