Nutrition Plan and Eating Habits

Hey everyone!

So I've had some requests on how I eat throughout this entire process. Here's what I've gone with that works for ME personally.

I searched around about what the diets were like for many top level CrossFit athletes and there were 2 answers that came up the  most: Zone Diet and Paleo Diet. Most answers were a mixture of the 2. I decided to start out by experimenting with the Zone Diet considering there were many testimonials, lectures, and articles that stated how it aided in athletic recovery.

The diet itself consists of a few rules:

1.) Eat every 4 hours with meals that consists of 1/3 protein and 2/3 fruits or vegetables on your plate.

2.) Try taking a fish oil supplement every day to get some good fats.

3.) Either by supplement or by brightly colored fruits and vegetables, ingest polyphenols to enhance the anti-inflammatory response.


To me this diet seemed very simple to follow, and after 1 week I had no problem whatsoever. With Zone it's very easy to eyeball what you need on your plate for you. Of course it does go into further detail and list specific foods to try and stay away from such as starchy high glycemic carbs. I am following that aspect fairly well, but if I have some bread it's not going to kill me. What I also like about this diet is on their website they list restaurants and different ways you an easily have a zone meal when you go out to eat.

I've followed the Zone fairly strictly keeping my portions on my plate in check, I take a fish oil supplement in addition with a multivitamin supplement I've taken for years, and I eat when I need to. I do keep to foods that I know don't affect me and I know I can have. In the morning and immediately post workout I have a glass or small cup of chocolate milk to wake me up or help with athletic recovery. On weekends I do have cheat meals because there is no way I'm going to train for this long without getting me some ben and jerry's or movie popcorn and milkduds.

Honestly though, and this has been my philosophy for quite a while, this diet just follows the basic rules when it comes to eating. Just don't eat the junk and control your portions. There you go! How much simpler could you get?

And finally, how does it work for me? Great! My performance in my workouts are better, my recovery is better, after listening to my body I can just tell that it's right for me. But if anyone on here is going to attempt to replicate this, remember this program works for me and it could very well work for you too, but just experiment a little bit so you can find what's right for you.

Until my next training session,

Pat