I am an avid cyclist and I'm 7 pounds away from my perfect ideal weight. My boss suggested this diet which doesn't eliminate carbs..but drastically reduces them. This diet worked wonders for him and the three days I've been on it I can tell it'll do the trick! For my morning 25 mile rides I've been eating a bowl of high protein/fiber no sugar added cereal. It is not on the diet of course but I feel I need it and once I get home I follow the diet. This Saturday will be my first long distance ride on this diet. I'm spending 4-5 hours riding and I know some bowl of ceral isn't cutting it. I typically bring with me some gatorade (pure sugar goodness) and granola bars or some other quick eating carb/sugar source. Biking well comes before weight loss so if I gotta screw the diet then screw the diet. But I'd like to know if anyone out there has experience with low carb diets and bicycling. Any advice on what I should eat would be appreciated.
2006-08-16 07:36:00 · 12 answers · asked by Lisa 3 in Sports ➔ Cycling
Oh yeah...that low carb crap lasted for about 7 hours. I don't know what I was thinking! This weekend I'm eating up and riding hard! Thanks!
2006-08-17 12:11:16 · update #1
Low carb diets and cycling do not go together at all. Low and no carb diets work well for certain low to low/mid activity people, but as an athlete, your dietary requirements are very different from that of an average person. If you're riding 2+ hours at a time, you're going to need your carbs, or you're going to find yourself seriously hurting in the later stages of the ride.
I'd also advise against going for a certain "target weight". If you're 7 pounds overweight (of which 5 or more lbs. at any time could be water) and performing well, I'd say stick with your current weight and not some arbitrary number. What you definitely don't want to do is starve your body for carbs and have it go into a catabolic state during a distance ride and start burning lean mass a.k.a. muscle for fuel.
In short, enjoy your Gatorade and granola and pastas and all those other carby goodies. If you truly want to drop a couple pounds, cut down your portion size and eat more often throughout the day.
Hope this helps!
2006-08-16 15:20:33 · answer #1 · answered by Apollo19 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Low carb diets are complete B.S. for any active person. You want to lose weight? Burn more calories than you eat- simple as that. Cut out that soda at lunch or dessert at dinnertime, and you'll start dropping pounds. Besides, riding without fuel is a good way to BONK, and if you haven't bonked yet, you will if you keep this up.
The difference between cyclists and everyone else? While others are "low carb," we prefer to CARB LOAD!!!
2006-08-17 12:06:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ditto to the previous answer. Low carb is a Joke. It's simple math, calories consumed verses calories expended. A change in the type of food you eat is only tricking yourself for a few weeks. Staying away from processed sugars or "highly processed" grains or highly processed anything including protein is very different.
On a 4-5 hour ride I eat at least some form of "bar" whatever you like to fill the void in the stomach. I use GUs or Gels about every hour to start and every half hour near the end. I use water to drink, if I use a Gatorade (or type) drink then I mix it at half strength.
Bike racer diet: half of every plate is fruits and vegetables, one plate only per meal, no seconds. 3 times a day for off days and 4 to 6 on ride days depending on duration/intensity. I use a heart rate monitor with a calorie counter, not totally accurate but a good indicator.
2006-08-16 18:55:45 · answer #3 · answered by hogie0101 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Low-carb diets are for fat couch surfers, not active people. And forget this notion of "ideal weight." Get a body fat test. That's really more of a measure of what your fitness is like. Remember, muscle is a lot more dense than fat, and "ideal weights" don't necessarily have athletes in mind.
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