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Nutrition planning for runners, OCR athletes, and endurance athletes

Learn how to eat smart to run fast and be strong.

Resources designed to help empower you to make informed decisions about nutrition planning and body weight.

Learn about healthy eating

Read my article at veohtu.com/healthyeatingpattern.

Check out the athlete's plates

Learn how to eat and fuel your training with the Athlete's Plates.

Estimate how many calories you burn

Calculate your energy expenditure and plan your body weight goals with the NIH Bodyweight Planning tool and https://www.myplate.gov/myplate-plan. For more info about the tool's development and validation, see: here, here, and here.

Track your calorie intake

Use the reliable and accurate nutrition tracking app from Nutritionix, and/or use the web-based Nutritionix Food Database. I also recommend some alternatives: The FatSecret app is also very good, with similar functionality to Nutritionix. And, if you are specifically interested in thorough micronutrient tracking, Cronometer is superb.

Calculate how many calories you need, track your calorie intake, and monitor your body weight goals

Estimates your daily energy expenditure (like the NIH Bodyweight Planning tool) and track your nutrition (using the Nutritionix database) while monitoring your body weight goals all inside one app: The Macrofactor app.

Important: I am not affiliated with, sponsored by, or receiving royalties from NIH, Nutritionix, FatSecret, Cronometer, or Macrofactor. I use and value their tools because they are accurate, relaible, and user-friendly.

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