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I am shooting in my fifth FITA tournament tomorrow. So far, I've been snacking on baguettes and cheese, and eating the same thing for lunch, and am ready for a change. Typically, they don't feed you like they do in field archery -- all they give you is a lunch break -- so you have to bring snacks and a lunch
Suggestions are welcome

I like trail mix. Most energey in smallest packaging. Also it's not too sugary, so you don't get sugar-induced tremors.
They say bananas are natural beta blockers which are supposed to keep you from feeling the effects of stress, but I never confirmed that notion.

Bananas and lots of water.

Power Bars-n
Their key ingredient is oat fiber. It makes a water-soluble fiber, gel-like, in your tummy. The result is slow and gradual release of sugar into your blood stream. That in turn avoids an insulin reaction which can drive your blood sugar level down and produce a shakey feeling.

I also like some protein and some fat, for longer term energy release than carbohydrates release. Sandwiches and nuts can fill that need.

Neutration is the most underestimated factor for your performance:
a) it takes about 2hours until your body is able to use the stuff that you just inserted into your system.
b) If you only eat during the "official" breaks you have two negative effencts
- you wear out at the end of the first and the secound halfn - you are tied at the beginning of the secound half since your body is busy to sort the stuff out that your eat during your break.
A general recommandation:
Time your breakfast so, that it is about 2 hours earlier than the start of the warm-up ends (or the first target)
a) drink after every secound end (or target)
b) eat little after every 4th end (or target)
To feed, make sure you´ve got a mix of fibres and fruits - could be some powerbars, banana and apples / grapes. Bread is also nice but don´t use white bread since this has no big nutrition benefit - look for wheat bread or full corned bread (sorry guess this is a too direct translation from German..).
Make sure you trink plenty - but avoid carbonised drinks or stuff like Coke. Better get plain water and mix it with apple juice or whatever fruit juice you prefer. I personnaly prefer a mixture of plain water and concentrated lemon juice - that is like a catalytic drink.

for your amusement -- the flyer for the tournament I shot in this weekend announced they had food -- so I left the bread and cheese at home, and just brought a few bananas and water to snack on. Well, turns out they think donuts are food -- so I had a banana for breakfast, another banana for break, and two bananas for lunch. I sure felt calm, but kinda hungry