paulradcliffe.me archive
Category: Diet
January 7, 2013
Weekly Nutrition Tip #1
This is my first in weekly installments of simple nutrition tips. I hope to release these nutrition tips every Monday for the next 18 weeks. As a general note, I’m not a nutritionist, dietician, medical doctor, personal trainer, or even a good cook. Any advice from me is runner to runner, not necessarily professional advice. Tip #1: Eat something with 30 minutes of finishing a workout After exercise, especially long runs, it is particularly important to get food into you quickly. When you’re exercising for a long time, you will burn your free sugars, and start to dip into your[…continue reading]
July 31, 2012
New Diet: Week 9 – Injured but still kicking
I was really worried that I would gain weight this week. As I posted before, I injured my left foot on Tuesday night and missed two runs and a gym visit since then. I did go for my usual Monday swim, but with the missing workouts I was sure I was going to be in trouble. I’m really glad that my weight stayed the same. I’m very relieved. Being injured has really made me question my mortality. I used to think I was invincible and unstoppable! Being sidelined like this makes me feel vulnerable and lost. Maybe this will help[…continue reading]
July 24, 2012
New Diet: Week 8 – It’s Working
I lost another pound this week! This has me really excited. I’m under 200 pounds for the first time in a while!! My family is even commenting that they think I’ve lost weight. I was a little worried that this steady weight loss was unsustainable. However, with good sleeping habits, good effort into workouts and the addition of swimming to my routine, I think I should be able to keep down this path. Hitting a milestone like this might cause me to rest on my laurels, but I think it’s just even more motivating to see that the plan is[…continue reading]
