Diet Help

DU.LLAHAN

Hi, I am hoping to start running soon i want to do the ireland great run in april. At this moment i am 5,9 and 221.2 pounds fairly overweight. I am in the process of doing up my diet and need some advice. The following is my food plan.
Breakfast Small Bowl of porridge
Lunch ham salad
Dinnear Meat with veg, stirfrys and the like.
Snacks throughout the day Fruit and nuts

My question is this. Is this a good food plan for somone who wants to lose weight whilst running.

metamorphosis

It all depends. There is not a one size fits all diet. MY first piece of advise would be read the stickies here. Great source of free nutritional info.

As i runner myself i want to ask - are you doing a training program for the 10k next april? Are you a beginner runner? If you are a beginner runner the couch to 5k program is a great way to build yourself up. If you are already following a program etc you can just ignore that bit.

Complex carbs are a great energy source as they release energy over time rather than a quick energy spike followed by a crash. Things like wholegrain rice, pasta, wholegrain bread,fruits and veg are examples and aid your training greatly.

Your diet is grand. Sure i could pick out little things but overall its good.
Dont be afraid to change it up. Some mornings maybe have eggs for brekkie or ryvita etc etc

Through in some dairy for snacks too like cottage cheese, which is an excellent source of protein, nut butters etc.

Hope this heps somebit and best of luck in trainin g!

DU.LLAHAN

ULstudent wrote: »

It all depends. There is not a one size fits all diet. MY first piece of advise would be read the stickies here. Great source of free nutritional info.

As i runner myself i want to ask - are you doing a training program for the 10k next april? Are you a beginner runner? If you are a beginner runner the couch to 5k program is a great way to build yourself up. If you are already following a program etc you can just ignore that bit.

Complex carbs are a great energy source as they release energy over time rather than a quick energy spike followed by a crash. Things like wholegrain rice, pasta, wholegrain bread,fruits and veg are examples and aid your training greatly.

Your diet is grand. Sure i could pick out little things but overall its good.
Dont be afraid to change it up. Some mornings maybe have eggs for brekkie or ryvita etc etc

Through in some dairy for snacks too like cottage cheese, which is an excellent source of protein, nut butters etc.

Hope this heps somebit and best of luck in trainin g!

Yeah i am going to start the couch to 5k next week.

i-digress

I wouldn't limit your bowl of porridge. Porridge is very low calorie if it's made on water, so I'd eat as much as you need to feel satisfied.

spaceylou

The plan looks okay but don't be afraid to play around with it or you will get bord! For example, try and have different ingredients in the salad so that it is not the same the whole time, stuff that is great in salad imo would be:

baby spinach leaves
different type of lettuce leaves
rocket
onion
cucumber
tomato
beetroot
gratted carrot
apple
celery
etc etc etc.....

and switch around the ham as well - so variations on the theme....chicken salad; egg salad; tuna salad; bean salad etc.

And the same goes for other meals - variety is the spice of life and all that jazz.