Friday, December 9, 2011

Period 2 Weight Training Macro Nutrients

Everything that you eat falls into one or more of three macro nutrients. They are Carbohydrates, Fats, and Proteins. All three are essential for maintaining health and focusing on both the quantity and quality of these macro nutrients will improve your overall health as well as your performance gains in this class.


The basic sources of carbohydrates are:

•Raw or lightly cooked vegetables
•Most whole fresh or frozen fruits
•Whole grains, breads, pasta, cereal and anything processed that comes in a box or bag and can sit in your pantry for months without going bad.(cheeze-its, lucky charms, chips, etc.)

The basic Sources of Fats in the diet are:


  • Dairy - Milk, Cheese, yogurt
  • Nuts, Seeds & Oils - Vegetable oils
  • The basic sources of protein in the diet are:
Meats - Beef, fowl, fish, pork

  • Dairy - Milk, Cheese, Yogurt
  • Eggs
  • Beans
  • Nuts and Seeds
For this weeks blog, take a look at your current eating habits and see if you can see any trends in you current eating based on macro nutrients. For example, do you eat more carbs than anything else, do you eat more protein, do you eat any fat? We will discuss quantity and quality of macro nutrients in our next blog. For this post I just want you to examine your current eating.

20 comments:

  1. Mostly carbs (bread, cereals, grains), then protein (red meat, nuts, fish), and lastly fats (fast food and processed goods).

    David Oganesyan

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  2. i mostly eat carbs and a lot of protein mainly because of the protein shakes i drink i could also cut back on some of the fat i eat.

    miles green

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  3. i mostly eat protein like eggs, beans and meat, but i usually eat carbs with them like eggs and bread.
    Keivan Ramezani

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  4. Cooper Hazel

    I eat mostly protein (meat, protein shakes post-workout, nuts) and carbs (fruits and bread), I try to stay away from fatty foods like fast food.

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  5. i eat a lot of protein shakes, chicken cause its low in fat also i eat shrimp.
    -stephen potemken

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  6. i uaslly eat alot of protein like salmon and chicken, i have cut out most of my carbs since wrestling has started, i need to cut down on fat intake

    josh strauss

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  7. Mostly fats (fast food and processed goods and enough protein(red meat, nuts, fish) to slim down.

    -Andrew Yang

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  8. I mostly eat proteins (red meats, steaks). I try to stay away from fast food that are high in fat content.i also have a lot of cards such as breads and cereals.

    Sina Dayanzadeh

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  9. I eat A LOT of carbs(bread) and A LOT of protein (meats, fish, etc.) I dont gain weight for some reason :/ but thats what most of my diet consists of.

    -Jason Bernard

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  10. I eat a lot more protein than carbs or fats. I drink two protein shakes a day (total: 60g of protein). I had cereal and bread with butter for breakfast (Fats), then Steak and Pasta for dinner (proteins & carbs)


    John Shi

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  11. usually in the morning i would eat carbs, like a snack bar/cliff bar. occaniously i'll eat eggs for breakfast, and i mostly eat a balance of carbs and proteins and fat for lunch and i eat chipotle alot for dinner. I should cut back on the amount of fats in my diet
    charles li

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  12. I think I have a very balanced diet: I eat a lot of carbs like pasta and oatmeal. My fat consists of whole milk that I drink to gain weight, and flax seed oil. Im on a no cheese diet and also try to cut down on junk food. For protein, I eat alot of meat in my sandwiches for lunch and take protein post workout and casien before bed.
    -- skyler Santomartino

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  13. well for breakfast i always eat my quackjer oatmeal the apple kind otherwise it taste like crap. for lunch i eat a turkey sandwhich with chesse lettuce and mayo, i also eat baked chips and a fruit cup. for dinner i eat usually whatever my mom puts on the table sometimes its chicken and rice and other times its some kind of caserol.
    Bobby Mack

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  14. i mostly eat protein(chicken,salmon)and carbs like bread.i should cut back on the calorie intake and add more vegetables to my diet and nuts.

    josh strauss

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  15. I eat more protein than anything because of protein bars, a good amount of carbs, and than some fat

    John Stoeber

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  16. I eat mostly carbs (breads, fruits, chips)but protein and fat as well. I could probably cut down on the fat as well as simple sugars.

    -Alec Jasen

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  17. i eat mostly carbs, like rice, bread and cereal, but i try to eat a lot of protien too, like chicken and fish. And id say i eat fat less than carbs or protien

    mehrzad van gieson

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  18. i usually try to fit in alot of protein to build muscle, but i do eat alot of sugars and fats such as candy and taco bell. I try to limit those as much as possible and instead try to fit in more fruit and veggies.
    -matt bussard

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  19. i eat mostly carbs (bread), and a lot of protein (meat, fish) sometimes eat vegtables,and fruits.

    Rafi Hadhiman

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  20. I mostly eat protein, like eggs or a lean meat, and carbs, like bread. I don't eat much fat

    Ethan Gladner

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