What were some of your early experiences as an athlete around fueling? Do you remember having conversations with teammates or coaches or your parents? How did you navigate eating enough for your sport? What do you remember from that season of your life?

Yeah.

You know, my parents were really helpful.

They didn't talk overtly about how important it was to eat enough as an athlete by any means, but we always ate regular meals.

I was lucky that my family would consistently eat dinner together even when we were really busy.

We always had snacks available and things.

So that was pretty normal for a long time.

But for the sake of a conversation like this, how do we start to identify how much an athlete needs to be eating?