I am trying to motivate myself to change my eating habits so I figured I would just make a post asking everyone for some of their favorite recipes. They can be simple or extravagant - cheap to expensive. I would like to see what kind of different results I can get on here to help give me different meal choices.

Lately I've been trying to find the Powerbar Recovery drinks and I've been to a couple stores and none of them are being sold, at least that I can find... (Indianapolis) So I unless someone from Indy knows of a place that still sells it, I think I'm in the market for a new recovery drink. I've heard of Acclerade and Endurax.

I have read a few people touch on this already, but how much sleep is everyone getting? Do you augment your sleep depending on the type of training you do? SPD WWW.SDTRIBUDDHA.BLOGSPOT.COM

Anyone do this? I mean any Ironmen champs or seasoned professionals? I'm sure I can't be the only person in the world training to get to an Ironman by veggie power. Am I? I eat a varied diet of carbs, protein, and fiber. I take a good multivitamin, (only pill I take, and I hate the fact it's a pill)

1. Not lifting any weights. This is probably the most common mistake among triathletes. Most triathletes think lifting weights will get them bulky and inflexible.

So a lot of people are asking me about how to make your own mayonnaise...tastier and healthier. Thanks Tikal: The trick to making your own "healthier" mayo is using pasteurized eggs( to prevent food borne illness) and using oils low in saturated fats such as vegetable oils, safflower, sunflower,...there are a few. "Training is tough, nutrition shouldn't be" www.t2nutrition.com

At 5 am I was up today to drive an hour for what I thought was a 25 mile bike ride. I was feeling good, and that soon became a 40 mile ride. After, I checked my HRM and I had burned about 2000 calories. It got me thinking about the lack of or overuse of calories in peoples diets who are in training. I have a great formula that will hopefully shed some light on the subject. "Training is tough, nutrition shouldn't be" www.t2nutrition.com

Although I focus entirely on Sprint and Olympic distance races, I still haven't found the right "in race" hydration/nutrition. Granted these are short races so I don't have a huge calorie need but I tend to have a sensitive stomach during races since I am usually just shy of the point of over exertion. Recently I have been sticking with just water which seems ok.

Chicago, IL. April 14, 2008 - DBM Nutrition has released Kona Endurance CitraBeta Shot, a rapid acting aerobic/anaerobic booster. “For any triathlete that has a major race scheduled in the next four months, CitraBeta Shot can greatly improve your performance.

Second year of triathlons, I am about to sign up for my first half. The race description talks about a "bottle drop"- since everyone has always been very supportive of newbie questions on this site- what happens at a bottle drop?