All athletes around the world know the importance of watching what you eat. Even if you are not an athlete you either want to lose weight or gain weight.
All athletes struggle with to trying to keep the weight that they are losing from constantly losing from burning calories during practice and games. But keeping that from happening is a lot easier said than done.
From my own personal experience I struggled with trying to keep my weight at a steady pace. During the Fall I weighed 205 pounds, I found that this weight kept me feeling energized and also strong. So I thought that I would be able to just keep eating the same way I was and I would be fine.
Consistent exercise requires consistent calorie intake, when the year was done I weighed 170 pounds and had lost all of my strength.
In order to get my weight back I had to increase the amount of calories I had per day. I found that if I consume 900 calories before 9am and eat at least 4 more meals throughout the day consisting of 600-700 calories I was able to have enough calories to keep a consistent energized and strong weight.
When trying to gain weight you also need to watch the type of proteins and carbohydrates you are consuming. You need to find foods that you like and find a way to modify it so that it has less useless fats in it.
Chicken, beef, fish, are good things to eat but just season them with spices to help with the taste, adding sauces and dips to help with the taste will defeat the purpose. Eating it with rice or potatoes is a good way to get large amounts of carbohydrates into your meal so that it will fill you up and be easy to convert to pounds.
Citations
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