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Run Fast. Eat Slow.: Nourishing Recipes for Athletes: A Cookbook?
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I love this cookbook in general. Each recipe is marked as vegetarian, gluten free, or whatever else is appropriate for that recipe. There are some really good (and adjustable and forgiving) recipes.
The Moroccan Lentil Salad recipe in it is amazing, and also super easy to adjust to your family.
Perhaps you should eat more fats. Fats make us feel satiated. Healthy fats are absolutely necessary in our diet as runners.
I highly recommend reading this book by Shalane Flanagan.
Run Fast. Eat Slow.: Nourishing Recipes for Athletes: A Cookbook https://www.amazon.com/dp/162336681X/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_72NHDA01Q4PKEMB7DCH5
Oh my goodness, thank you SO much for your response. I appreciate all the info that you put into it!
I'll post over at r/running, thanks for the suggestion!
That's a great point about pacing. I've been starting out fast, near the fastest pace I used to be able to run after consistently training for months - so obviously I burn out fast. I'll work on going the pace I need to, even if it feels too slow, and look at my progress over time.
Committing to a schedule - definitely something I need to do. I'll work on being better about actually planning out my runs, and not completing an amorphous "run for what I feel like" workout.
Have you heard of Run Fast. Eat slow.? I definitely don't want to fall into the trap of overeating with "runger" then not achieving my weight loss goals. I, however, find calorie tracking a bit difficult mentally... and would prefer not to do it, if possible. I'm considering just planning out meals/snacks from that cookbook and some other whole foods cookbooks, then see where that gets me? Or maybe I need to track calories.
I have a Garmin! I absolutely love it. The one I have has a wrist HR monitor, which I'm sure is not as accurate as a chest strap. Thanks for the SmashRun suggestion, I hadn't heard of that site before!
You might give these a look:
Run Fast. Eat Slow.: Nourishing Recipes for Athletes: A Cookbook https://www.amazon.com/dp/162336681X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_PE3F3FBK9D1RTENVAQRP
Run Fast. Cook Fast. Eat Slow.: Quick-Fix Recipes for Hangry Athletes: A Cookbook https://www.amazon.com/dp/1635651913/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_B4C2JR0A0WGXNNG5FAQX
I haven’t read them myself, but they were NY Times best selling from Olympian authors.
There are several diet/cooking books aimed at runners. They won't give you a set plan, but they give a good outline of what you might need.
Run Fast, Eat Slow is a popular one: https://www.amazon.com/Run-Fast-Eat-Slow-Nourishing/dp/162336681X/
I just picked up a couple of others, The Feed Zone Cookbook (https://www.amazon.com/Feed-Zone-Cookbook-Flavorful-Athletes/dp/1934030767/) and The Endurance Training Diet & Cookbook, (https://www.amazon.com/Endurance-Training-Diet-Cookbook-Triathletes/dp/1101904607/) both of which look good. The Feed Zone guys are cyclists, primarily, but the main points should still be relevant. One thing I notice about their recipes is that they're relatively carb-heavy. If you can get one of these at your local library, it might be worth thumbing through them.
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