Trimarni Coaching and Nutrition

Sitting down to a home-cooked meal in the evening is not an everyday occurrence for many people in our society for a variety of reasons; being too tired or hungry, wanting something easy, needing something quick and convenient, feeling too busy, not knowing what to eat or not liking to cook. As an athlete, you already have so much to squeeze into the day that it’s easy to see why dinner may be an afterthought, especially if you have been up since 5am or you are finishing an evening workout around 6:30 or 7pm.  But, that's not a good excuse.  Let's get serious... You aren't too busy to train so it's all about priorities when you say you are too busy to cook.  As an athlete myself, I can empathize with how overwhelming it can be to plan nutritious meals, every day of the week and still squeeze in workouts. And this is in addition to work, family and everything else on a never-ending to-do list.  I realize that I do not share many of my meal creation...

If something is important to you, you'll make time for it. You'll find a way, not an excuse and you'll make progress because something is better than nothing.  You are an expert at being busy!  So, if you are passionate about something or it makes you feel good, is feeling busy all the time, really the way that you want to live your life? Athletes are fantastic at staying busy. We know how to put a lot on our daily to-do list but it seems like sometimes we can never get everything done. Like we are always playing catch-up but we can't stop being so busy.  One of the hardest situations for an athlete to be in is to feel like you are always behind - behind on workouts, behind in life, behind on healthy eating, behind at work, behind on family obligations, behind on chores. It's very hard to make time for everything that is important to you and because of that, it would be to your benefit to stop being so busy.  For many people, it can feel normal ...