A little slip in my diet lately - a few extra meals eaten at a vegan restaurant, a little hummus on Ezekial bread after my evening salad. Not bad but maybe not optimal for a hard training athlete. The original plan was eating out after a race for celebration and of course that kicks off a craving for cooked food throughout the week. Again not bad - especially of fat is kept to a minimum - and I think perhaps my body responds well to a little extra protein and fat (very little extra) so I'm not stressed about it. But it is something to pay attention to as any dietary slip can be the begging of a more damaging binge if we don't bring a certain sense of awareness to it. So with the addition of speed work and more races of late I think my body has been craving more calories in general and more carbs specifically - and of course the answer is two fold - more fruit and more greens. So that's the plan which is really going back to square one - the basics - and the path to optimum performace. There's still room for a vegan slurge - but minimal is the key.
Peace,
Eric
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