Nutrition questions

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Former Member
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!
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  • Well i think its pretty hard for anyone to give you good advice on this without knowing a few things....like how much are you swimming? How long have you been at it? What does your daily food intake look like? What are your weight loss goals? etc. Before I started with Masters, I lost almost 20 pounds by simply tracking my calories. I used Sparkpeople.com, set my goals on there, and stuck to the calorie limit they gave me in order to lose the amount of weight I wanted to within a certain time. I added in a little bit more exercise (10 extra mins on the elliptical, 500 more yards during my 1x a week swim), but that weight loss was truly all about counting calories. So that prompted me to join Masters, and I went straight into a 3-4x a week schedule. When I first started, for about six weeks I literally was a BOTTOMLESS PIT. Calorie counting went out the window, and I shoveled SO MUCH food into my mouth and I was still ALWAYS hungry. It was crazy! However, I luckily did not gain (nor lose) any weight. After the first six weeks, my apetite finally seemed to adjust back to normal. Those NEED FOOD NOW cravings dissappeared and I am no longer using a shovel to eat. However, I've been at it for 4 months now and I still have not lost nor gained any more weight. I would be frustrated as heck if it weren't for the fact that the INCHES are falling off my body! I've lost about 1.5 pant sizes thus far while maintaining the same weight, and that is fine by me. I think if I keep at this for a year and started counting calories again (snoooore) I could lose some more pounds, but it will probably only be a handful and that would bring me down to the weight that I was in high school. Who knows, if I continue to train steadily for a few years I probably could get really lean, but that is not an upfront goal of mine for now. So, my point here is to have hope! Keep at it! Its about the long run here, and your key ingredient here may just be time :) If you really want meal replacement type foods, I suggest chocolate milk or greek yogurt, aka, REAL foods. Good luck!
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  • Well i think its pretty hard for anyone to give you good advice on this without knowing a few things....like how much are you swimming? How long have you been at it? What does your daily food intake look like? What are your weight loss goals? etc. Before I started with Masters, I lost almost 20 pounds by simply tracking my calories. I used Sparkpeople.com, set my goals on there, and stuck to the calorie limit they gave me in order to lose the amount of weight I wanted to within a certain time. I added in a little bit more exercise (10 extra mins on the elliptical, 500 more yards during my 1x a week swim), but that weight loss was truly all about counting calories. So that prompted me to join Masters, and I went straight into a 3-4x a week schedule. When I first started, for about six weeks I literally was a BOTTOMLESS PIT. Calorie counting went out the window, and I shoveled SO MUCH food into my mouth and I was still ALWAYS hungry. It was crazy! However, I luckily did not gain (nor lose) any weight. After the first six weeks, my apetite finally seemed to adjust back to normal. Those NEED FOOD NOW cravings dissappeared and I am no longer using a shovel to eat. However, I've been at it for 4 months now and I still have not lost nor gained any more weight. I would be frustrated as heck if it weren't for the fact that the INCHES are falling off my body! I've lost about 1.5 pant sizes thus far while maintaining the same weight, and that is fine by me. I think if I keep at this for a year and started counting calories again (snoooore) I could lose some more pounds, but it will probably only be a handful and that would bring me down to the weight that I was in high school. Who knows, if I continue to train steadily for a few years I probably could get really lean, but that is not an upfront goal of mine for now. So, my point here is to have hope! Keep at it! Its about the long run here, and your key ingredient here may just be time :) If you really want meal replacement type foods, I suggest chocolate milk or greek yogurt, aka, REAL foods. Good luck!
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