Healthy Foods and Exercises?

Question

I am starting gymnastics and need a good way to get fit for it. I'm most certainly not over weight, but not under weight. But i do have some bad eating habits lately and want to cut it down. I have done gymnastics for 8 years but stopped for a while and restarting but between those years i lost some of my strength. what are some good healthy ways, foods, exercises, or routines to prepare for this? But also something simple that i could do daily that will make a difference, i don't need much.

Answer 1

for a workable diet  

here is what my dietician suggests .  follow a practical diet. start your meal with a soup or a huge salad. this fills u up. Make sure your plate has this ratio - 50 per cent  veg, 25 per cent  carb.remember potatoes, corn and peas come in carbs category,    25 per cent  protein.this will prevent cravings too.have a protein shake if you like too.an occassional treat is OK. have a snack every three hours. fruit ideally berries,  or soy nuts. just 2 tbsp of soya subsides hunger pangs. switch from white rice and bread to brown. eat 900gms of veggies a day.Lose a kilo a week. that is  permanent loss.  pick an exercise regime you like.  

get a pedometer and  try to take 10,000 steps everyday.