Discussing with my new Thai coach my goals today. Told him I mainly wanted to get back in "fight shape" again and was hoping to get some pro fights in MT before I reach 35. He told me the first thing to do is get my diet dialed in and to not even think of it as a diet, but rather a complete change in eating habits for long term. He suggested a low-GI diet with a good amount of protein on rest days. He said it would help metabolism and energy levels needed to actually compete in MT.
So I started the journey of researching a low-GI diet and it seems confusing, but I may be overthinking it. I see you can eat low-GI and medium-GI foods, but you can mix in high-GI foods with certain low-GI foods to decrease the overall GI of the meal.
Am I understanding this all correctly? I've been looking over the GI list to try and get some sort of meal plan going, but I end up getting frustrated lol
So I started the journey of researching a low-GI diet and it seems confusing, but I may be overthinking it. I see you can eat low-GI and medium-GI foods, but you can mix in high-GI foods with certain low-GI foods to decrease the overall GI of the meal.
Am I understanding this all correctly? I've been looking over the GI list to try and get some sort of meal plan going, but I end up getting frustrated lol