Your diet.. What you eat when training and outside of competition?

[Chris Garry]

Low carb but not to the point where life sucks.

Plenty of Eggs, nuts, seeds and the like are doing big things for my energy levels and mood recently.
Caffeine in the right amounts, although this can be tricky.
Sweet potato 2-4 hrs before a hard training session on the evening and I'm flying.

Glucosamine, dopa mucuna, vit D1 and ultimate greens in the AM.

If you choose to lower carbs you must up your healthy fats. I am often surprised at just how much good fats I can consume on a training day and maintain weight. Calories mean fuck all to me anymore.

THC can also be decent after a heavy workout, relieves tension and aches n strains. Best vaped IMO to avoid all the nasty toxins smoke produces.

[Jason "Kermit" Frayer]

Saying low carb is just silly because veggies are carbs...

[Jason "Kermit" Frayer]

Maybe we can say low starchy carbs? Any way love this guy and his paleo book! http://www.robbwolf.com/

[Chris Garry]

You wouldnt in your right mind limit the amount of vegetables you consume though would you?

[Kyle Spalla]

You wouldnt in your right mind limit the amount of vegetables you consume though would you?

Simply put. No I would not.

[Mike Dewitt Jr]

Does that ever effect your training and performance while not training for tournaments or do you eat pretty healthy year round Mike?

I dont eat terrible, but I am not a regular at the Whole Foods by any stretch of the imagination. I enjoy my fair share of sweets for sure. I try to work hard enough that I still burn it up.

[Chris Herzog]

Hey guys if you have questions about supplements, post workout recovery, joint care and general health, diet, etc. my wife is a certified natural health professional and herbalist. "Like" her facebook page, she will answer questions and point you in the right direction if ya need somthing.

http://www.facebook.com/balancebynature

[Jason 'J-Faz' Farren]

I eat very clean these days but I used to be the fattest most undisciplined fuck.
Seriously before jiu jitsu i'd just eat proccessed garbage all the time and drink soda, I have a picture of myself from four years ago that literally makes me shudder.
But now I'm 79kg (174) walking around from 110 kg (242), and looking to get to 75 for my next tournament previously I competed at 79.
Now a days it's usually morning- oats with coffee (multi v, fish oil), snack- egg & apple (no not mixed together), lunch- chicken & salad or vegies, snack- egg,
-Training- whey protein just before, during and after, 4 x lollies to restore glucose levels after hard session,
Dinner- red meat & veg.
Drinking outside of my morning coffee with honey instead of granulated sugar it's 1-2 ltrs of water a day and a juice after training.
But I still love some shit food so I give myself a break day on saturdays, and if I'm sick (which is ultra rare now) I'll drink lemonade, my body needs the glucose at that time anyway.

[Chris Herzog]

I eat very clean these days but I used to be the fattest most undisciplined fuck.
Seriously before jiu jitsu i'd just eat proccessed garbage all the time and drink soda, I have a picture of myself from four years ago that literally makes me shudder.
But now I'm 79kg (174) walking around from 110 kg (242), and looking to get to 75 for my next tournament previously I competed at 79.
Now a days it's usually morning- oats with coffee (multi v, fish oil), snack- egg & apple (no not mixed together), lunch- chicken & salad or vegies, snack- egg,
-Training- whey protein just before, during and after, 4 x lollies to restore glucose levels after hard session,
Dinner- red meat & veg.
Drinking outside of my morning coffee with honey instead of granulated sugar it's 1-2 ltrs of water a day and a juice after training.
But I still love some shit food so I give myself a break day on saturdays, and if I'm sick (which is ultra rare now) I'll drink lemonade, my body needs the glucose at that time anyway.

Just a heads up glucose and sugars can lower your immune system further, the worst times to ingest them is while you're sick.

[AndyK5]

Paleo is an amazing system, I have found a lot of success with the Dolce Diet system. I have went from 190 lbs(86k) , back down to my normal weight of 165 (75k) in only a couple of weeks. I have been eating a lot of Sushi but after workouts and drinking protein shakes, and a can of Coconut Water and eating a light snack, but I still feel zapped. I think it has something to do with my hydration. Another thing I still find myself craving fast-foods (IN N OUT, McDonalds, Taco Bell). If money weren't as tight I would love to get more into the Dolce/Paleo system and get my fighting weight down to 145 (66k). I just think it's my current routine that is heavy cardio intensive that is killing me and I should be taking in more carbs. And my supplement vitamin stack is pretty impressive as well so I feel amazing while working out just afterwords I am dead to the world. I don't know any suggestion?

What is the dolce system? I have read the small booklet which is more of a food diary before competition than an actual diet book. Is there something else that gets in to eating style in more detail?