What to eat - when to eat

[Egglett]

I'm just playing with food again at the minute in the hope of loosing my after op recovery weight... anyhow last year I hit on a plan of eating to fuel that worked quite well... but this year I want to take it a bit further

This week I've started a habbit which means I eat a good breakfast and a large lunch (sort of like tea at lunchtime) and then what I want to do is divide the rest of my intake into a post run/training snack about 4pm (usually run/train around 6pm) and then a smaller snack after run/training at about 8/9ish

Hopefully this will work better than eating nothing after lunch untill I get back from run/training - that's late night faffing about cooking and going to bed overly full

Anyhow - ramble over!!

Any of you got any good idea's for a decent snack?

[justlovestretching...]

I'm interested in your approach Egglet, I am always trying to work out the best timing for calorie intake, especially when trying to lose the pounds. I too usually end up eating late at night.

Do you work mon-fri normal hours? I find I don't really want to eat my main meal of the day at work.

I think a fab pre-training snack is chopped fruit / dried fruit with yoghurt and a sprinkle of muesli or nuts/seeds. Good balance of protein and carbs with plenty of vitamins and good fats. Enjoy!

JLS

[Sarah]

At work I keep Walnuts and dried apricots on my desk to snack, to stop me from eating rubbish.

As for a pre run snack, oats so simple golden syrup with chopped apricots.

[david]

As for a pre run snack, oats so simple golden syrup with chopped apricots.

I don't know how you can cope with pre run snacks. I need about 4 hours between eating anything and running or I just feel sick.

[Sarah]

I don't know how you can cope with pre run snacks. I need about 4 hours between eating anything and running or I just feel sick.

I can eat cereal upto 1.5 hours before, probably cause my running pace isn't a great deal faster than most peoples walking pace on here

[Penguin]

lose pounds i am struggling to keep weight on of late! 61kg a lose of 4kg whilst on holiday, not good.

I eat when i am hungry, can normally take food on no less than an hour before a run. found on long runs it's often a good idea to have a few snacks with me to maintain some sort of calorie intake!

[Fleeter]

eat anything and lots of it,all the time

[Penguin]

eat anything and lots of it,all the time

does that mean you are round around the middle these days?

[Egglett]

Thanks for the replies

Well I'm still cultivating the right things when! Have played about a bit and the snack idea seems to work well

My job is desk based and it's acceptable here to eat when you like - no strict rules about only a breaktimes so that makes it easier

Definatley find that on a hard training week I need more food though... that's frustrating as unlike Penguine I am trying to get some off and not on!

Thanks for the idea's of what you snack on
I must say I cant eat 2-3 hours before unless it's a banana or sweets but the 4pm snack is working - off rd training starts at 7pm so it's just right to let that settle..

[Wheeze]

Egglet, I have just lost 1 stone in 5 weeks. I eat as much as I want, when I want. I have completely lost the desire to snack. I eat fab tasty food and get blotto on wine on a regular basis. Want to know more? Check out the 'Wine and Food Lovers Diet'. It really works!