160322 - CrossFit | Got Food?

I have this broad-ranging idea that people do not eat enough. Whether it be because you're trying to lose weight and have been told to reduce your calories to an unholy and unreasonable 1200 (or 1500) calories, or if it's because since you're focused on and striving for fitness and eating clean, you under-fuel. 

Yes, it is beneficial to reduce the amount of crap you put into your body. Yes, eating clean is good and all.  At the end of the day however, for the kind of physical output we ask of you and the requirements placed on the body for recovery, you cannot reduce your nutritional volume. 

Chronic under-fueling and then binge-eating is a problem. Cheat days that are totally unhinged and ridiculous are not supporting your healthy lifestyle. Reducing and reducing your calories by using meal replacements and crack packets ("energy boosting" supplements) are hiding the issue not fixing it. 

We assume that every workout is going to make us sore and we'll take forever to recover after hard outputs, but that's only true sometimes. It's less true when you get quality protein and carbohydrate 15-20 minutes after your workout. It's kind of a free zone where you can refill your glycogen stores more readily with less concern about overall caloric intake.  

If you feel beat up, tired and hungry, and even sick feeling, look at increasing your food intake. The good food of course, but don't wrap yourself around the axle about it. 

Chances are you'll not only perform better and recovers faster, but feel better overall as well. 

AMRAP 10: 
9 thrusters
12 pistols
18 toes to bar
7 thrusters
10 pistols
14 toes to bar
5 thrusters
8 pistols
10 toes to bar