# Nutrition for beginners **URL:** \ **Category:** Nutrition\ **Tags:** food\ **Created:** [January 14, 2019, 11:34pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/nutrition-for-beginners/9832 "2019-01-14T23:34:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![pwandoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bb73d2/32.png) [@pwandoff](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/pwandoff)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2019, 11:46pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/nutrition-for-beginners/9832/2 "2019-01-14T23:46:10Z")
This is definitely a can of worms but if you search using ‘nutrition’, there’s a bunch of threads on the subject. Personally, fuel with the next workout in mind. Take a look at _The Endurance Diet_ by Matt Fitzgerald; I follow it as closely as I can and I can tell you that it has made a difference for me. For lunch, I eat the same thing everyday at work because it works for me- Cuban Beans with Brown Rice - (from the book above) or, sometimes, change it up with red beans and rice. Point is, I prep ahead for the week for lunch and dinner on Sunday. My breakfast (after training) is oats (porridge) with flax seed meal. Check out this thread about meal prep - it’s really got a ton of great information > [@Meal Prepping - How To and Tips](https://www.trainerroad.com/forumt/meal-prepping-how-to-and-tips/7450): > > [The thread on fat loss](https://www.trainerroad.com/forumt/your-personal-best-way-to-lose-some-fat-anecdotes-experiences-examples-of-what-kicked-your/594/177) sparked a sub-thread on meal prepping. @Mac2k3 asked about it and I thought it probably best to break it into it’s own thread. What is it? Meal prepping is preparing all or some of your meals in advance. This means you can plan ahead, cook multiple meals at once to be more efficient, choose healthy ingredients tailored to your needs and save time during the week by having meals ready to go. In my experience, I’ve also found these other benefits: If I cook a meal each … Good luck! --- _[View the full topic](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/nutrition-for-beginners/9832)._