In my previous post, I described some of what I do regarding training the fluffy pillow. For this post, I'd like to go into the food side of things.
For me, the nutrition side of things is the most difficult. Not to say that I don't know what I'm doing, but I freaking love food. For the most part, I see the best results compositionally when I do a super low carbohydrate meal plan. The upside of this is that I do tend to see a heavy reduction in mass, mostly fat mass, but the downside is I also tend to see a dramatically reduced performance when it comes to exercise.
Most with a similar shape such as myself benefit immensely off of a lower carbohydrate diet. However, carbs truly benefit the performance aspect of the fluffy. So it sometimes boils down to either a composition goal or a performance goal. There are ways to get both, and it requires a significant amount of planning and discipline, something that my life with 3 small kids is nearly impossible to complete.
I generally try to stick with eating as much protein and vegetables as I can. Usually, for breakfast I have a quart container full of vegetables such as cucumbers, peppers, celery, carrots, and/or an apple as well; I also have a banana to accompany that. I use a protein in my coffee that is a collagen peptide base, rather than your traditional milk-based proteins. My goal last year, at least nutritionally, was to have vegetables for breakfast nearly every day, something of which I've carried into this year. This year's goal, nutritionally, was to do the same but for lunch, and so far meeting a moderate degree of success.
I try to have my starchier carbs around my workouts, which the super-intense ones are only 4x per week. I still try to maximize what I can take in, but with clients it's sometimes difficult to escape long enough to consume anything. My kryptonite is around when I'm home from work or on the weekends when I have more time to eat something other than what I've prepared for lunch at work, usually Oreo's.
In the end, I try to keep as healthy as possible. My goals are more or less training goals rather than compositional goals, though I wouldn't hate those when they come. Goal setting is a characteristic of training, and not exercising. Nevertheless, the dietary side of things is my more complicated part of my life.
For me, the nutrition side of things is the most difficult. Not to say that I don't know what I'm doing, but I freaking love food. For the most part, I see the best results compositionally when I do a super low carbohydrate meal plan. The upside of this is that I do tend to see a heavy reduction in mass, mostly fat mass, but the downside is I also tend to see a dramatically reduced performance when it comes to exercise.
Most with a similar shape such as myself benefit immensely off of a lower carbohydrate diet. However, carbs truly benefit the performance aspect of the fluffy. So it sometimes boils down to either a composition goal or a performance goal. There are ways to get both, and it requires a significant amount of planning and discipline, something that my life with 3 small kids is nearly impossible to complete. I generally try to stick with eating as much protein and vegetables as I can. Usually, for breakfast I have a quart container full of vegetables such as cucumbers, peppers, celery, carrots, and/or an apple as well; I also have a banana to accompany that. I use a protein in my coffee that is a collagen peptide base, rather than your traditional milk-based proteins. My goal last year, at least nutritionally, was to have vegetables for breakfast nearly every day, something of which I've carried into this year. This year's goal, nutritionally, was to do the same but for lunch, and so far meeting a moderate degree of success.
I try to have my starchier carbs around my workouts, which the super-intense ones are only 4x per week. I still try to maximize what I can take in, but with clients it's sometimes difficult to escape long enough to consume anything. My kryptonite is around when I'm home from work or on the weekends when I have more time to eat something other than what I've prepared for lunch at work, usually Oreo's.
In the end, I try to keep as healthy as possible. My goals are more or less training goals rather than compositional goals, though I wouldn't hate those when they come. Goal setting is a characteristic of training, and not exercising. Nevertheless, the dietary side of things is my more complicated part of my life.
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