Eating for Performance

Now that I’m at my goal weight I’m finding it REALLY hard to transition from eating for weight loss to eating for fitness/performance. For a VERY long time I have been focused on losing weight. That meant keeping myself in a calorie deficit and working as hard as I could in my workouts to burn the calories that I was taking in.

Now that I’m trying to switch over to eating for performance I’m not 100% how to do it. How do I balance out my calories so I’m eating closer to what I’m burning? What foods should I be eating to ensure that I’m getting the most of my workouts/training days? How long before/after a workout should I be eating them? What balance of carbs/protein/fat/fiber is right for what I want to achieve? What AM I hoping to achieve with all of this?

With all of these questions rattling around my brain I decided it was time to book a nutritional consultation. So next week I’m having a consultation and I’ll hopefully solve a few of these mysteries! I have dutifully done my food/workout log and sent it in and have put together my list of questions. Next up is to sit down and talk about it and come up with a plan.

Can’t wait! Stay tuned – I’ll let you know how it goes!