low budget climbing diet

[rockstar]

so here's the deal...i need a more healthy diet, numero uno. i have been feeling run down and not climbing to my potential lately and blame my diet. i have been eating very little and un healthy meals. i am looking for low cost but more importantly healthy meals.

i think i need to stick to the food pyramid more and eat less processed food and more fresh fruit/veggies.

any help would be appreciated. presenlty spend well under $40 a month on food. could kick it up to $100 a month to help me climb better and more importantly feel better. thanks.

[Meadows]

Use the wonderful "Search" feature for a thread VERY similar to this.

You're not going to get healthy with that low of a budget. Find a sugar momma. Don't ask me though.

[rhunt]

i think i need to stick to the food pyramid more and eat less processed food and more fresh fruit/veggies.

I think you already answered your question. Consider getting more rest too, that's usually more of a reason for feeling "run down" than not eating a balanced diet.

[rockstar]

yeah i know. i was looking for more recipes or something. i do need to get more rest also. hard to take a rest day when you live in the red. thanks.

[rhunt]

yeah i know. i was looking for more recipes or something. i do need to get more rest also. hard to take a rest day when you live in the red. thanks.

I don't have any recipes. First thing I did when I figured out that eating better will help me climb harder was to quit eating all fast food. I immedately lost 5 pounds and felt a 100% times better.

[Meadows]

rockstar, There is a recipe book out there for poor college students. I'll try to find it for you, I might have a copy still.

[J-Rock]

Damn, maybe I should try that. I eat BK double cheeseburgers almost every day for lunch. I've gained 10-15 pounds this year and I can't climb as hard anymore!

[Wes]

Go buy some good protain powder. Drink a shake after climbing.
Go buy a good multi-vitimin. Take one each day.
I like good soup, maybe $1.50 - $2 a can for dinner.
Peanuts in the shell are cheap and have good stuff in them. Get unsalted.

Eat whatever other then that.

Rest days are key. No more the four days a week on, or after awhile you will be beat down. Full week off every 6-8 weeks will help as well.

Wes

[Meadows]

Doesn't that protein powder cost as much as his monthly budget?

[Wes]

Doesn't that protein powder cost as much as his monthly budget?

You can find deals, and if you don't take a full serving (like 1 or 1.5 scoops instead of 2) you can make it last awhile. It is key though. Good mixes will have supporting stuff in it as well, which will help recovery. It doesn't do any good to take a long roadtrip if you come back in worse shape then you left, climbing weaker, or at least not as strong as you could be.

Climbing makes you weak. Rest, nutrition, and recovery make you strong.

Wes