A couple of weeks before Christmas I paid a visit to a nutritionist to identify how my diet was letting my running down. My coke and chocolate cravings had long since taken over and I had fallen into a pattern of bing eating on high carb snacks. Needless to say my diet was terrible and over christmas I started reading allot about how I could improve things.

Bit by bit I finished off all the  frozen dinners, pizzas, white bread and cans of coke. Now I am living and breathing nutrition.  This week I really got started on my diet. It would be great if the weather would facilitate me running but I started none the less. I have been using the dailyburn.com site to keep track of my daily eating habits. I’ve done really well to cut out everything but a little bit of chocolate (4 plain squares) each evening.

I bought a book over christmas The Complete Guide to Sports Nutrition (Complete Guides). The book is very clear, complete and comprehensive and will tell you everything you need to know about nutrition relating to sporting activities. It’s my new bible.  There may be more detailed books out there (don’t know if there are) but to be honest this will tell you everything you need to know, right down to some example recipes, diets for 2500,3000 and 3500 calories and practical advice. It takes a few reads but after a while you start to get the hang of things.
If you’re looking for a general read on the topic which will cut the jargon and tell you what you want to know, you’ll not go far wrong with this book.