[Closed] iDave diet, who done it?

DTF - WTF, you only built 50 miles of dry stone wall in a day? That's quite disappointing....

I havent even built the wall yet. The 50miles was about the distance I covered from going up the fells and bringing the stone down to where I need it. Its a big job is this one, thats why I was working a weekend.

My day off the diet today, I hope this thing about eating loads on the off day works.

I feel crap, feel like i've put a stone on today, went out on the bike earlier and went crap too?

If it's a day off the diet do we still have the 30g of carbs pre and per hour during the ride?

God I wish I could diet. Got to get 7lbs off in three weeks, have gone really flabby since I got back from hols at the end of April but the amount of fruit I eat I don't think I get by on this. Can't I just have fruit to? Why is it bad?

@ emma82
You've read the thread.
You've seen the evidence.
And you're still asking questions. 🙄
Personally I don't think fruit is bad, but it doesn't fit with the iDave diet/lifestyle.
Possibly you could look at the other thngs you're eating and see what changes you could make. For a start substitute all pasta and rice, choosing instead lentils or beans, cook using olive oil, no bread and look to make all meals at home rather than buying pre-cooked, in other words being sensible.

I would strongly recommend you give iDave's diet a go, in 3 weeks you will see a difference, that I will stake my reputation on... 😉
It's only 3 weeks, what have you got to lose?

..... that I will stake my reputation on...

...for me, that's when the alarm bells starting ringing 😉

that I will stake my reputation on..

So much to lose.

😆 😳

[i]I never used to experience any of the ill effects people talk about from sugar or carbs but now I do[/i]

After Saturday, I think I understand what that must be like.
I just felt strangely uncomfortable.
I'm gonna have to rethink the food for day-off.
Maximum naughtyness, minimal bulk.
Chips are definately in next Saturday, as may be pizza and......Take away !
😯

But Lordy, no sooner than next Saturday, please.

Oh, and Emma... WTFU!

It's 3 flipping weeks just don't buy fruit for a while you {EDIT} {EDIT}, then gorge like a hungry hippo on your honeymoon.

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I never used to experience any of the ill effects people talk about from sugar or carbs but now I do

Psychosomatic.....no-one ever had ill feelings from a flapjack.

Psychosomatic?

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Psychosomatic.....no-one ever had ill feelings from a flapjack.

I once had one that left a bad taste in my mouth

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I leave that one for Molgrips.....he is the experimenter.

I hear that that the Zinc is a great way to counteract the insulin imapct of a high fruit content diet, you reading this Emma.

I know it shouldn't bug me, but can whoever put the tag up:

'diets are for the week of will and mind'

Spell weak properly. If you're going to rag on something, at least come correct yo.

What about sweet potatoes? Are they iCompliant?

And does anyone have a decent flatbread recipe? Tried a couple yesterday but they just came out like nutty cardboard.

I stood on the scales this morning and weighed in at 75kg 🙁

...but I was fully dressed ready to ride to work and wearing a rucksack... plus holding my mountain bike 😉

Kev

Like it Kev. The 'ol switcheroo.

i usually add caraway and chili to [s]everything I cook[/s] my flat breads

I'll never completely do the diet, having discovered that I'm pretty close to Lance's lowest weight

Yeti.. how many times.. weight is not the important value...

Possibly a shade under 84kg this morning, will see how it goes. Didn't ride in though, stiff tired legs. Will do something tonight off the bike I think.

EDIT googled for zinc + fructose + insulin. Bit technical for me I think!

What is then Molly? 😕

I'm with you on the spice thing Dave - but I was referring more to a method of prepping/cooking - as opposed to the flavouring/seasoning. Online stuff said to make them like pancakes, but they just didn't come out right. Ta

Well depends what you are doing.

Body fat % would be more appropriate. Or even just power/strength to weight ratio.

The Southern Yeti - Member
I hear that that the Zinc is a great way to counteract the insulin imapct of a high fruit content diet

Zinc, chromium and Vit B complex for the win 😀

Well I'm not getting any 'weeker' and I'm not buying one of your fancy power meter things.

I'm just going to add a couple of Lance's workouts to my current routine.

Lance's stats do seem to go against the other riders though.. don't you think?

surely the way to measure is how many rolls of fat your belly makes when you sit down...

*plays with fat rolls like a depressed fat kid kneading a bucket of playdough*

Yeah, the "...week..." thing has been bugging me too. Wtf does "butler in the basement" mean anyway?

surely the way to measure is how many domesticated animals you can hide in the rolls of fat your belly makes when you sit down...

I'm not buying one of your fancy power meter things

You don't need to. Just find a hill climb time trial, that'll encompass many relevant stats in one test 🙂

Yeti, there's a website for another AS challenge (just the hill bit) that if you time it and put your time on the website, it'll work out your power. Not sure how accurate it is, but worth a go. Perhaps not for all 31 though! 🙂 Plus, given it is like winter here, i would imagine we'll have a howling headwind, be in full winter gear and soaked so maybe its not the best option!

In other news, my power has come back finally *punches air in delight* and i'm looking forward to some speedwork and hill reps tomorrow night. 8)

*goes to catch up on the rest of the thread in an attempt not to eat the creme egg in my bag* 😕

Pah, Scotland's always sunny when I've been there.

Good news on the power Dirty... don't go overdoing it this week though!

Just been looking at a hill climb website... the guy looks ill! 😯

I'm here yeti but working - you know that thing called a job.... Many of you don't distinguish between work and stw time I know 😉

I shall read everything proper later. Do curlywurly's count as protein?

Cold, wet and stormy here *shivers*. I'm planning a pretty hard week if i can, then as of next Monday i'm resting - 96m sportive - resting - road racing/getting my legs ripped off - resting - AS - convent power struggle - recovering!

Here was me thinking it was women who could multi-task.

DirtyG... don't forget that the leadership is being decided on dirt... not road 😯

Lance's stats do seem to go against the other riders though.. don't you think?

I'm not sure they're that accurate. I thought he was around 70-72kg for most of his tour wins?

Don't forget big mig.. He was around 80kg but could ride with some of the best climbers in the tour because of his massive power output

Oh, while on the subject of flatbread...

Allow me to impart a word to the wise.

You might not want to keep your gram flour in the same type of container as your mustard powder.....
😳

DirtyG... don't forget that the leadership is being decided on dirt... not road

Leadership?

So what about condiments? Tomato sauce and salad cream are presumably bad but are they bad enough that they negate he point of avoiding carbs in the first place? I presume mayo is OK as it's mostly fat?

Dunno.. I eat ketchup on my eggs as that's what allows me to eat them in the first place 🙂

Leadership?

They are competing to see who can [s]bore the crap out of us more with their constant alluding to something or other[/s] be the awesomerer 8)

Yeti, there's a website for another AS challenge (just the hill bit) that if you time it and put your time on the website, it'll work out your power. Not sure how accurate it is, but worth a go.

1) What is AS?

2) I doubt the website will be very accurate for the reasons you go into....weather, altitude, road surface, how you're feeling etc.

FW.

Its about low GI. so check out the GI rating for said condiments.
Low is GO
Medium and High is NO.

However, it seems the theme that one avoids condiments with sugar in them, and IIRC, ketchup has a fair bit of sugar in it.

All this, of course, with respect to the [i]day off[/i] where you can drink the stuff if thats your bag.

I've found that making my own dressing/sauces has been the key to unlocking the beans/pulses/salads.

STW has become quite a collection of food ideas, albeit that one will now need to do a fair bit of searching and reading.

😉

[i]They are competing to see who can be the awesomerer[/i]

Don't we just install an awesomometer ?