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10-09.-2006, 09:30 PM
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Anyone have any eating / dietry tips ?
Hi All !
Has anyone got any tips / recipes for more healthy eating. Due to the fact i am so busy at work, i am finding i am eating a lot more quick fix food. Due to the fact i get home later i am also not riding as much as i should. Some quick and tasty recipes tips would be great. Oh and no tuna.....cant stand it ! lol. Any help would be greatly appreciated ! Cheers Tim |
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11-09.-2006, 01:05 AM
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Re: Anyone have any eating / dietry tips ?
make your own sandwitches to take with you, they are usually more healthy then whats in ones you buy. you could add turkey/ham salad, cheese, hummous, roast veg, chicken or anything else you fancy. also make a small salad and take that along to(although watch the dressing go for vingerette with a little olive oil if needed).
what are you currently eating?? post up an average days meal. laura |
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11-09.-2006, 03:27 AM
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Re: Anyone have any eating / dietry tips ?
You should check out the Nutrition forum here. Stay away from trans-fats (hydrogenated oils, margarines), which you'll find present in a majority of packaged foods in the supermarket and in restaurant meals. It's a killer, and unless you read ingredient labels carefully you'll be getting far too much of it. High fructose corn syrup is another synthetic product to stay away from, and you'll find it everywhere. I'd also highly recomment the book "The China Study." The author is one of the world's leading health researchers, and he very persuasively argues that all animal-derived foods (meat, dairy, eggs, etc.) promote cancer and heart disease.
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11-09.-2006, 05:23 PM
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Re: Anyone have any eating / dietry tips ?
Thanks Heaps, will look into those great book ideas.
Cheers for the words of wisdom Laura, i will start making my lunch and taking it with me to work. A normal days menu would be: Breakfast - Muesli and OJ Lunch - (either ) Chicken Salad Sandwich, Toasted Ham and Cheese Sandwich, Meat Pie or those bloody yummy cheese Roll's. ( please note: not all of the above ! lol ) Quite often i dont eat lunch as i am too busy, opting to wait until dinner. Dinner - Varies........... Pasta, lotsa rice and chicken, fish and chips. I think my big downfall is snacking ( as im not eating lunch ), and digging into what ever is available. Any healthy snack ideas ? Appreciate you help. Tim |
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11-09.-2006, 05:42 PM
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Re: Anyone have any eating / dietry tips ?
Healthy snack ideas .... fresh fruit, dried fruit, nuts or if you like them both, one of those fruit and nut mixes
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12-09.-2006, 06:01 AM
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Re: Anyone have any eating / dietry tips ?
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you should make an effort to have lunch, otherwise your body will go into starvation mode(although not too bad if snacking). maybe have two larger snacks around 11 and 3 to keep you going. breakfast is fine(although swap OJ to orange or at least dilute the OJ a bit as its a sugar rush). try to eat wholegrain bread/rolls as its not refined like white bread so keeps energy levels more constant. if you are riding before dinner, then pasta or rice is great to replenish glycogen levels which get worn down. if riding after try having a slightly smaller dinner and a carb snack after your ride. |
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12-09.-2006, 07:58 AM
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Re: Anyone have any eating / dietry tips ?
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Agree it is a bad idea to skip lunch - also, take your time eating it, do not just scoff it down in two seconds in a rush to get back to your desk, otherwise your brain will not get the message that you have eaten something. Also, I would suggest adding a serve of fresh fruit to your lunch menu. The sugar content of fruits varies considerably depending on variety and level of ripeness so check the label when you buy the ready squeezed stuff. I would suggest you squeeze your own OJ fresh each morning but of course, you have no idea of the sugar content that way.  |
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12-09.-2006, 08:04 AM
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Re: Anyone have any eating / dietry tips ?
Here's my favorite, if somewhat heretical dietry reference. http://www.westonaprice.org/
Probably the best thing you can learn to cook is bone stock. It is just so versatile and you can cook realy tasty meals by just throwing some meat and vegetables into it and simmering away. Here's the quick way to make it. Get some chicken carcasses and optionaly some chicken feet and put them in a pot. Rule of thumb is that about 1/4 of the pot you are using is bones/meat and the rest water. Turn it on high until it starts to boil, turn down to the lowest setting, skim the surface crud off, add a pinch of salt, several peppercorns, a bay leaf or 2, put the lid on and walk away for 16-24 hours. It doesn't need to be suppervised although I do cook with electricity and not gas. Simple and absolutely delicious. Simple dishes like just cooking some bok choy in stock are absolutely delicious. Regards, Anthony |
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