What Does A Personal Trainer / Fitness Professional Eat?

I get this question from time to time - "what do you eat?"

Often after talking through the nutritional guidelines i recommend to clients.

So here we go - a fairly typical day of my food intake.

Bowl pretty full of nuts, seeds, small amount of dried fruit, oats and 250ml of low fat yogurt.

1 Slice of rye bread and 4 poached eggs, plus a few veggies.

Serving of chicken or fish along with a good helping of raw vegetables.

Handfull of brazil nuts almonds and handful of dark chocolate!!

Serving of chicken or fish along with more veggies, occasionally some kind of sauce and occasionally some kind of carbs - rice, pasta.

Somewhere (either with the nuts and chocolate or after evening meal) i'll usually have another bowl of yogurt and nuts etc.

Variations?

Up to a couple of servings of red meat a week.

Usually no more than a couple of alcoholic drinks a week.

I tend to eat fruit as and when it is available locally in season.

Hydration?

Probably get through 1 - 2 litres of water, and up to 8 cups of green tea a day!

4 cups of black coffee a week.

Supplements?

1-2 doses of Seagreens seaweed supplement.

What i have covered here is probably ridiculously consistent for me! I just find it easy to do something similar at the same time most days. Most of the time food is simply fuel, although i definitely enjoy eating!

I eat and drink nearly 100% organic, and as mentioned with the fruit i prefer local and in season produce.

I have tried quite a lot of variation in my nutritional approach, which included five and a half years as a vegan.

I think that everyone should start out with all the basic nutritional guidelines in place and then optimise and make changes gradually from there to find out what works specifically for them.

Avoid extreme fads and 'miracle' products!

To your health and vitality!!

Steve

www.everydayathletes.co.uk
www.sussexbootcamps.co.uk