Today’s guest is Tawnee Prazak, a triathlete, triathlon coach and top-ranked amateur athlete. She is a contributor to Endurance Planet and also has a website and blog at coachtawnee.com and tritawn.com. Tawnee and Vinnie discuss how training and dieting for a race or to model start out as a good thing but end up badly, especially for women.
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WOMEN AND BODY IMAGE
- Tawnee talks about her journey as a triathlete
- Women are literally killing themselves to look a certain way
- Having a body fat percentage below 13 … women run a health risk
- What starts out as a good thing ends up badly
LETTING GO OF COMPULSION OF TRAINING AND EATING
- Still lean toward high fat and low carb
- Concept is still relatively new
- You have to figure out what works for you
- Figure out what is your lifestyle and what are your goals
CERTAIN MARKERS FOR WOMEN’S HEALTH
- Having a regular cycle…not just an issue for triathletes
- Even typical gym goers can become compulsive
- A lot of “fit” models have this issue
- They will carb up and build muscle and then 3 weeks before competition, they starve themselves
