I've realized how much of an idiot I've been.Doing Paleo while also including CrossFit workouts I won't be able to sustain myself, let alone build.
Ill still attempt to cut down on processed foods, but I doubt giving up grains completely is a good idea...
And a glass of chocolate milk after practice always make me feel better :p
Is there any specific diet I should follow by name, or just some controlled diet you guys can advise me on?
im trying to merge my swimming and CrossFit so I'll be doing CrossFit Basics again 3 times a week which is just simple movements like push-ups, but they're still pretty high intensity which is what I think I need. That is until I can build up to Level I again.
I ontop of doing Basics 3 times a week will be doing 2 hours of swimming 4 times a week, with meets on Saturday.I can't really comment on the intensity since its beginning of season, but lets assume that it's a decently difficult swim board.
How much should I be sleeping as well?
I've never really been too serious about swimming, I've been dedicated to the sport itself, but I want to really do whatever I can outside the pool to help.
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Similar to what chris said, I'm also tracking calories via smartphone app. I use myfitnesspal. It seems to have a pretty vast catalog of food already there, even regional gas station food, lol. Its a rare occasion when I can't find the exact thing I just ate or at least many options for very similar meals. An example would be my local hot dog stand, you look up chicago dog and there's about 80 different listings, many with toppings included to estimate from. You can also just scan the barcode of what you just ate, and it will input all the calories and other nutritional information for you so you can also track protein intake, vitamins, etc.
As chris said. It also has a similar area where you can select by excercise and it'll put in a calories burned and subtract that to give you a net intake for the day. The thing that baffles me, compared to most people all my cruise speed swims are "fast/vigorous", but to me they're light/moderate except for sprint sets. I usually won't factor in the rest between repeats unless its more than 5 minutes worth in a workout. Most the time i put in 30min light and 15min fast to cover a more approximate level of my actual workout. It even has "lawn mowing" on there under cardio... so I put that in too on mowing days and I can have a couple extra oreos and stay out of the negative, lol.
So far soo good for results on that app too. As long as you're honest it really can help you. Down 10lbs in about 6 weeks or so. Thats more than I told it I wanted to lose, so maybe the estimations are a little more suited to the general population, than an athelete in training.
Similar to what chris said, I'm also tracking calories via smartphone app. I use myfitnesspal. It seems to have a pretty vast catalog of food already there, even regional gas station food, lol. Its a rare occasion when I can't find the exact thing I just ate or at least many options for very similar meals. An example would be my local hot dog stand, you look up chicago dog and there's about 80 different listings, many with toppings included to estimate from. You can also just scan the barcode of what you just ate, and it will input all the calories and other nutritional information for you so you can also track protein intake, vitamins, etc.
As chris said. It also has a similar area where you can select by excercise and it'll put in a calories burned and subtract that to give you a net intake for the day. The thing that baffles me, compared to most people all my cruise speed swims are "fast/vigorous", but to me they're light/moderate except for sprint sets. I usually won't factor in the rest between repeats unless its more than 5 minutes worth in a workout. Most the time i put in 30min light and 15min fast to cover a more approximate level of my actual workout. It even has "lawn mowing" on there under cardio... so I put that in too on mowing days and I can have a couple extra oreos and stay out of the negative, lol.
So far soo good for results on that app too. As long as you're honest it really can help you. Down 10lbs in about 6 weeks or so. Thats more than I told it I wanted to lose, so maybe the estimations are a little more suited to the general population, than an athelete in training.
