[Closed] Post-ride meat obsession - what to substitute?

Protein? Chocolate milkshake a few mins after riding. Yum.

They say that a new post ride recovery drink has been discovered. Milk.

Other than that, 2 pints of Stella and some crisps.

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possible protein?

possibly vitamins/ amino acids you are short of?

very difficult to say on the internets....

just got a book about vegitarian sports nutrition - couldn't recomend it yet as i haven't read it but some thing like that might be worth it.

i caved to my meat need and binged on kfc! 😳

Stoppit...

protein shake? Depending on how vegie you are theres different verieties;

egg white, whey (the leftovers from cheese making), dried milk, pea.

They all taste prety much the same, a bit like not particulalry great milkshake.

The best recovery drinks are a mixture of protein and carbohydrates. You can buy expensive things from sports shops (protein recovery drinks etc.). Or you can buy cheap chocolate milk from a corner shop, which has been shown to be more effective than commercial recovery drinks, is easy to get hold of, and is cheap.

Joe

thomthumb - wouldn't catch me binging on kfc...

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Eggs. Protein heaven.

Try Yazoo choc milkshake.

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forgive me, but i have to ask.

how veggie are you? - could you eat fish? / shell fish?

i know people who claim passionately that they ARE vegetarian, but eat more flesh than i do.

meat IS murder, tasty tasty murder.

if meat/eggs/milk is off the menu, then i guess it's back to the joy of pulses and quorn for you.

Pint of Guinness and and omelette with everything in it. That should blow the trapdoors open / give you something other than vegetables to worry about 😉

I had three eggs and beans on toast (parp!) followed by crunchy nut cornflakes with soya milk. I thought that lot would have given me a wide mix of proteins. Today, I'm fancying cheesy things, I think it's fat and salt I'm craving.

Pint of Guinness and and omelette with everything in it. That should blow the trapdoors open / give you something other than vegetables to worry about

Is it you or me that has an odd digestive system indicated by this post?

if meat/eggs/milk is off the menu, then i guess it's back to the joy of pulses and quorn for you.

Except Quorn has egg added to it...

I'm a "fishatarian" and have to say going full veggie never would have worked for me, but veg and fish has worked nicely fpr 15 years now... I find smoked salmon and scrambled egg sandwiches brilliant for protien and a bit of carbohydrate, but if you're a pukka veggie, then maybe fallafel in a pita with salady bits, lentily goodness and carbs, or good old pasta...

Failing that just go meatatarian again...

Cliff Bar just started bringing in some cool new recovery bars. not tasted them yet but if they're as good as the trail bars they may be worth a go.
Chris@CycleActive

The best recovery drinks are a mixture of protein and carbohydrates. You can buy expensive things from sports shops (protein recovery drinks etc.). Or you can buy cheap chocolate milk from a corner shop, which has been shown to be more effective than commercial recovery drinks, is easy to get hold of, and is cheap.

maybe true but useless if there are kids in the house - you'll come back, ravenous, to a gaping hole in the cupboard where your post-ride recovery milkshake pack should've been.
Expensive ones from the sport shop succeed in keeping the kids off in two ways:
1) taste
2) effort - putting powder with water and shaking is just too much for kids let alone teenagers who can barely drag themselves off the sofa

>Is it you or me that has an odd digestive system indicated by this post? <

It's you.

😯 ace. Could put several pints away, along with a strong curry and late night pakora and still be fine. I must be invincible.

Recovery bars , post ride recovery milk shakes? Bollocks to all that - why not just eat food food?

Bollocks to all that - why not just eat food food?

I'd normally agree if it wasn't for the shortened recovery times I saw when commuting 34 miles a day. I'd only manage every 3rd day until I started drinking protein shakes after each way, then I went to every other day easily, some weeks every day.

Something fishy maybe? Tuna?

If you regularly ride 'hard' (i.e. at anything more than a gentle pootling pace) you will actualy be loosing muscle mass as it gets torn up during excercise and has to be replaced afterwards. Hence why multi day stage racers actualy loose weight despite starting off with the bare minimum of body fat and eating as many calories as their bodies can handle.

For me;
Small bag of sweets on the way home, block of homade (no added fat apart from nuts and egg) flapjack, and a whey protein shake (about 30g). If that doesnt do it try one of the slower release proteins before bed time as well. That and the usual multivits to replenish anything I've used up.