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Top 10 Ways to Fuel Your Body through Healthy Eating

By Figure Skating Performance, Nutrition, Performance for Everyday Life

Christina Modeling Ellie's Double Threat Tank and Little Black CapriI have a post at Ice-Dance.com on the “Top 10 Ways to Fuel Your Body through Healthy Eating.” Here’s the beginning of the post:

Ice dance and dance in general often require the ideal “dancer’s body”. The measures that skaters and dancers take to get this “dancer’s body” can be extreme and dangerous at times. Since ice dancing is a sport, it’s more important than ever to protect your body to help ensure its longevity.

Ice dancing is becoming more technically difficult all the time. This really takes a toll on the body, increasing the risk for injuries. Therefore, fueling your body through healthy nutrition is one of the best things you can do to lengthen your career.

Here are my top 10 ways for you as a dancer to both fuel your body and maintain a “dancer’s body”:

1. Record what you eat. Keeping a food journal is a great way to track what you’re putting into your body as well as tracking your calories. Even if you’re sticking to a lower-calorie diet, if you’re not getting the nutrients your body needs, you will make less progress (and be at a greater risk for injury). It’s important to get nutrients from the healthy foods discussed in “Use Nutrition to Enhance Your Performance.”

2. View food as fuel. As an athlete, viewing food as fuel will help you perform better and to a higher intensity.

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Note: If you like what I’m wearing in the photo, be sure to check out my post “Fitness Fun with Ellie Activewear at UTC”!

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  1. Mary says

    I’m glad you can eat for health and for you now instead of having to achieve a certain look for international competition. As you note, getting the lean, skinny body that seems required for skaters and dancers can be extreme and dangerous at times. I read something interesting lately, that when Belbin and Agosto switched coaches, their new coach had Belbin gain about ten pounds, and core strength. Overall the extra strength made her easier, not heavier, for Agosto to lift, despite the extra ten pounds. And that was the idea of the change. The point I guess is that leanest isn’t always the most healthy, the strongest, or even the best for competition.

  2. Stephy says

    Recording what you eat and keeping a journal is the best tip ever. When I first started working out, the thing that kept me motivated was keeping my journal. Each time I feel down, I look at it for motivation. Keeping track of your progress is the key, without a record of the success or failure you will lose motivation in continuing.

  3. Lindsey says

    Keeping a food journal helps me so much to keep track of what I eat! I use an app on my phone and it gives a breakdown of not only the calories but the nutritional content. If I find myself forgetting to log in for a few days, I always over eat. Seeing the numbers helps so much.

  4. Julie Smith says

    I think having a healthy diet is as important as doing exercise. Now I try to eat as many kinds of vegetables as possible, yet I still find keeping a food journal rather difficult.

  6. health tips says

    I think if your metabolism is so fragile that it needs to be fed every 2-3 hours you have a problem. Humans are an animal that should be able to go half a day unfed without grinding to a halt.

  9. Mirza Sendic says

    Great article although that I don’t agree that we should record what we eat all the time couse if we
    cut the processed and rafined food there is really no need for that.
    I love the tip number 8 and 9 ,couse that is something that many people forget to mention.
    Otherwise great article.

  10. Bob says

    Thank you Christina for adding this incredible value. I am blown away at how healthy eating can most certainly give you that extra fuel as you mention in this post. In fact, over the past 2 months I made a conscious effort to completely overhaul my eating.

    I took the time to really dig in and fix the issues, which resulted in me feeling better and having a LOT more energy that was sustainable.

    Thanks for these great tips!
    Bob

  13. Shamika says

    Really this post contains huge valuable information. I think it would be helpful for all. I love reading this kind of post and appreciate it highly. Thank you for sharing.

  14. Edun says

    This is a good article for healthy eat.. My own suggestion is the gastrointestinal system has to be water first before eating anything. Some call it water therapy. Drinking water half an hour before food helps the ease aid of digestion, after meal too drink enough for same ease digestion. It really helps to fuel the in preparation of food going into the cells.. All the same it is a very useful tips you gave ma.

  15. Dawn says

    Hi Christina;

    Another great article. I drink pure 100% coconut water it is so refreshing and hydrating I love it. I also freeze Reserve gel packs from Jeunesse and give them to my grandchildren. Helping them to boost their immune system. They love them and think that they”re ice pops = Result!

    Bye for now

  17. Juan says

    Thanks for your tips about healthy eating. This is really an informative post and will help me a lot. Keep up posting. I love what you are sharing.

  26. Rickie says

    Well, healthy diet is must for every human Being to live a prosperous life. A diet with Vegetables, less Fatty food, full of vitamins, important ingredients are must for everyone. It helps us stay fit and healthy.

    I just got to know, about this recently, when my health gone bad severely, but now, I am back on track with healthy Diet.

  28. Moin nex says

    Recording what we eat will help to track nutrients. Apart from having nutritional diet one must have do regular exercise to increase muscle action. Problem with nutritious rich diet is you’ll feel hungry most of the time. So at regular intervals you must take energy drinks.
    Yes, its expensive. But you’ll feel better.

  30. Danny Sparks says

    As the saying goes, “Your body is not just made in the gym, but also in the kitchen.” I really believe that you have to follow a meal plan to be able to get any noticeable results. With that being said I really like your 9th step. How you basically say that you don’t have to force your body to eat something your don’t like, eat something that works for your body. That is great advice. Many people think that they have to eat the most healthy thing they find no matter how bad it taste to get real results. Thank you for the amazing advice!

  31. Maiks says

    I agree that following a meal plan is really helpful if you are going on a healthy diet because you can track your calorie count and this could also help you discipline you on having just right amount of food you eat every meal. Recipe.

  32. John Ahcaf says

    Thank you Christina for adding this incredible article. Over the last 4 months I made a conscious effort to completely overhaul my eating. I am amazed at how healthy eating can give you that extra fuel as you mention in this post. I took the time to fix the problems I had, which resulted in me feeling having a ton of extra energy.

    Thanks again!
    John

  39. Moo Jae says

    I Agree that you have to take note of the food that you intake. With that you will keep track on what specific nutrition did your body have and you will know if you ate too much.

  44. Mantar says

    I Agree that you have to take note of the food that you intake. With that you will keep track on what specific nutrition did your body have and you will know if you ate too much.

  45. Darryl Gibbs says

    Really like going around and looking for new and exciting ways to better my eating habits whilst still keeping me motivated about losing weight.

  46. Facial Wart says

    It’s always a tough ask to calculate the calories you are taking and consuming, but off-course for longer active body we must consider it.

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