If you asked me to tell you the scoop, I would begin to rattle off flavors of ice cream most likely from my local Coldstone Creamery. Instead today I am gonna give you the story on something more personal that I’ve come to take very serious.

Food is one of my favorite subjects 2 discuss. I sometimes day dream about being a famous food critic when I am finished with track. I travel back 2 reality when I realize that although I eat just about anything I don’t eat everything and so my scope for criticizing would be somewhat limited.

I have been lucky enough that high metabolism and naturally muscular build as a result of good genetics has allowed me to eat whatever I want whenever I want and still be a world class athlete. This also has been my main argument for refusing a supplement of any kind. Who needs a pill for calcium when when you can drink milk (preferably with cookies

However during the 2007 season I carried around a few more pounds than usual. Still I wouldn’t budge on my views. I want to be as natural as possible. So during this off season I still ate what I wanted but focused on not always eating until I was stuffed. I also added some “distance runner runs” to my early fall training in addition to my regularly scheduled program. Having lost those few pounds I committed to eating better for the new year after all if you love just about everything what’s the big deal about eating the healthier stuff for awhile. In addition I gave up on the scale. I am convinced the scale was invented by Satan himself in an effort to get women to commit suicide either by starvation or other means.

Long story short in early April my coach forced me on the scale. I am not sure if it was because I looked like an elephant or if she just wasn’t sure what else to do as my workouts had been ok but not stellar as they usually are by this time of year. Not only did I gain back those few pounds but a few more had joined the the party!!! I am not naming numbers because although I am sharing a very private matter with you all I recognize that not everyone has my best interest at heart. Last thing I want is the media using my own words against me to making an issue of it. Talk about a nervous break down!! I had been eating right, training hard and putting an effort unmatched by any of the prior years as a professional only to find out I wasn’t on track.

Coach gave me the number of the nutritionist who I had refused multiple times in the past. I called… Lisa Dorfman came to the rescue. With just 10 weeks until the trials we had work to do. I sent in a menu of the things I had eaten over a 2day period and she analyzed it and brought with her to our first meeting along a detailed menu of of I would be eating for the next wk. We did height weight body fat etc. My weight comes from being dense. (Everyone knows muscle weighs more than fat still there is a fine line between having muscle for power and being weighed down by excess muscle where its function becomes counter productive. So since then I have become accountable to Lisa emailing what I have eaten at the end of each day. This is a great tool to make me think about what I am putting my mouth because I know I have to share it later and anyone who knows me knows I don’t have what it takes to lie. She breaks down my intake and gives me feedback such as suggesting alternatives as to what to do is a situation where only certain foods are available or whether or not I ate enough that day. It has been really great in helping me understand why I cant just eat whatever I want and my body has soooooo felt the difference. I have this never ending supply of energy. No more napping after practice because I am not tired and the workouts have improved tremendously.

I used to laugh at poor Jarred on the Subway commercial knowing he wasn’t eating the good sandwiches. I now have to laugh at myself as I often am limited to those same 6in sandwiches when I am on the road. you would be surprised how filling just half is if you just give it a moment 2 digest.

Lastly I want to talk about the supplements aspect of it. I was stressed out when Lisa started to discuss the things I needed to be taking as supplements and how each was important. I felt like I was going to become a sellout if I started with all these powers,shakes, pills and such. I explained I didn’t want anything that isn’t available to the whole world in a regular drug store as there are so many companies that you can order this and that from now a days. So after much conversation and compromising we came up with an agreement.Hopefully the picture above is clear and you can see what I have now added to my life as a supplement to my diet. This is all stuff you can pick up at the local CVS or Walgreens. In order to achieve success you have to make some sacrifices. I want to be an Olympic Champion in Beijing. I am willing to be open minded and try to get more out of my body by tailoring my diet to performance. Hopefully to my fans this shows my dedication to being a winner.I am still drug free and committed to clean sport and the idea of of a fair playing field!! My stomach is growling so until next time!!!

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