Olympic Meal Plan Recommendation:
The Athlete’s Plates are a collaboration between the United States Olympic Committee Sport Dietitians and the University of Colorado (UCCS) Sport Nutrition Graduate Program.
For educational use only.
The Biggest Problems in Athletic Diets
- Not eating enough fruits & vegetables. They increase endurance, which improves performance
- Drinking alcohol causes an excess of the female hormone estrogen
- Drinking soda causes the body to become acidic, which hurts your endurance
- Artificial sweeteners make you hungry and slows your thyroid gland. This slows down your thyroid and makes you sluggish.
How Many Meals Should I Eat Per Day?
- Most athletes eat 3 meals per day
- If you want to lose weight, eat less meals
- It is not necessary to eat 6-8 times per day
Why I Recommend Superfood Smoothies
- It is an easy was to consume superfoods, fruits and vegetables
- People like smoothies
- You can easily add foods to the smoothie that helps athletic performance
Superfood Smoothies - Foods & Recipes for Athletic Performance
You can go to our Athletic Performance page for a list of beneficial foods and recipes: https://mynutritionadvisor.com/health-goals/athletic-performance/
Protein - How Much Protein Should You Eat?
- The RDA for protein is 0.8 grams for every 2.2 lbs of body weight
- Athletes are not commonly deficient in protein
- Athletes do not eat enough fruits and vegetables
Excess Protein Does Not Make You Gain Muscle
- Eating more protein does NOT make you gain muscle
- Eat the RDA of protein
- Lifting weights makes you gain muscle
What To Eat Before, During, and After Training
- Eat foods that only help your performance
- Eating a bunch of sugar will cause you to crash later on if you have more than one game in a day
- Added sugars are bad and sugars in fruits are good
- Eat balanced meals. Follow the chart used by the Olympic Training Center
- Only drink sports drinks if you have exercised hard for at least one hour and you are going to be doing more exercise.
- Don’t use energy drinks, they hurt your endurance over time
- Kids shouldn’t use caffeine
Sample Meal Plan
Breakfast
Superfood Smoothie with 1 slice Ezekiel Bread topped with peanut butter or 1-3 eggs.
Lunch
Balanced Plate based on Olympic Training Plate:
Dinner
Balanced Plate based on Olympic Training Plate:
After practice ideas:
Raw mixed nuts, or olives, or a superfood smoothie.
Before practice ideas:
If you want food before a workout or game, eat easily digestible food at least 30 minutes before you work out. I suggest fruit or a superfood smoothie.
Additional Resources
Recipes:
Coffee drinkers: try replacing your entire breakfast with this instead.
How to Make Smoothies to Target Your Health Problems:
Here is a video where we will walk you through how to find smoothie recipes that target your specific health problems.
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