Need nutition/weight loss suggestions from the educated crowd!

[tricia]

How many times has this been addressed on this forum!!??!! I have decided to tackle my health and fitness like I would any other top priority. (Up until now, I've put myself on the back burner.) I am so motivated by those of you who can get up at 4:30 in the morning to do your workout. I work from my home and have no set schedule, so my workout tends to happen whenever there is a lull in my day. (If it happens at all..lol) I also tend to not eat, It never occurs to me until my DH gets home. So obviously, my eating also needs a schedule.
That being the case, I've really considered starting on a supplemental eating plan. (I am considering MetRx since it was featured on Cathe's wedding video.) As I am clueless about nutrition, I believe this is a great option for me. I am hoping one (or many) of you will share your thoughts/ideas with me, since I'm at the end of my rope trying to figure out how to eat and get a workout rotation going!
The Cathe tapes I have are: Crosstrain Xpress series, Circuit Max, Cardio Kicks, Interval Max, Step Works, Body Max, MIS and MIC, StepFit, Power Max, Wedding Video, Step Jam, and Step Heat.

I know this is really long, but I'm hoping someone here can give me some help getting a rotation together. Any ideas on nutrition for the "nutritionally challenged" would also be great! I know I can lose some of this weight & get my muscles back to the surface if I can figure this out! Sorry this is so long, I'm so glad this forum is here with such a great bunch of folks!

Tricia

 

[Debra]

Hi Tricia,

Get yourself down to the local library! Barnes & Noble or Borders will work too if you don't feel guilty about working your way through their nutrition books.

Here are some suggestions from prior posts: Nancy Clark's sports nutrition book, anything by Deborah Waterhouse, anything by Jane Brody. There are some other sports nutrition books that I like, but they tend to be geared towards endurance athletes (runners, cyclists, triathletes). I like Nancy Clark's book because it stands alone while many sports nutrition books presume a basic level of nutrition knowledge. Jane Brody's book hasn't been updated for awhile but it's solid. It discusses the deficiencies of pop diets but doesn't discuss the latest popular supplements. I don't think it discusses many soy products which are much more widely available now than a decade ago.

Nancy Clark's book includes a lot of ideas for mini-meals that even the culinary challenged could master. It's #1 on my recommendation list for fitness enthusiasts.

Hope this helps.
Debra

 

[tricia]

Thank You Debra!! I'm going today to the library. I'll keep you posted..
Tricia