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JNicole2009
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7:45 a.m. Breakfast: MetRx Protein Plus bar (180 cal)
12:00 p.m. Lunch: Maple and Brown Sugar Oatmeal (160 cal)
3:30 p.m. Snack: Oatmeal...again...(160 cal)

- I usually wake up and run in the mornings but I missed alarm this morning so I am headed to the gym after work. I plan on running atleast usual 5 miles this afternoon then abs and upper body.

Dinner will probably consist of canned tuna (water pack) with pineapple and green beans...have to love that college budget!!!! :cry:
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Post by swanso5 »

we're getting some cuties on here these days aren't we...

this will not work...

1 - you need at least 5 meals a day with 6 - 7 being better
2 - you need breakfast everyday, as soon as you get up
3 - you need protein with every meal, solid protein at that

can you post your training program too? goals etc?

hopefully you're eating before that morning cardio too
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Exactly, you're eating about 800 calories a day looking at that. 900 would be a distinct impossibility from your totals, and if you don't eat better, you risk things like bad mineral deficiencies.

Your Bone health could suffer too. I just ran your choices through a calculator for Bones, which I downloaded and bar Vit D, you are considerably low on K, an your Calcium is very, very bad.

Okay, I couldn't include the bar, but that might go in your favour, but realistically your Calcium would still be very bad, and K could be a bit off too.

I knwo it must be hard with your kind of budget, but if you don't change things you risk not only poor bone Health, but possible Anaemia, from things like Low Copper and Iron. Possibly low immune health from things like Low Zinc etc etc, so you need to make changes.

3 meals a day consisting of Oatmeal x 2, a protein bar, and some Tuna, Pineapple and Green Beans won't suffice, and the Pineapple might digest in a less than beneficial way combined with other foods.

So things have to change and soon okay :).
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Indeed. The main thing here is, to have the goal which is great, but be good to yourself too, and remember that if taking good care of you, means possibly coming in the last 10% of runners, so be it, but there will be a next time, and you will still have done something to be proud of, but if it means having to add 30 minues ont oa run time, just to be sparing on the body during the prep phase, so be it.

Like I said elsewhere be proud of your goal, and just keep pushing as well as you can, chin up, and no worries.

Hopefully that warm smile you can clearly see you have, will be on show again at the end of race day :).
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Post by JNicole2009 »

So the end of yesterday consisted of 6 oz grilled chicken, green beans, pinapple, and a protein bar (350 cal/ 30g protein) and a big glass of 1% milk before bed.
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This morning, I ran 3.25 miles and did a spin class for 45 minutes.
Breakfast : had to make it quick so sigh...protein bar (Clif Builder's - 20g protein/ 270 cal)
I brought oatmeal and fruit with me to work and going to try the idea of every 3 hours eating. I am a secretary and runner for a law office so I am going non-stop and no real time for "gourmet" meals lol!
Dinner tonight I already have planned as 6 oz. grilled red fish, can of mandarin oranges, cooked carrots, and another protein bar before bed with milk.

I am anemic but take Calcium + Iron pills and Fiber capsules as well. I have a bone test once a year since release from the hospital to check density and all is fine. Hopefully I will be able to start increasing intake soon enough, but with everything I do (training and life), all in baby steps!!!
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Well your Cals are better, however

1. You won't get good Fruit consumption with Dinner, and Fruit would be a waste like that eaten later in the day, and not digesting properly with other foods.

2. Your body might not require so much Protein from all that Fish, so it's a waste of Protein, and the Kidneys will get a lot Uric Acid from the Nitrogen to Uric Acid conversion, from the Protein.

If you needed to, you could always cut back a bit on Fish, have a smaller portion like 4OZ, and recover some of the calories from something like Olive Oil, put on the fish after cooking, so you get some of the Oil Calories back.

Then just boost up your Cals with extra Veggies.

You've just highlighted a problem as well saying you're on Iron Pills.

That's not good, and you need to be in a situation where you don't need those. I appreciate it's difficult at the moment, and I certainly don't want to sound pushy or hard, as it's not what is right in this situation.

I would at least have had Oatmeal again today. You shouldn't have any need to take ages over it, unless it cooked, and if you don't need to cook it then have it cold, to save time. Especially as having it cold will spare some of the Carbs, as you would lose some from cooking.

You might get minerals and Vits from a Protein Bar, but Oatmeal would be a better yield, and then you could always have the Protein bar later on if you needed it, say as a mid morning or mid-afternoon snack.

That calorie total looked better than before, but you're still going to have to make some changes, as you're low, and also some aspects of nutrition, (like Fruit with Dinner), are not making good use of the nutrition you do get.

I appreciate it's baby steps as you say, and I know it will take time, but of course time is what we are willing to give, to help you, so don't take this as a "do something now or else" kind of message, as I know it will take time.

We will support you as best we can, and I wish you good luck again, and best wishes getting through this :)..
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Post by swanso5 »

this is from aother post of mine but i always refer people back to it..basically covers timing of nutrients around your day...


this is something I made up for work and thought I'd post it here for everyone;

SYT Food Plans

Non Training Days

Meal 1 eaten within 30mins of getting up and as soon as you get up if possible – fruit, high fiber cereal, optional ½ protein shake
Meal 2 – fruit, solid protein
Meal 3 – Solid Protein, Veg, Salad
Meal 4 – Solid Protein, Veg, Salad
Meal 5 – Solid Protein, Veg, Salad
Meal 6 – Solid Protein, Veg, Salad

Training Days

Things will need to change a little now as we need to implement a “post training workout window planâ€
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