High Octane Fueling
 Your body adapts to changes you make in diet
and exercise. Here are some tips to "fool" the body into continuing
positive adaption to prevent plateaus in your training program.
1. DON'T BE A BREAKFAST SKIPPER.
Mom was right -- breakfast is the most important
meal of the day. Why? It jumps starts your metabolism. One study
at the Mayo Clinic showed that breakfast eaters burn an average
of 150 more calories per day than breakfast skippers.
2. VARY THE CALORIES.
Your body can adapt to a low-calorie diet by
going into "conservation mode" and subsequently burning away fewer
calories. To prevent this cooling of the furnace, vary your caloric
intake from day to day.
Your body needs about 15 calories per pound of
body weight per day to maintain itself. For three of four days,
eat 250 to 500 calories less than your maintenance level. Then
go back up to your maintenance level for a few days. Then go back
go for a few. And so on.
3. EAT OFTEN.
Now there's some advice I can get into.
Give up on the three-square-meals-a-day routine. You need to graze
through the day on 5 or 6 mini-meals at 200-400 calories each.
Eat often, and try to include plenty of vegatable, fruits, and complex carbs.
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