Healthy Eating

When running or jogging, or really trying to start or maintain any sort of exercise regime a major factor is food.  Food and healthy eating. 

Its all about being realistic what are you eating today that is going to help give you the fuel you need to get through  your work out?  If you eat a mountain of fries with a soda you won't want to go for a jog afterwards and you'll be undoing any hard work as well.  I'm not saying you can never indulge, more just that there needs to be a balance somewhere. 

If you decide to eat an unhealthy meal, whatever that is, you can't turn around and say you are trying to lose weight or be healthy.  Maybe you are just maintaining.

Now that I'm getting back into jogging after taking the winter off, I'm trying to be more mindful of the food I'm eating.  Planning what to eat for lunch that will get me through until dinner time.  What to eat before a run so that I have energy but don't feel gross? 

I've been eating a lot of brown rice with vegetables and salads lately, and depending on how soon till my next run, fruit smoothies either before or afterwards. 

I've also been noshing on raw almonds as a snack.  They are high calorie and high protein so you feel full and satisfied after eating just a few (think 10 or less).