Everywhere I turn I keep hearing about how good it is to eat some fig newtons right after the workout for their supposedly providing you with the essential things you need.I looked at the nutrition facts, though and it does not look that impressive for fig newtons on there, hardly any protein, not many vitamins, just a good amount of carbs, that's about it.So what is their "magic power?"
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Originally posted by hooked-on-swimming
Do you think us who swim miles and miles every day even need to watch what we eat?Would't we burn whatever we eat any way.I mean, like low-fat milk vs. regular, etc.I think we can pretty much be as garbage disposals and never suffer from that really since there's so much physical activity that it's all burned in the end.
If you see yourself gaining fat, then you need to start watching what you eat (calories). It's about as simple as that (assuming your'e getting good nutrition)
It's pretty easy to over-do calories and start gaining fat, even at pretty high levels of activity.
Originally posted by hooked-on-swimming
Do you think us who swim miles and miles every day even need to watch what we eat?Would't we burn whatever we eat any way.I mean, like low-fat milk vs. regular, etc.I think we can pretty much be as garbage disposals and never suffer from that really since there's so much physical activity that it's all burned in the end.
If you see yourself gaining fat, then you need to start watching what you eat (calories). It's about as simple as that (assuming your'e getting good nutrition)
It's pretty easy to over-do calories and start gaining fat, even at pretty high levels of activity.
