Grant Ellis
9th April 2006, 06:32 PM
After the competition yesterday I have been eating like CRAZY!
What should I eat???
I am no nutritionist, but since 5:00 pm yesterday till 1 in the morning I ate:
3 bowls of soup (the thick chunky kind)
2 packets of top ramen (lol)
A Spicey Chicken Sandwich Combo from wendy's (no I didn't supersize)
two bowls of cereal
a bag of microwaveable popcorn..
AND I AM STILL HUNGRY!
Like, I have a small stomach and almost never eat...but doing martial arts again I am STARVED!
SOUL_FIGHTER
9th April 2006, 07:04 PM
Might just be because you came from a tough competition
When I started wrestling, the workouts were so intense for me that I would eat ALOT
Grant Ellis
9th April 2006, 07:23 PM
Yeah, I know it was mostly that... but I should be eating properly before the fights too I think.
I'm just an old has-been, but I want to make a good showing!
If I compete again it would be June...
Titan
11th April 2006, 11:25 PM
It´s because you need protein. Start with 1.5 grams per kilogram bodyweight per day. Depending on how much you train, you can dabble with that number, but from what I´ve read and learned, I doubt you need to go as high as 2.5 grams. I limit intake to 40 grams a meal, because I think that´s the body´s limit of what it can consume, so the protein consumption is spread over meals. I´m eating smaller meals constantly, about 6 smaller meals a day (every 2 hours) instead of 2 big ones. I call it meals, but, in fact, I´m not a chef so it´s just "nutrition" and not necessarily something fancy. I make sure to get the protein in me, and vegetables (with olive oil) and fruits just come on its own during the day, as I eat what I feel like (or what the body feels like.) I take a potent vegetarian multivitamin and multimineral tab every day to cover all bases. I rarely eat pasta, rice, bread or potatoes, cause my body has in light of previous performances not responded nearly as well to that as what I describe eating above, but I´m no nutritionist either. Anyway, getting off track here, but point is: eat more protein!