Friday, December 12, 2008

Not a salad in sight...

with my usual end of competition season break, comes my end of athletes diet break too:-)

Normally I follow a moderate GI diet, with "windows" of higher GI foods pre-training or racing. My diet is high in healthy veggies, nuts, lean proteins and very little "starchy" CHO (but still a bit as I have a 3 year old!).

Since the final Verge race, I have been on a no "green" diet. Lots of Thai/Indian/Mexican cuisine all washed down with some yummy brown beers to boot! so far I am up 1 pound...and hope to put on another 2 pounds by the end of my break on the 19th of December.

So, while your off the bike or have the running shoes stored away...enjoy a "normal" (sad to say eh?) diet so it is easier to get back to that athletes diet when the break is over!

Happy Holidays folks!

4 comments:

Wheels said...

Don't we have this backwards? I mean, we're not exercising, so shouldn't we be watching what we eat now?! I have fallen off the diet wagon in a big way!

Trigirlpink said...

Whatz a moderate GI diet?


Do me a favor, put on another 4 instead of 2. No sense making me feel Oprah- like and not wanting to eat again for the rest of the day after reading this. (sigh)

Kurt P. said...

moderate glycemic index : meaning very limited high GI foods (grains, breads, pasta's, etc).

All about controlling the blood sugar response. Not just body comp.

Wheels said...

I have 2 words for this 2 week break: SUPERSIZE ME!