If you go in for sports and do not set a goal to lose weight, but, on the contrary, correctly build muscle mass and maintain the energy level necessary for intense workouts, then you should slightly reconsider your eating habits and diet.
Choose the right products
You are what you eat. Everything that enters your stomach plays a huge role in the body. If you choose the best laundry detergent, quality soap, then don’t let low-quality food get inside.
Drink plenty of water
Drink plenty of clean water, not only during your workouts, but also on days when you take a break from them. Water is the basis of your body, and without it, the recovery processes take much longer and more difficult.
Cross out empty calories
After training, you always want to eat more – this way the body wants to restore the lost energy. Often, due to the consumption of the wrong foods after exercise, weight gain occurs, which many are surprised. Foods that provide exclusively energy without benefit for the stomach and intestines, which do not contain any vitamins, forever cross out of your diet.
Eat slow carbs
Fast carbohydrates increase tone sharply and quickly, but in the same way a decline in energy comes to replace, again you want to eat, and again hello to calories. Slow carbohydrates provide energy for a long time, increase endurance in training and have a positive effect on the figure.
Eat unsaturated fats
These are useful for your heart, skin and blood vessels: fish, nuts, avocados, vegetable oils. They will increase metabolism, regulate mood, increase endurance, improve memory. Eat occasionally all foods that contain saturated fat. Avoid them completely before training – they give a feeling of heaviness in the stomach and provoke a breakdown.
Maintain a balance of fat, protein and carbohydrates
Any diet or a busy lifestyle, when there is no time to eat, disrupts the harmony of the ratio of proteins-fats-carbohydrates (BJU), which leads to a decrease in performance during training, loss of muscle tone, and a decline in mood. Prepare healthy snacks and take them with you, count calories using special programs and adjust your diet due to a lack of one or another element.
Plan your meals
Write down your meal plan in detail – it may seem overkill and time consuming at first, but you will soon appreciate this approach. Expect what to eat before training so that you have enough strength for your load, what to eat after so as not to rush into unhealthy snacks.
Pamper yourself
Proper nutrition is psychological comfort as well. And if you want a piece of cake – eat it, just adjust your diet so that the balance of calories, fats, proteins and carbohydrates is maintained. Arrange loading days and don’t beat yourself up for weakness.