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Kellie I.
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What advice can you give about eating healthy amd training?

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I have recently turned a new leaf and have been making a point to eat healthier, but I don't think its all that healthy. I know when I train I need to eat more to replenish, but I tend to want heavier items. What would you suggest?
I also don't know much about cooking healthy. I've just started getting into more vegetables, but I am afraid to try something I don't know how to cook.

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  • Lacy L.
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    I'm a flexitarian and love the foodstyle of it. My eating is not usually this "clean" but I'm on a little fitness mission right now so I'm pretty focused. Here's what I ate today.

    Breakfast: Buckwheat and oat milk waffle with almond butter spread
    Banana
    2 mugs coffee with almond milk

    Snack: Apple

    Lunch: Chicken sandwich with spicy hummus spread

    Snack: Smoothie of baby spinach, pineapple, banana, and almond milk coconut yogurt

    Dinner: Pesto on toast, 1/2 a beer

    Post workout snack: Homemade endurance chocolate chip cakie

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  • Erik K.
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    First, eat real food. No super-process chemical filled stuff even if it says "diet" or "light".

    Veggies are great, I recommend getting a steamer of some sort. I use one of the stainless steel baskets that goes in a simple pot you should already have since the basket is inexpensive and works as well as anything else.. Most vegetables can be steam and it's usually the healthiest way to eat them (and IMHO tastiest).

    Without going into a full diet plan, the last advice I'd give is don't be afraid of the good fats - olive oil, avocados, almonds, etc.

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  • Andrea P.
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    Basic rule of thumb: Eat anything that isn't processed, i.e. anything that wasn't "cooked" or prepared before you bought it at the store. So eggs, milk, butter, produce, dry grains, legumes, and seeds. Also I go by the rule "One Size Doesn't Fit All". I tend to do better on a high carb/high veggie/high fat diet, whereas you probably need more protein and fat. So basically eat what makes you feel good as long as it's healthy. Visit the link for more info on healthy eating. http://www.foodrenegade.com/the-basics/

    Good luck, and happy eating & training!

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  • Stephanie W J.
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    Try cooking one new food a week. My husband and I try a lot of new recipes. I've also asked my other friends how they have cooked their vegetables.

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  • Teri E.
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    I love to cook and have a lot of cookbooks. My favorite is called Saving Dinner. The meals are easy to prepare and other than buying different types of meats, lots of fresh produce and spices galore you don't buy a bunch of weird stuff (with the exception of some veggies you've never heard of)! When I started cooking this way I would come home from the store with veggies I had never tried before. I also bought a lot of spices I'd never tried and now I have some new favorites. The layout of the cookbook is by the week. She provides a shopping list and a dinner recipe for 6 days of the week. It takes a lot of the thinking out of your cooking dilemma. Also the meals usually only take 30 minutes to prepare. Of course there are some recipes we don't even try because they don't look good, but on those nights I just fix a family favorite like spaghetti. The author, Leanne Ely has a website www.savingdinner.com. If you go to the shop tab and then click on Menu Mailer she has menus you can buy for 3 months to see if you like it. Each week you get a ton of recipes including regular, heart healthy, low carb and paleo. You just download the document and print it out. When I make something I rate it so I know if I want to make it again. Right now I'm using the recipes out of the Paleo plan. Even though I know how to cook healthy, we are eating much healthier since I began using the Saving Dinner stuff. I think it is because her recipes are generally healthy and it makes menu planning very easy!

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  • Alan H.
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    Deciding what to eat is always my biggest challenge. Check out Michi's Ladder:

    http://www.decidetostayfit.com/michis-ladder.pdf

    If you eat mostly from the top two tiers, your diet will be pretty good.

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