Eat more on the days you train? - Advice needed

[Emmet J]

Since I have a medical issue that affects my bowels I don't feel like eating much when I'm sick (which is quite often). As a result I don't really take in enough calories when I'm unwell and then never really build up a proper diet even when I am well. Recently though I've started trying to sort my diet out; I'm eating a lot better and feel a lot better for it.

Now I have a question about proper diet habits though.

I train about 5 times a week, and at least 3 of these tend to be fairly hard sessions (hence the needing to eat more to deal with them). My question is: Should I be eating noticably more on the days I train, or looking to keep a balanced increase throughout the entire week even on the light days and days off?

Thanks in advance for any help.

[markjitsu]

i would suggest that you need to consume even more calories if you're feeling unwell, so that your body will be stronger to fight illness.
you should also be eating carbs especially thoughout the day, and make sure that you get plenty of protein after hard training - every 2-3 hours if you're doing muscular training.
if you're training regularly, and resting and eating the right amounts at the right times, your diet will become pretty much constant on it's own.
i'm not an expert on sports science, but i think this is correct anyway...

[UK_MMA]

Honestly, if you haven't already I think you should probably speak to a nutritionist and/or gastrointestinal specialist. If you have a bowel disorder it's quite possible that it's not something that's going to have a simple answer, especially if it's one of the more complex ones like Crohn's.

[kickin.ass.ninja.buddy]

i would suggest that you need to consume even more calories if you're feeling unwell, so that your body will be stronger to fight illness.
you should also be eating carbs especially thoughout the day, and make sure that you get plenty of protein after hard training - every 2-3 hours if you're doing muscular training.
if you're training regularly, and resting and eating the right amounts at the right times, your diet will become pretty much constant on it's own.
i'm not an expert on sports science, but i think this is correct anyway...

Hi Mark

I see you fight at 65 dude, what do you walk about at at your heaviest mate, what does your diet consist of daily, and your training regime dude

I know everyones differeent just looking for some ideas man?

and do you cut out booze etc...

[markjitsu]

Hi Mark

I see you fight at 65 dude, what do you walk about at at your heaviest mate, what does your diet consist of daily, and your training regime dude

I know everyones differeent just looking for some ideas man?

and do you cut out booze etc...

i used to walk around, and fight at 65/66kg (featherweight).
now i fight at bantamweight or below (my last fight was under 60kg).
my diet mainly consists of nutella sandwiches, cola, and coco-pops atm.
booze and fight fitness don't go together:(
i train about 5/6 days a week atm, should be twice a day, but haven't managed to fit that in yet - hopefully soon...

my walk weight varies between 68/64 usually.
i'm actually wondering if i could fight even lighter?............


hope this helps.

[Young Sexton]

pm alex enlund on here, thats his username aswel. he has the same problem and is clued up on this subject, although he comes across as a retard hes a pretty smart guy.

[kickin.ass.ninja.buddy]

i used to walk around, and fight at 65/66kg (featherweight).
now i fight at bantamweight or below (my last fight was under 60kg).
my diet mainly consists of nutella sandwiches, cola, and coco-pops atm.
booze and fight fitness don't go together:(
i train about 5/6 days a week atm, should be twice a day, but haven't managed to fit that in yet - hopefully soon...

my walk weight varies between 68/64 usually.
i'm actually wondering if i could fight even lighter?............


hope this helps.

Awesome man thank you

your diet is weird, lol, I take it its way different 4/6 weeks before the fight

[markjitsu]

Awesome man thank you

your diet is weird, lol, I take it its way different 4/6 weeks before the fight

it does change slightly - about 4 days before the fight:D

[DanCrase]

Since I have a medical issue that affects my bowels

I also have this problem

Usually just after I find out I'm hard sparring with a heavyweight that day

[Emmet J]

It's Ulcerative Colitis that I have (similar to Crohns). I've had it a few years so I'm fairly clued up on diet in relation to the condition itself (which can vary depending on whether it's in remission or 'flaring'). Essentially my problem is that eating a lot means using your bowels more, and with colitis this can mean increasing the chances of leading to a flare or making it worse if you're already having one; that means that most people who are flaring eat less, either consciously or subconsciouly.

I'm doing well at the moment though so I'm eating the right foods and trying to eat the right amount. I'm not really lifting weights anymore, so most of my training is stand-up pads and sparring, sub wrestling or just full on MMA, so although I do need to consider muscle repair it's probably not to the same "eggs and steak smoothies every 20 minutes mate" degree that it would be if I was heavy lifting.

I really just want to know whether there should be a noticably higher calorie intake on your training days when compared to rest days.