# Pittspeed Fitness & Nutrition thread update:

**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittspeed-fitness-nutrition-thread-update/180728
**Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [March 2, 2006, 10:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittspeed-fitness-nutrition-thread-update/180728 "2006-03-02T22:40:41Z")
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### Author: ![jph102900](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jph102900/32/6049_2.png) [@jph102900](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jph102900)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2009, 10:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittspeed-fitness-nutrition-thread-update/180728/1354 "2009-02-06T10:59:19Z")

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> [@Help name my boat](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-name-my-boat/39511/42):
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> Are there any good websites that talk about nutrition? I know my diet is bad, but i really don’t know how much or what to eat.
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> I usually do not have breakfast and when I do, it’s a pop tart or something like that. I usually have a pb&j and some cookies or fruit rollups for lunch. Dinner is usually a good meal. I go to the gym at night and when I get home I usually have another dinner sized meal at around 10-11 before bed.
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> I have a good workout going and want to get my diet in check.
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> ps. this is the best thread on pittspeed 😃

I am by no means a diet pro, but something that one of my inlaws mentioned a couple weeks ago was an old saying like: “At breakfast eat like a king, at lunch eat like a commoner and at dinner eat like a pauper”. Essentially, if you load your calories into your morning/early meals, you have all day and your workout at night to burn them off. I try to have some cheerios or oatmeal for breakfast with some fruit. Then before lunch I have a snack like cheese and crackers. For lunch I have a salad w/ a little dressing, or a wrap, or a sandwich (usually lunchmeat or tuna). Then I don’t eat much until dinner and I just like to have some grilled chicken or fish with rice and a veggie. If I am going to the gym I try to eat earlier for dinner so that I can digest before the gym. Also, I have heard you aren’t supposed to eat within 2 or 3 hours of going to sleep. You may want to consider pushing your calories towards breakfast and lunch and then having a normal sized dinner before your workout and then skip the second dinner before bed. Try just doing a protein shake or a piece of fruit if you need to eat something. It will take a few weeks (you’ll probably be hungry at night) but you will get used to it.

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