: Hi Anita,

: You'll be absolutely delighted with
: how well you
: can do your sports with this program.
: There's a
: fitness list under Make Connections
: where lots
: of athletes write about doing the
: steps and sports.

: I'm a triathlete and eat protein
: shakes for breakfast
: the day of events (and every other
: day, LOL),
: sweet potato cakes and peanut butter
: sandwiches
: during the bike riding, and veggie
: burger and fried
: egg sandwiches afterwards. It becomes
: so easy.

: And yes, you need more food if you
: work out.

: But start with the first
: step-breakfast. You may need
: more than the .5 amount of protein.
: What are you
: having? Do you eat within an hour of
: getting up?
: Do you include a complex carb?

: JoEllen

Thanks JoEllen!
I already have the breakfast part dialed - I eat plain steel cut oats with no sugar added protein powder almost every morning. I'm also pretty good at sticking to whole grains and having 80-90 grams of protein throughout the day. The step I need to start with is keeping the food journal and then only eating 3 meals a day (I'll have to eat something with carbs before workouts and during workouts though - this is the part I'm concerned about eating sugars for).

I'll do well with what I eat for a week or two, but then if I have candy or something on a normal day I'll just start having uncontrolable cravings every evening, which I eventually give into on a nightly basis and for the next week I'll eat crazy amounts of sugar every night till I feel so bad that I cant do my usual workouts and then I stop...its really a terrible cycle that I so, so, so want to stop going through.

I notice that eating say, gummy worms mixed with electrolite chews on a 4-8hr indurance day doesnt start it - but if in the next few days I'm stressed out from work and there are still gummy worms around or whatever, I'll eat them, and then I'm done for! The nightly cravings kick in. :(

Any help and advice on things to eat during the workouts would be helpful.