My ride this morning was horrible, I felt weak as a kitten which I assume was due to my body not being used to having less carbs. Am I right in thinking that my body will adjust in to running on fat (with some carbs).
My ride this morning was horrible, I felt weak as a kitten which I assume was due to my body not being used to having less carbs. Am I right in thinking that my body will adjust in to running on fat (with some carbs).
This could be an issue with low-carb options. If you're doing any high intensity cardio you're always going to need glycogen from a carbohydrate source. You can train your body to burn more fat, but this only occurs beyond a certain exercise duration threshold.
Having carbs (within reason) before and after (with protein) cardio exercise will actually help you lose weight and recover better.
Tip for all dieters: cut out sugars of all forms (inc white carbs, in alcohol, in sweets, etc), exercise frequently, avoid hunger and overeating, and you will lose weight.
Tip for all dieters: cut out sugars of all forms (inc white carbs, in alcohol, in sweets, etc), exercise frequently, avoid hunger and overeating, and you will lose weight.
But it's still possible to lose weight and eat some sugars, drink alcohol and eat 'sweets'. I eat brown bread, drink the odd glass of port and can seriously tuck away a pud of an evening - I'm still losing weight. The main difference is reduction in portion size and an increase in exercise. I also think you have to expect to be hungry for a short time while the stomach shrinks, especially if you've been used to mountains of pasta and the like.
Yes, those tips work as general guidelines to live by, but as you can see with my comment about fueling exercise, there's a time and a place for everything, including the occasional indulgence.
Definitely. I'm a huge fan of hedonism, though paraphrasing someone on this very forum...
[i]We still treat ourselves on special occasions. The weekend is not a special occasion.[/i]
Power is nothing without control...or something like that.
well i m 110kg and 53 nextweek.. for my 5/10 height my bmi says i should be 11 stone.. now i weighed half a stone more than that when i was seriously racing and my parents sent me to the doctor as they said i looked like i was dead.
so i ve started and stuck to since xmas day.. eat a lot less and dont eat between meals or after 8 at night.
breakfast is berries 2 satsumas and half a banana, lunch i had the otherhalf of banana and a pint of home made veg broth and for tea i had a slice of roast pork with a dollop of cauliflower and another of peas and cabbage..
not exciting but as i ve often read on here the best way to lose weight is stop eating so much..
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Cauliflower rice/couscous is a brilliant alternative to rice. It gives the appearance of carbs on the plate
Couscous is pasta, so there's a reason it gives the 'appearance' of carbs on the plate... Ah - perhaps you misunderstood me. Some folk call it cauliflower rice, some call it cauliflower couscous.
This is going to sound daft but how do I get my rides from strava to show up on MFP? I've connected the 2 accounts but it doesn't seem to do it automatically like I expected it to.
This is going to sound daft but how do I get my rides from strava to show up on MFP? I've connected the 2 accounts but it doesn't seem to do it automatically like I expected it to.
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Might be linked to an issue they also seem to have with Garmin at the moment.
Cheers all for the substitution suggestions there, I think I need to get busy tomorrow trying it all out!
Once linked up Strava and MFP take a while to communicate but it does work.
Just made a sweet potato, broccoli and chick pea curry with cauliflower rice, ruddy nice it is too!
Installed MFP 3 days before my birthday - tonight is going to blow my stats for the week I suspect. But it'll also probably encourage me to do something extra this weekend to use up the additional calories.
Last 2 days have been about 300kcals under the target based on my 'vigorous' commute and lunchtime gym trips so it's not all bad news.
My love of fruit and the sugars within does seem to be a problem though.
Also, the brownies I baked for the office last night were pretty much sugar and fat, but boy did they taste good.
Installed MFP 3 days before my birthday - tonight is going to blow my stats for the week I suspect. But it'll also probably encourage me to do something extra this weekend to use up the additional calories.
Birthday calories don't count, 'tis the law.
Steak and eggs for me tonight
Just made a sweet potato, broccoli and chick pea curry with cauliflower rice, ruddy nice it is too!
I'm sure it's passable, in an austere dietary sense but 'ruddy nice' is reserved for proper food 🙂
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Ah - perhaps you misunderstood me. Some folk call it cauliflower rice, some call it cauliflower couscous.
That makes more sense 🙂
Here we are then day three, 5pm not all that hungry but with 1500k left to "spend". I may blow it on a bottle of red and some somerset brie. 🙂
well i m 110kg and 53 nextweek.. for my 5/10 height my bmi says i should be 11 stone.. now i weighed half a stone more than that when i was seriously racing and my parents sent me to the doctor as they said i looked like i was dead.
You could be up to 12.5 stone and still be within the correct range on BMI.
OP I went from 110kg (and 5ft 11") to 100kg between Jan13 and Apr13, then down to 89kg by Aug13 and then from there to 81kg around July last year where I've pretty much stayed give or take a few kg.
Week Two update:
Well I was weighing c.high 95kg and I'm now c high 94kg over the last few days so I'm claiming a 1kg loss over two weeks which is on plan.
I did have to reduce the calories allowance on MFP down to 1770(as per molgrips) by applying the sedentary lifestyle setting. Strava linked well with the one or two rides i have recorded and bumps up the allowance considerably.
Sticking to 1770 is usually pretty easy and once your into the groove feels normal. I'm also doing the late breakfast thing which helps by avoiding using your quota early in the day, so porridge around 10.30 lunch of some soup or something light around 14.00 and an evening meal of anything I like but not too big a portion. at around 18.00.
Couple of weekend blow outs on booze (as evidenced by my contribution to other threads!) sent me over allowance on those days but not so far as to put the week average out.
So far so good!
Well I have now broken the 70kg barrier - 69.8kg after my 1 hour spinning on Saturday.
Whoo
I managed a weigh in of 73.9kg a few days ago, realistically I'm 75kg ish. So roughly 2kgs lost in 2 months, definitely a smaller belly.
Started this around 3 weeks ago at 87kg, just weighed myself at 80, result!
Complete diet change and lots of riding!
