Swimming-related nutrition

Row - it is a great thing to have in the house when it is cold outside. Try this: www.concept2.com There are challenges that help to keep us on toes - www.concept2.com/.../current_ongoing.asp I'm on FreeSpirit team that strives to earn more meters than the other teams. Try it! Food....it is easy for me...I just eat my favorite vegetables and fruits instead of snacks that I'm not too nuts about. For example, I opt for radishes instead of popcorn because radishes are more delicious than popcorn. Seafood is so delicious and "cheaper" in calories that I put them in my salad which then tastes more delectable than calories packed and not so tasty pizza.

Even though he looks like Santa...this guy knows his stuff. www.drweil.com/.../ART02705

A holiday tip that is always helpful to me. When deciding to chose something that is calorie laden,full of fat, decide whether this is something you can have anytime, or it is only around that day. So mashed potatoes, who needs them, easy to make, you can have them(in moderation) anytime you want. But Grandma's noodles, maybe only are there on Thanksgiving, so if chose that for your starch instead of some starch that is available any old day. This and lots and lots of portion control, drinking water, filling up on veggies help me.

The triply stuffed critter shows up regularly in newspaper columns (along the lines of "Whatever were they thinking?"). I like the notion of pumpkin and pasta dish with bell peppers and Shitake mushrooms. It's making me pretty hungry right now. Should be fairly easy to adopt some tender, impressionable pumpkins right about now. VB

Any more holiday tips? National Gluttony Day draws near. This should pose torments for people who discipline the flesh as much as swimmers do. One November, when extremely hungry and penniless, I came across a pumpkin sitting forlornly by the side of the road and took it home and prepared it lovingly and quite enjoyed the fruits of my labor. (Real pumpkin pie.) Regards, VB

Awww, I do not blame you for taking in a pumpkin! I'd make delicious pumpkin soup, pasta with pumpkin, red bell pepper, shittake mushroom, and chicken or vegetable broth sauce, and pumpkin pie! The first two meal is low in fat. What I do every year for Thanksgiving and Christmas is to take out as much meat from the recipe. For example, there is a recipe from the South that calls for boneless turkey stuffed with boneless chicken, then pesto smeared, then sausage stuffing, then what else? I couldn't believe the receipe :shakeshead::confused:when I saw it that I made my own stuffing with stuffing, walnut, dried apricot, dried prunes, and lots of rosemary which is much healthier than the Southern receipe. I am so tempted to take in homeless pumpkins right now. :banana:

Whereas a sprinter should eat higher amounts of protien as soon as possible after a sprint set, or competition, followed by balanced foods later in the day. The timing is the crucial part. Diluted electrolytes mixed with water during an intense set can accelerate recovery times, but appears to have limited benefit when your body is at rest. Perhaps a nutritionist can explain why that is... Also, a good book, "Eat right for your blood type" has been incredibly helpful. Apparently, scientists have tested different types of blood in a dish and found that certain foods actually coagulate in the different samples, making it much harder to digest... This has a profound impact on your ability to recover from a good work-out. Once you switch your food sources, you'll be amazed by the physical changes. I'm so bad about post-workout recovery. I know I should bring some accelerade to the pool and eat protein right after. But I usually amble in with my bottle of water and drive around the rest of the day ... Better go back to Luna bars in the car ... I had no idea about the blood type issue. Interesting. May check into this as I have RH negative blood.

Let's see what the MDs or any dietitians here say about this blood type diet business. I'm skeptical!