Nutrition is 150 per cent of the bodybuilding formula. It's that important.
You can dramatically affect the expression of your metabolism and your biochemistry by the way you eat and the way you live.
Good nutrition must be at the core of all that you do training and health wise.
Eating right is key. Every athlete is going to train hard and lift hard and all that, so what you eat can be the difference when you want to separate yourself. As an athlete, it's really important to put healthy foods in your body.
I usually have my protein at lunch and my carbs at night - I don't mix protein and carbs.
I'm naturally a muscular gal with some curves, so eating a Mediterranean diet makes my body happy.
Once you learn the basic rules of good nutrition, you'll realize it's not so complicated. It doesn't matter if you're running errands or 13 miles, you need enough fuel to last all day. Proper nutrition is the difference between feeling exhausted and getting the most out of a workout.
If your body needs certain food, you have to give it to it. And as an athlete, if I'm doing 100 miles a week and working out, if I eat bad food one day, it's not bad for me because I burn it off.
