Nutrition??

amart04,

just to encourage you my son was 5'2 and 100 pounds at the start of his freshmen year. He was a late bloomer, he is in his freshmen year at college and is 6'0 and 165. Jon will be able to help you a lot.
I am not a nutritionist but am a nurse. You need to be eating lots of healthy food, Protein, fruits and veggies. Three meals a day, 3 good meals, at least 2 snacks and then a supplement of some kind esp. the days you work out. A good shake with some protein powder, fruit, juice or soy or milk base. take a good multi vitamin, essential fatty acids(we put flax seed oil in our sons smoothies , he cant taste it). You need good rest, my son slept a lot when he was growing and still does. he tries to get at least 10 hours of sleep. That means some times he doesnt have a lot of free time. he usually allows himself one late night out with the guys and then rest.
Keep working out. for snacks: nuts, granola bars beef jerkey,apples, bananas, jamba juice, granola (make your own), pretzels, pretzels filled with peanut butter, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches(son eats these all the time),etc.
it takes a lot of effort on your part to make sure you get enough good calories. Dont eat a lot of junk food to accomplish this( although a good oriole milkshake is ok here and there LOL) good luck

To help your body recover from the stress of your baseball workouts, you should try to consume calories within 30 minutes of the end of your training session. It will help you trigger your body out of a state of breakdown and into a state of recovery.

When I was pitching in the Chicago Cubs organization, my post-workout meal consisted of 20 to 30 grams of protein and 40 to 90 grams of carbohydrates. We were taught to shoot for a ratio of 2:1 or 3:1 carbs to protein.

• Shakes were my favorite because they contain protein that your body can easily digest
  
  
• Chocolate milk is also a great, cheap option because it's got the sugar (carbs) and protein you need at a fraction of the cost of shakes
  
  
• Any meal that balances 4 ounces of protein with a large helping of carbohydrates is good, be creative!

Hey Amart,

Good to have you post. You've really taken a HUGE step towards reaching your goals by pin-pointing nutrition is an area you need to improve. As you already have identified, it will play a large role on your success.

Let's start by you posting a sample day of eating. That way, we can work around your schedule and which foods you like.

Just be honest, don't worry if your current plans isn't optimal. If it was, you wouldn't be here!

Also include any food you are allergic too or just plain hate.

jon, your such a great help to many of these young posters. Thanks for that.

Hey jon thanks for the help. Today i ate...

BREAKFAST:
500 mg of vitamin c
Multivitamin
2 pieces of toast with peanut butter(white bread)
1 cup of milk

LUNCH:
1 Spicy Chicken Sandwich(white bun)
1 Medium frech fry
2 20 oz. bottles of water

DINNER:
1 Grilled cheese sandich(white bread)
Ramon Noodles
2 20 oz. bottles of water

SNACK:
1 20 oz. bottle of water
1 cup of milk
1 multivitamin
2 toaster stroodles

P.S. I really appreciate all of yor help Thanks.

Thank you for the breakdown.

If you change a few things, you'll be much better off

-add quality proteins to each meal - eggs, lean meat, chicken, fish, beans, yogurts, etc

-try to limit processed and fast foods such as the burger/fries, toaster strudles, ramon noodles, etc. I'd rather see a sandwich on rye with a quality lean meat and a piece of fruit than the burger/fries. Some eggs and oatmeal in the morning would be great and a snack at night you'd be much better off by replacing the strudles with something of nutritional value.

-add a fruit or veggie to each meal.

Of course, its ok to eat the foods you listed from time to time, but you want to focus your nutrition on natural foods, not processed foods.

hey jon thanks for the help but just one more thing. Do you know any streches or anything that i can do to get tall? soory for the inconvience.

Can anyone tell me about a product called NO Explode? Is it safe, is it a banned substance for the UIL or NCAA?

Mr Doyle, if you read this, you always have very informative posts, can you help?

Thanks.

Amart...no stretches make you taller. too bad! However, hanging from a pullups bar will ensure your spinal decompresses and is healthy for your spine.

As far as NO-Xplode goes, its basically a high amount of caffeine, creatine and arginine. I'd be careful with it with NCAA or any other organization. The company who makes it recently got sued for lying about what type of creatine they use. The admitted guilt by changing the label. So who knows whats in there.

About two years ago I was looking to revamp my diet. I started on a program written by the editor of Men's Health, it's call "The ABS Diet." It seriously changed my life.

I'll be the first to shoot anything down that has the word 'diet' in it. This, however, isn't a classic diet sytem. Rather, it's a tutoral on how to eat healthier and smarter. It's basically designed to simply make what you eat work for you. High in protein and low in ****, so you add muscle quickly if you're training.

I have a heart condition so I asked my Dr. to take a look at it and now he's on it. I also know a few dieticians that I ran it by and they are fans too.


I won't get into too much details and run the risk of sounding like an info-mercial. I just think it's great for anyone with an active lifestyle, esp athletes, so I wanted to suggest it.

Parents spend thousands and thousands of dollars a year on intruction and they totally ignore what they put in their players bodies. I bet you that if they drove an Aston Martin, they would pay attn to what kind of fuel they put in it. Why not treat your body the same way?