I remember reading articles about Dana Torres where she mentioned how her current training diet was more protein based and not the carb loading that was her earlier training days.
As someone who is contemplating a higher level of training, I'm wondering what is the ideal ratio of protein/carb/fat is (Of course ice cream should be the 4th food group)... Of course I could just buy her book, but I doubt that would answer my questions : ).
If anyone has personal/professional experience glad to hear it, but equally interested in recommended resources web or paper based.
Thanks!
CB
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These days I typically eat a lot more protein as well. I usually don't eat before I swim in the morning but will have a water bottle of the carb based Gatorade on the deck during workout. Then I eat within 30 minutes of the workout. I try to eat 5-6 times a day....morning, mid-morning, lunch, mid-afternoon, dinner, healthy snack. Generally I won't eat after about 8:30pm. If I do its something like cottage cheese, protein shake (small) or the like. Naturally I have a slow motabolism so I really HAVE to eat more often and not as much.
When I got ready for Spring Nationals this past May I stopped drinking all soda, alcohol and avoided as much sugar as possible.
These days I typically eat a lot more protein as well. I usually don't eat before I swim in the morning but will have a water bottle of the carb based Gatorade on the deck during workout. Then I eat within 30 minutes of the workout. I try to eat 5-6 times a day....morning, mid-morning, lunch, mid-afternoon, dinner, healthy snack. Generally I won't eat after about 8:30pm. If I do its something like cottage cheese, protein shake (small) or the like. Naturally I have a slow motabolism so I really HAVE to eat more often and not as much.
When I got ready for Spring Nationals this past May I stopped drinking all soda, alcohol and avoided as much sugar as possible.
