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Since we are usually traveling and eating at a restaurant or getting take-out the night before a meet, I just try and get her to have a mix of some protein, carbs, and at least a bit of veggies. Her go-to fave seems to be Panera's chicken noodle soup or a caesar salad with chicken and a small side of mac-n-cheese. Seems to be just enough food.
We try to do a healthy dinner the night before with a mix of carbs, protein, and veggies. If we’re traveling we always stay in a hotel that has a nice room service menu and do that the night before. We split an appetizer, salad, entree, and dessert so that we get to try lots of things and she gets a good variety. Oh, and we never have sushi the night before a meet just in case! After the meet, she chooses where we go for lunch or dinner.
Good luck to your daughter!
Good luck to your daughter!
Depends what time her meet is. If it’s a late meet my wife will ask her, and she can pick out what’s for dinner that night. If its a early meet, then nothing too heavy becuse I don’t want her getting the bubble guts in the morning.
We just do a regular dinner and get her to bed at a time that works for the amount of sleep she likes (she's a late riser). We eat a decent breakfast before the meet and since we usually have a 1hr car ride, another light snack at the end of the ride so she doesn't get hungry during the meet.
Our team prefers to all go out to eat after a meet if the timing works out.
Our team prefers to all go out to eat after a meet if the timing works out.
Pre meet night routine: eat some sort of something that is decently healthy, then go to bed early but regret it, toss and turn an not fall asleep until 1.
If we’re home, it’s a simple spaghetti and meatball kind of meal. And I try to keep it like that even on nights before travel meets. My husband once took my son to a meet by himself, and he did not think it through. They arrived hungry after the 11 hour drive, and my husband didn’t stop my son from eating a one pound burger the night before a morning session. It did not go well!
We do whatever for dinner the night before, but for an early morning meal I make her chocolate chip pancakes with faces I’m not sure at what point I backed myself into a corner of pancake making at 5 am but here we are. Meets can’t happen without pancakes
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