RunningAHEAD - Topic: calorie intake

calorie intake (Read 474 times)

ashares view log	posted: 10/5/2007 at 1:19 AM
	how many calories should a highschool XC runner be eating? like, running up to 11 miles a day, lifting for 30-60 min a day. im 5'4 and 110 pounds? any suggestions on intake>???? thanks

Ed4 view log Barefoot and happy	posted: 10/5/2007 at 8:11 PM
	Are you weak and tired, or losing weight? Then eat more. Otherwise I wouldn't worry about counting calories. But I would encourage you to think about what you're eating. A steady diet of corn syrup, bleached flour, and highly refined vegetable oils can really screw you up. There's way too much to say about diet to summarize it here. But if you're interested, check out the writings of Michael Pollan and Sally Fallon, for starters.
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Mrs Hub view log Shea	posted: 10/5/2007 at 8:19 PM
	You can use a calorie calculator like this one to get an idea of where you should be... http://www.nutritiondata.com/tools/calories-burned
	Sara 2009 Long Branch NJ half marathon "Work it, make it, do it, Makes us harder, better, faster, stronger!" ~Kanye West

Jeff view log	posted: 10/5/2007 at 8:45 PM
	Ed4 is right. Eat if you're hungry. Your weight seems fine (are you a boy or girl?)--particularly if you just had a growth spurt. My advice is not to count calories if you don't have a problem with weight. Your body is not an calorie burner; it is what you live in and will be attached to for the rest of your life. Listen to it. Stay away from soda pop and tater chips. Run a bunch.
	a vagabond,..highway-beater; a rolling stone, one that does nought but runne here and there. ~Cotgrave, Randle A dictionarie of the French and English tongues, 1611

littlem

posted: 10/7/2007 at 5:33 PM

Quote from Jeff on 10/5/2007 at 8:45 PM:

Ed4 is right. Eat if you're hungry. Your weight seems fine (are you a boy or girl?)--particularly if you just had a growth spurt. My advice is not to count calories if you don't have a problem with weight. Your body is not an calorie burner; it is what you live in and will be attached to for the rest of your life. Listen to it. Stay away from soda pop and tater chips. Run a bunch.

yes to this, almost word-for-word (although i think the occasional soda and/or chips are fine... balance and moderation works well for most humans...!)