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"You can't out train a bad diet" and "you can't out earn bad spending habits" what are some other true clichés along the same lines as these? (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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Obviously you can kind of but its extremely difficult (for those pedantic commentators I foresee)

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[–] 3 points 5 months ago (1 child)

When I was marathon training I found that eating enough calories was a matter of meal timing, simply because I didn't have the stomach to be able to eat that much in a single sitting.

With training a total of 50 miles (80 km) per week at a body weight of 190 lbs (85 kg), that's basically 6700 calories per week of direct energy expenditure, maybe another 1000 calories of excess post-exercise energy expenditure. That's 7700 calories per week from running, which allows you to add a whole 1100 calories per day to your diet, plus the amount you'd normally need for day to day.

With intense exercise, there's a lot of room to work with.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    That's one of the reasons I ended up eating like trash. Fatty foods are calories dense foods, and that made it easier to get enough calories in a single meal, rather than trying to eat enough food throughout the day that wasn't as calorie dense.

    I won't pretend that was the only reason I ate like trash, but it was definitely a part of it

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