Following on from my last blog about nutrition. It works. I headed out with a buddy last weekend and tried to make more of an effort with food.
NOTE: This worked for me but others might not like it. Try stuff and do a bit of reading but here's what I picked up.
Pre-Ride
Mostly my rides are weekend outings and as such I don't have time before a ride to eat properly. What I did (and I've done this before) is have a decent bowl of pasta the night before. I, by preference use wholemeal, I used to have it with chicken and mayo but lately I've been eating it dry with a load of veg thrown in with it and some feta cheese. It's not to everyone's taste but I love it.
Mother day of the ride I got up early and ate a bowl of weetabix with semi-skinned milk. Took an apple with me and a mixed berry smoothie. All this set me up well for the first hour and half of riding and I powered up the climbs very comfortably!!
Mostly my rides are weekend outings and as such I don't have time before a ride to eat properly. What I did (and I've done this before) is have a decent bowl of pasta the night before. I, by preference use wholemeal, I used to have it with chicken and mayo but lately I've been eating it dry with a load of veg thrown in with it and some feta cheese. It's not to everyone's taste but I love it.
Mother day of the ride I got up early and ate a bowl of weetabix with semi-skinned milk. Took an apple with me and a mixed berry smoothie. All this set me up well for the first hour and half of riding and I powered up the climbs very comfortably!!
Throughout the Ride
What I took was a couple of apples, and some pre/home made bags of nuts and dried fruit. I stuffed a handful of nuts/fruit every hour which was perfect for me. Then at about the mid-way point of the ride I ate an apple. Then the other at the end.
The he only thing I can say about this was that after 3 hours I had little interest in eating nuts. The dried fruit however still went down REALLY well!!
What I took was a couple of apples, and some pre/home made bags of nuts and dried fruit. I stuffed a handful of nuts/fruit every hour which was perfect for me. Then at about the mid-way point of the ride I ate an apple. Then the other at the end.
The he only thing I can say about this was that after 3 hours I had little interest in eating nuts. The dried fruit however still went down REALLY well!!
Post-Ride
Like I said I had the remaining Apple. Other than that I didn't bother till we'd drove home where I had one Tesco finest burger with red onion and lettuce topping with a couple of sweet potatoes chopped up like chips.
This was fine for me and I could probably have gone straight out the next day and rode again, bloody work.
Like I said I had the remaining Apple. Other than that I didn't bother till we'd drove home where I had one Tesco finest burger with red onion and lettuce topping with a couple of sweet potatoes chopped up like chips.
This was fine for me and I could probably have gone straight out the next day and rode again, bloody work.
And that's it. That's my plan. The rest of the time I eat a lot of veggies and snack on fruit. It's working too...after 4 days I've lost 2 pounds...left it on the counter and Burger King by accident 😞
Ta-ra ✌️
Ta-ra ✌️
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