Running and Food, Glorious Food

It’s nice to be posting about food without a guilt complex.

The topic of this week’sTake It and Run Thursdayis food and there are no ground rules.  Unless you don’t have any interest in foods—favorites, dislikes, recipes—then you belong here! 

I’ve learned a lot from Matt Fitzgerald’sPerformance Nutrition for Runners.  In it he talks about theSix Pillars of Performance Nutritionand breaks it down and explains howthe right nutrition is as much a competitive advantage for improvement as running the right workouts.  Includes great info on maximizingenergy sources, shaping your body composition, supplements, fueling, recovery, and tips to lose weight without dieting.

I just ordered a book but can’t tell you much about it. It’s

The Runners’ Cook Book:  Recipes From Some of the World’s Best Athletes.  It’s a compilation of recipes and is a fund raiser to benefit the Jenny Crain "Make It Happen" Fund and the Ryan Shay Memorial Fund.

Tom’s Food Stuff

Favorite Unusual Food:stuffed grape leaves

Favorite food website: Cooking Light

Foods I love and can’t eat enough of: sweet potatoes

Food you won’t believe I love: Fruitcake

Foods I love, but don’t eat:soft drinks, hot dogs, donuts

My Sin Foods: ice cream, onion rings, M&Ms, animal crackers, Kraft Macaroni & Cheese (character shapes)

My steps to Leanness

• It’s all about what foods you keep around the house
• When trying to eat healthy, pretty soon the good stuff starts to taste good and I can walk away from the bad stuff.
• Size does matter: it’s all about portion size—and we won’t learn anything about healthy portion size in an American restaurant. 

Looking forward to reading everyone's preferences, recommendations, and words of wisdom about foods.