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Yeah, it's white. So, the contrast helped for some.
Jamie - I didn't mention that!
I bought a tri magazine and it said to concentrate on getting my RPM high... about 90-100. Checked in spinning classes and this is the approx cadence I pedal at now.
I bought a tri magazine
that's your 1st mistake right there 🙂
Jamie - I didn't mention that!
Harumph.
Why's that a mistake?
Except for the fact that it's made me start looking at wetsuits.
Sometimes the big busy roads are very fast to ride though. A4 between Newbury and Theale being an example.
Why's that a mistake?
oh my 1st half catch on STW 🙂
it's my roadie influences coming through where I shouldn't like triathletes as they can't ride bikes and cause crashes at races
I always found the A580 the best road to ride down, the traffic do 60 past you and the continous tail wind it generates helps out a lot! It would make 2-3mph average difference on my commutes over using the cycle path at the side of it.
😆 Does that mean I'll lose all my skill if I start doing triathlons?
Molly the A34 would be suicide. Plus riding crap surfaced back roads all adds to the challenge 🙂
Plus riding crap surfaced back roads all adds to the challenge
Indeed. Some of the roads I ride make my teeth fall out. Price worth paying for deserted roads though.
...probably should get my wheels checked at some point really.
Dunno the A34 but the A4 is very busy but very very wide so you've got tons of space really. Never felt threatened.
If there's one thing I hate road riding it's crap surfaces 🙁
If there's one thing I hate road riding it's crap surfaces
You're such a tart molgrips.....ruff with the smoov 😉
it's my roadie influences coming through where I shouldn't like triathletes as they can't ride bikes and cause crashes at races
Does that mean I'll lose all my skill if I start doing triathlons?
gulp...i didn't realise it was this bad.
*thinks about giving his tri club membership back*
The A34 is very close to being a motorway. It's the main arterial route taking traffic north to south equidistant between the M25 and the M5. Effectively it links the M1, M40, M4 and M3.
I know it is by the M4/M3, didn't realise it was like that all along...
You wouldn't catch me riding the A34.
You'd certainly see me if I was though.
well costco was out of awesome, so screw you guys. i'm off to be fat somewhere.
Is there a recipe list of interesting pulse based dishes?
I just made one.
1/2 tsp each of chilli powder, black pepper and cayenne pepper, bit of salt, tbsp of olive oil. Heat for a bit, then dump in a tin of 'weiss' beans, whatever that is in the UK - white beans? Heat up for a bit, then I tossed in some shredded bits of a spicy sausage and barbecued chicken that were left over and s good sprinkling of lemon juice at the end.
Took 5 mins and was lovely! I served it with some mixed veg.
Molgrips. Dressed for dinner.
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That does sound tasty.
😀
iChef.
Only went and shaved a minute off on the commute home, didn't I 🙂
Good job Yetster.
I got an emergency call from Mrs Grips so went hammer and tongs... didn't break the record though, tired from yesterday and the weekend.
So, I am doing the idave diet and being pretty strict, but on sunday I am riding in a 103 mile sportive, Sunday is my cheat day, do I need to carb load Saturday? Or will I be ok carrying on as normal on the diet?
Cheers
Chamonix666
Have a normal carb-load Sat night, big carb/protein breakfast Sunday and carbs during the sportive
- see it's not a low carb diet......
I ate a whole tin of beans last night in spicy form. And I'm bloody starving this morning!
If you want an interesting pulse-based dish, look for a recipe for Jamie Oliver's Mad Moroccan Lamb with cous cous, and add extra chickpeas instead of the cous cous. I made that on Saturday and it was really good.
Last night I did Chickpeas, Sesame seed paste (Tahini) Olive oil, garlic and lemon juice (yes, I know lemon juice probably isn't kosher) blitzed to make a really nice hummus. I had that with falafel, which is broad beans (or chickpeas) ground up with spices and onion, pressed into little lozenge shapes and shallow fried.
In the oven I roasted a pan of vegetables (peppers, fennel, courgettes, tomatoes and garlic) and separately a couple of chicken legs. Mrs BigJohn, who's now iCurious, had a few roasted new potatoes with hers, and I substituted the falafel and hummus.
I think she was envious.
I bought a tri magazine
I'm not ready for triathlons. I've started to build up to one though, by looking at bi websites.
😀 I don't do things by halves... I went from straight cyclsit to tricurious in one step.
big-john... do you have a recipe for that falafel, sounds good.
here at home wife just bought some polenta and made some small breads. she figured as polenta was made from maize, and sweetcornb is ok (?) it was ok... sadly though no a quick search says not.
Sweetcorn even in veg form is out, apparently.
I need more imagination and preparation in the lunch area, skipped today as I can't face another bloody salad from the hospital 'restaurant'. Everything else is banned-item-rich. Looks like I'll starve till tea tonight.
I had a hard time of it today, absolutely nothing in the work canteen had no banned items so I ended up with a stir fry beef and veg which had a small heap of rice. I intended to ignore the rice but it was all mixed up in the stuff and I was starving so it went down 🙁 Been doing so well too!
Ref Big John's posts ^^^^^^^ Just find a recipe and modify it.
Obviously some recipes are closer to low GI than others.
I have found the JO website useful, much more so than Hugh's website.
Don't forget to look through the monster list of stuff on the BBC food website.
Spud.
No need to starve dude, more prep.
😉
CK.
You'll live. Like Spud, more prep perhaps.
🙂
Home made food tastes the best, imo.
no sweetcorn? damn, i've been eating heaps.
mind you just discovered that i like quinoa so at least chilli con carne is back on and tagines.
what about quorn, that permissible?
We have a freezer full of chilli, curry etc. I'll engage brain next time. Still cheat day tomorrow! 4 weeks in on Monday and just over half a stone gone, no exercise either through injury..
Will there be an STW Master Chef series soon ?.
GTOS.
I make a quorn based chilli, I've never used / eaten quinoa. Well, not to the best of my knowledge.
I can safely say that gram flour tortilla's don't work...
You can get falafel mix from Tesco - but careful, only the "Hale & Hearty" brand is free from wheat.
All it consists of is ground chickpeas and spices but it's quick, easy and tasty.
I like them made with broad beans. If you use tinned beans you probably need to add mor flour to achieve the right stiff texture. Use gram flour (chickpeas) in that case.
I'm just about to make a squash and cauliflower curry to go with the pork chops tonight. Onion, garlic, pepper, and mushrooms will be added along with some thai spices and coconut milk.
Breakfast/lunch today was the left over hummus with carrots.
How much bigness have you lost BigJohn?
Ok, I've just google'd the quorn thingy and found this:
[i]beans, lentils and other legumes all among the lowest GI foods.Quorn is also a great meat substitute with no GI as it has almost no carbohydrate [/i]
So, unless someone else knows more than me *highly likely* 😆
I'd guess quorn is in.
[i]We have a freezer full of chilli, curry etc. I'll engage brain next time. Still cheat day tomorrow! 4 weeks in on Monday and just over half a stone gone, no exercise either through injury[/i]
Spud, like you, my freezer has a fair few tubs of homemade chilli and ragu, stored within.
It is goooooood.
8)
Good effort on losing the 1/2 stone just through changing what you eat.
Weight control through diet alone, is exactly what I've been trying to achieve. Its working pretty well too.
I feel I eat well, I don't miss meals or feel hungry, and don't suffer lack of energy. Can't really see a down side to this, as being able to eat crap and booze each and [b]every day[/b] just wouldn't mean anything anymore.
🙂
3kg. And I'm having beers on Fridays and tuesdays, and having sugar in 2 coffees a day.
And a lot of floaters are resulting 😳