What I ate CrossFit Regional weekend & What I've changed going into Games Training: Part 1

What I ate through Regional weekend and What I’ve changed going into Games Training

Part 1

Normally I am a huge foodie however the week leading up to regionals I wanted nothing to do with food, especially during the competition.  My stomach was out of whack, I was irregular (nerves), and moreover had to force feed myself throughout the weekend.As a Dietitian and from experience, I know how important fueling is for optimal performance, especially during regionals, where you are working out 2x/day, adrenaline is at its peak, and the brain and body are working overtime.   In 2015, I embarrassingly did not fuel myself optimally and paid the price on day 1 event 2 when my body shut down, causing me to finish almost 2-3 minutes slower than my practice time.  My performance suffered due to undereating/drinking the day before.  Live and learn I always say, so going into the 2018 Regionals I made my nutrition a priority. First and foremost, I did not change anything going into regional week, everything I fueled myself with my body had known previously.  During mock regional weekend, two weeks prior to competing, I tried to eat exactly how I would game day/weekend.   For example, I had an entire 36oz pedialyte the day prior to regionals and one to two competition days with additional carbs and fluids.  I used the same pre and post workout supplements as I did in all my trainings and stuck with similar foods.  Aka there was zero change regional weekendThursday: t-minus 1 days to Event 1Breakfast: Egg white vegetable omelet + oatmeal + fruitSnack: peanut butter and jelly sandwichLunch: Open face rotisserie chicken and cheese sandwich, fruit,Dinner: grilled chicken sandwich + roasted vegetables + mac n cheese (hey, I needed more carbs)Snack: peanut butter pretzels and puffin cerealFluids: Water/pedialyte, and Nuun electrolyte tablets throughout the day Friday: Game day! Warm up starts 1:00Breakfast: 2 eggs, 1 egg white, 1/2c oats, ¾ mashed banana, cinnamon omelet/pancake, water/pedialyte -- 7:30amSnack: open-face peanut butter honey sandwich -- 10:30amFluids: Water/pedialyte, and nuun electorlyte tabletsUR Driven Pre-workout 30 minutes prior warm-up + handful fruit snacksEvent 1 “Triples” 45-minute endurance workoutUR Pure Whey protein shake post workout + Applesauce Squeezy½ peanut butter and jelly sandwichUR Driven Pre-workout 30 minutes prior warm-upEvent 2 “Linda” heavy weights workoutUR Pure Whey protein shake post workout + Applesauce Squeezy½ peanut butter and jelly sandwichDinner: Sweet potato, chicken veggie kabobsLate night snack: peanut butter pretzels + pedialyte Saturday: Day 2, event 3 Warm-up starts 12:45Breakfast: same as Day 1Snacks: ½ peanut and jelly sandwichFluids: Water/pedialyte, and Nuun electrolyte tabletsUR Driven Pre-workout 30 minutes prior warm-upEvent 3 Gymnastics triples (high skill)Finished pre-workout + UR Pure Whey protein shake post workout + Applesauce SqueezyUR Driven Pre-workout 30 minutes prior warm-up

Event 4 Snatch Burpee workout

Finished pre-workout + UR Pure Whey protein shake post workout + Applesauce Squeezy½ peanut butter and jelly sandwichDinner: ½ burger + ½ chicken sandwich + sweet potatoSnack: Puffin cereal + entire pedialyte 36oz Sunday: Day 3, event 5 warm-up starts 12:00Breakfast: same as Day 1 and 2Fluids: Water/pedialyte, and nuun electorlyte tabletsUR Driven Pre-workout 30 minutes prior warm-up + waterEvent 5 ChipperFinished pre-workout + ½ UR Pure Whey protein shake post workout + Apple sauce Squeezy¼ UR Driven Pre-workout 30 minutes prior warm-up + water…. I was really nervous*Only 90-minute rest between workouts

Event 6 Sprint Rope Climb Thruster

ALL THE FOODSides Notes:-I usually have more brown rice/wild rice in my diet however we forgot it at the store so went with what I had J i.e. oatmeal, bread, sweet potatoes-I have a lot more vegetables in my diet and an RX bar/day however I was rather “irregular” aka nervous poops, so stayed away from dates (Rx Bars) and high fiber vegetables.-Fluids were constant, trying to rehydrate myself as much as possible-Foods were simple around workouts as wanted body to be fueled but not use much energy breaking down food, fat takes longest to digest.  I also like to workout on a ‘more empty” stomach + nerves were out of whack-Large breakfast and even bigger dinner since mid-day I was not eat as much while competing Part 2 of the series will go over how my nutrition has changed the past two weeks as my CrossFit Games training began, stayed tuned!