So, my head coach was right. I've been bailed up a few times in recent days - this time about my diet - by people who aren't qualified nutritionists. I've lost over 11kg since Christmas, and I eat pretty clean so why do people feel that they have the right to ram their opinions down my throat? I don't do it to them, so why should they do it to me? Diet is a personal choice, if I want their help or advice I will ask.
Some people think I eat too many carbs. Well, I'd hate to think how I'd get 580g of carbs from veges alone (of course potatoes don't count) - fifty thousand buckets of spinach at 1.4g of carbs per cup anyone? Last time I checked I was training 14 hours a week for a half ironman which is in just over four months. So, to keep you happy, I'll just make sure I have fifty buckets of spinach on my bike while I'm riding 90km, ten buckets of salad while I'm swimming 1.9km and a whole swag of carrot sticks while I'm running a half marathon.
Shyeah, right.
Shyeah, right.
Someone had a crack at me about a yogurt. It's already high protein, low fat, low sugar...but apparently the yogurt is full of sweeteners and that's bad for me because it's 500 times sweeter than sugar. Okay, maybe it is - but it's one yogurt in a pottle that I grabbed at the supermarket because I wasn't organised enough that morning to spoon the non-sweetened yogurt out into a container (which I've run out of) to take to work. Sorry about that. But it's ONE yogurt!
I could be eating ice cream on my porridge (don't laugh, I know someone who does this - and they are over 120kg and miserable), or spooning mountains of brown sugar on it, or covering it in golden syrup, or eating coco pops/fruit loops/whatever. But no, let's not consider the fact that I am eating porridge - let's focus on the yogurt. Because there's nothing like making someone feel like shite about choosing one "bad" yogurt (out of an entire lifetime of food).
I could be eating ice cream on my porridge (don't laugh, I know someone who does this - and they are over 120kg and miserable), or spooning mountains of brown sugar on it, or covering it in golden syrup, or eating coco pops/fruit loops/whatever. But no, let's not consider the fact that I am eating porridge - let's focus on the yogurt. Because there's nothing like making someone feel like shite about choosing one "bad" yogurt (out of an entire lifetime of food).
Jees, I don't need lectures from people who have no qualifications in nutrition. My diet is my diet, and it is NOT open for discussion.
Just back off and leave me alone.
My new response will be that I'm already paying a qualified nutritionist and dietician $65 every month for visits to analyse every bite of food and everything mouthful of liquid that goes in my mouth, and I don't need any further "guidance" on my diet, so thanks but no thanks! I know what I can and can't eat - I already have enough dietary issues to deal with (life-threatening allergies, intolerances and a gallstone to boot) - and it's going to get to the point where I'm just not going to talk to anyone about anything, or eat in public.
My diet is my diet, and my business, NOT YOURS!
Just back off and leave me alone.
My new response will be that I'm already paying a qualified nutritionist and dietician $65 every month for visits to analyse every bite of food and everything mouthful of liquid that goes in my mouth, and I don't need any further "guidance" on my diet, so thanks but no thanks! I know what I can and can't eat - I already have enough dietary issues to deal with (life-threatening allergies, intolerances and a gallstone to boot) - and it's going to get to the point where I'm just not going to talk to anyone about anything, or eat in public.
My diet is my diet, and my business, NOT YOURS!
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