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Things I've eaten (and drank) whilst watching this thread develop...
Meat balls and pasta
Pancetta and ricotta stuffed pasta
Black pudding, bacon and cheese filled ciabatta
8 mini victoria sponges
3 nature valley bars
1 packet of maryland cookies
3 bowls of cereal
2 slices of toast
6 peanut butter and jam sandwiches
4 pack of Carling
2 bottles of lucozade sport
3 high 5 4:1 mix sachets
a punnett of strawberries
3 bananas
Half a bottle of red
A lot of pink grapefruit squash
Volvic with a hint of strawberry
A berry flavoured Oasis
I think that's it... although I am still hungry and have got nature valleys and bananas at my disposal.
Thanks for reading.
+1 for the sugar advice - a friend of my sister used to model for those Just 17 type mags and reckoned you could eat loads of fat as long as you didn't have the sugar - so she lived on McDs. Stick thin but crappy skin.
If I eat a Ritter mazipan bar, whcih is loads of sugar, I am one lb heavier the next day, regular as clockwork.
His theories are interesting and thought provoking but are not the accepted medical consensus
Hmm. The issue here is that the medical business is concerned with keeping people healthy, NOT training them to be athletes.
Even so they do recommend low GI often, many of my friends have been prescribed this by their GPs. I don't think there's any argument that low GI is good in general.
just mol;grips always wants to claim a much more extreme position for me that I do for myself
I apologise for this, but it really is the way you come over in your posts. More carefully chosen language (such as this most recent post) would really help us understand your position!
I think that (some 😉 ) non fat people, a lot of whom who work hard to keep their weight under control quite like seeing fat people to remind them that the will power not to eat to much and that working out is for a good reason!
I also think that some fat people just assume that lean people have the ability to eat what they like and not pile it on, and are lucky to be that way.
I also think that some fat people just assume that lean people have the ability to eat what they like and not pile it on, and are lucky to be that way
I think the majority are tbh.
I think the majority are tbh.
Not sure about that, I always thought I was like that, then when I spent 2 and a half months off injured, I put on like a stone, which is a massive amount for me. I got back to training, and lost it all very quickly. Never changed my diet at all. And to give you an idea of what I eat, right next to me now are:
4 pack of blueberry muffins (one eaten)
1 packet of jam and cream biscuits
2 terrys chocolate oranges
1 packet of roasted peanuts
1 packet haribo goldbears
2 bananas and an orange
If I ate that even with lots of riding I would still be porky.
The skinny buggers do get a bit fatter of course, but nothing like on the same scale as the endomorphs.
I got back to training, and lost it all very quickly
See, if I gain weight by being inactive I tend not to lose it again quickly (if at all) if I resume riding.
If I ate that even with lots of riding I would still be porky.
To get a true comparison you would need to compare your 'lots of riding' and RealMans 'training'. Also your diet, weight, age if you have active jobs or social life in general rather than being a couch potato etc.
Edit. For the record, I'm not skinny, and I try hard to keep my weight to about 1/2 stone above what I would like it to be.
Well I say lots of riding, I mean training, usually 10 hours a week of structured plus a few runs.
Here's a question that bothers me. when we pig out after, or during a ride, cakes, biscuits etc, do the sat fats still have exactly the same bad effect on our bodies as if we were sitting down not exercising?
I'm guessing yes?
I would also guess yes.