…the way I feel. I decided to get tested and see what my body was deficient in and what I could make up with nutrition. So now I have a kind of very planned-out system: I wake up. I usually start my day with Chobani yogurt (she is also sponsored by them).”
“For lunch I’ll have a salad with some type of protein in it. … And then my dinner is a bit bigger. I eat a lot of fish, some red meat, a lot of vegetables, brown rice. I try to keep everything pretty balanced. It’s important to make sure I have enough nutritious food to fuel me through the intense days.”
But, just like many of us, she keeps it real when it comes her cravings.
“Ice cream is my guilty pleasure. You can get so just tied up with trying to do everything right that you need to be able to reward yourself from time to time.”
When she thinks of combining diet and exercise to reach your goals, the olympian stresses that if you think of exercise as something that is fun, it’ll be easier to stick to than if you think of it as something you have to do. “Enjoy the process,” she says. “Keep your priorities straight and then go after them with a plan.” Felix suggests socializing your workouts by enlisting the help of a friend or two, and turning lunch dates or happy hours into workout sessions.
Allyson Felix, you’ll always be a true champion and number one to us, no matter what.
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