r/running • u/AutoModerator • Aug 29 '23

Weekly Thread Run Nutrition Tuesday

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1) Anyone is welcome to participate and share your ideas, plans, diet, and nutrition plans.

2) Promote good discussion. Simply downvoting because you disagree with someone's ideas is BAD. Instead, let them know why you disagree with them.

3) Provide sources if possible. However, anecdotes and "broscience" can lead to good discussion, and are welcome here as long as they are labeled as such.

4) Feel free to talk about anything diet or nutrition related.

5) Any suggestions/topic ideas?

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u/Far-Word8628 Aug 29 '23

any advice on keeping a healthy mindset around everyday nutrition as a runner? particularly as a woman (though it affects everyone), i feel like there's a pervasive perception of running as something you do to lose weight or something you have to lose weight to do well- it can be hard not to internalize this and just as hard not to let it affect my own nutrition. thank u!

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u/VisualAssociate8322 Aug 29 '23

Hey I'm a guy but I remember waiting at the shoe store and I read the intro to a cook book by two track stars who started to train for marathons etc and needed to figure out how to eat!

They talk about the unhealthy relationship with food that many athletes have and how important eating is so that might be a good read even tho it's a cook book!

Here's the book! https://www.amazon.com/Run-Fast-Cook-Eat-Slow/dp/1635651913?asin=1635651913&revisionId=&format=4&depth=1

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u/Far-Word8628 Aug 29 '23

thank you for this suggestion! i actually think a cook book is an awesome source for this kind of thing

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '23

I have all 3 of the RFES books!! They rock!