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Biker's Diet
I'm sure this question has been asked a million and one times, but I am
desperate. Between my childhood, into my teens and into my 20s, I was at an ideal weight. I'm 6 feet tall. I used to be all of about 145 lbs in my early teens, then worked up to about 155 and to 160. I was always active, always outdoors, always playing sports. I won 3 physical fitness awards from elem. school into middle school. In high school, I was in track & field. My friends and I played football in the street practically everyday. I got into biking in my late teens, but not seriously, just for exercise. In my 20s, my activity was going out to the nightclubs and dancing 2 or 3 times a week, for 6 hours a night. Then, I entered my 30s and things went down hill from there. My jobs pretty much made me sedentary like so many other Americans, and I could no longer just eat whatever I wanted to and get away with it. I guess you could say, what people told me finally came true: my matobilism finally caught up up me and ran on past me. I saw so many of my friends turn to cycling to lose the weight. Some of them surpassed me in weight by MANY lbs. As soon as they began cycling, they became virtual tooth-picks! I couldn't believe me eyes. I still can't. "What is your secret?" "What diet are you on?" ... "Nothing, I just started bicycling." So, then I started doing the same, and as hard as I ride, and as far as I ride, it has done NOTHING to change my weight, and I am getting, frankly, quite depressed. No pain, no gain? Well, I have done the pain and showed little gain, except a fatter ass. I'm going out, riding at least 200 miles a week with no results. Sure, my legs feel like wrought iron underneath the layer of fat that encases it all. My stomach keeps sneaking a little more outwardly pudge everytime I look in the mirror. I weigh myself everyday looking for results and find none. I rode 100 miles this past Saturday, and when I got home, I lost about 4 or 5 lbs. I was just shy over 190. Then, I weigh myself today, and I am just under 200. What the HECK is going on?? I'm wondering if most of that is water gain. I mean, I felt like I couldn't get enough to drink the past few days, and with all the liquid I am drinking, you'd think I would be ****ing like Niagara Falls. Nope.. Just a tinkle here and a tinkle there. So, my body must be absorbing it like a sponge and storing it all up. And I am finding it hard to believe that my friends (not really CLOSE friends) are doing NOTHING aside from cycling. They must be dieting, also. But as much as I tell myself that I will not eat a tall cheeseburger and fries after a hard ride, it just doesn't happen. The bad side always wins. It is SOOO hard when my body is hanging on by a thread after a long ride in the saddle. The odd thing is, with all the cycling I have been doing lately I can't sit down and eat a large meal. What I used to pack away before, I can no longer do. Value meals, etc. Whatever - I eat about half of it and I throw the rest away because I feel full. But, even though I am eating half the portion that I used to, I am NOT losing weight. At this point, I don't know what to do. I'll keep on cycling because I love doing it. I just want to know: Is water gain a real issue, and does it affect how my body breaks down solids? Is there a "biker's diet" that I can follow that will help me lose the weight and yet feel as full as if I bit into a steak & cheese sub or a slice of pizza? I need a sensible solution. I keep reading how complex carbs are important for athleticism, but where do I draw the line? How many complex carbs are too much? Maybe I am just eating the wrong kinds of carbs after a day in the saddle. I pretty much feel like I am gaining back everything I burn off in a matter of one or two days, and more! HELP! |
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