iDiet disciples and defaulters…

I seem to always eat too many nuts and may in fact turn into one

Although not supposed to be calorie restricted on iDave, the calories in nuts are eye watering. Good fats, but still worth keeping an eye on. God bless my kitchen scales.

Pah – I’ll see your road races and give you triathlons! Go to bed earlier, learn to embrace feeling like a zombie, live in your compression gear! Have 2 breakfasts a day… you know you want to.

pftt.. triathlons aren’t real racing 😉

try a proper RR then you’ll know what pain is like

My quality of sleep is massively improved too

Same as. Three months ago I was on Diazepam and Fluoxitne. I started a structured training regime and stopped taking the Diazepam. Sleep is better than ever. I now wlook forward to the weekends so I can get up early and get in a dawn training ride without feeling I’ve missed out on sleep. Also, last Friday I took my last happy pill so I am now drug free. 😀

Can’t do week day pre breakfast training though as constraints don’t allow me to but as I’m home by 5.15pm it means I can jump straight on a bike/ Turbo for a training session and be showered and cooking an evening meal by 7pm.

Tricky – give me some tips on how to get into real racing then please?

BTW – I think you keep being suggested as a friend on FB?

That’s one of the three key training times you’re excluding yourself from.

Bolx. Non-morning people just cannot function as well before breakfast. Morning people can’t get their heads round this, but it’s not a choice, it’s a fact. Our brains ARE different.

I’d like to talk about the benefits of training at midnight…

Re base training – yes I’ve neglected it hugely. But that’s cos of lifestyle constraints, regrettably. I’m going to have to try and get out for 3 hours Sunday mornings, but it’s very difficult, after a week of very difficult.

Tricky – give me some tips on how to get into real racing then please?

Enter the Gorrick on Sunday and learn the hard way like me. 😀

Edit; must read all posts before commenting.

Non morning people! PFft… my Mrs is a psycho in the morning… put her on a treadmill and she soon calms down. It’s all about how much you want it!

Tricky – give me some tips on how to get into real racing then please?

BTW – I think you keep being suggested as a friend on FB?

Go to the BC calendar. Buy a full race licence or provisional and turn up!*

* provided you can ride okay in a group and are a confident bike handler (i.e holding your line). Would recommend a crit circuit race 1st as road races are much much harder

Where are you based? There’s loads at hillingdon (london), castle comb,

Calendar here

BTW – I think you keep being suggested as a friend on FB?

me?

Hmm..who are you 🙂

There’s also a Saturday closed circuit race at Ludgershall just outside of Andover.

Non morning people! PFft… my Mrs is a psycho in the morning… put her on a treadmill and she soon calms down. It’s all about how much you want it!

Not only are some of us not morning people, we are also not masochists. Training for me is not about hurting myself as much as possible, it’s about working WITH my body rather than against it.

Train smarter not harder etc etc.

I`m 4 weeks in to it now, been very strict on it, had one lapse earlier this week where I had an oat based cereal bar as I had really bad cravings for something sweet.

Start point was 12st6 3/4lbs, realistically about 25-30% body fat

Now down to 11st 8lbs and visibly smaller all over, probably still 20% body fat though ?

Target weight is 10.5st so I`m sticking with it

Dont really miss anything, but then I`ve not really had a chance to do much in the way of excercise this month either…

Try and change that going forwards.

I dont drink tea now except on cheat day, as I dont like it black and it seems to upset my stomach
so I drink Black filter coffee, or Rooibos (Red bush) which I like with no milk or sugar.

one fantastic side effect…… I have pretty clear sinus`s for the first time in living memory. 😀

Always get more mucous / bunged up on cheat day too so its definately diet related

I`m in it for the long haul for sure

As much as I have cravings for carbs at certain times and situations, I think I actually prefer the main meals without the starch. Meat and a nice range of creatively cooked veg is lovely.

Last day of week 3 for me today, looking forward to a pasty + baked beans for lunch tomorrow! I’ve lost 1 stone exactly so far (definitely had it to lose though). Been very strict but, surprisingly, it hasn’t been hard at all & I’ve had no cravings. Probably due to the results I’m seeing though & the fact I feel so much better. I’ve been able to adapt most of my fave meals so they’re compatible as well.

The most annoying thing is that my low carb evangelism is taking a knocking from the intellectually challenged in the office who see my failure as a failure of the concept of low carbs.

Dunno what diet you’re on, it isn’t iDave though. Maybe give that a try?

Not iDaveing but a lot of what we eat would be pretty much compliant anyway, apart from the pasta and bread 😀

I have pretty much cut out refined sugar during the week and my diet in general is very low on saturated fat and I can see the diference already.

My commute seems to have turned into a 4mile TT lately from trying to keep my cadence up on the long draggy, but not steep, hill on my fixie.

Looking forward to (getting spat out the back of) the first road race in a few weeks, but I feel like I’ve lost a lot of power from my legs after a nasty cold over christmas…

hmm, that seeems to have gone off on a bit of a tangent.

I lost 14lbs last year following it. Then, I stopped, let Christmas take me over in a big way and put it all back on.

I’ve just found out I have a heart condition, so definitely need to shed the excess (28lbs is realistic, 35lbs ideal) and also get fit again. Nothing like the prospect of ill health to motivate you..!

Molly – I drafted out a huge reply to you then decided I’m not talking to you and that this video contains all the salient points.

Tricky – I’m dressed in full face DH gear ina black & white pic.

After reading some of the recipes I decided to give the old beans & lentils thing a go. I enjoy them and find I dont eat pasta or rice or bread much anymore. I dont eat cereal anyway, so Im almost there!

But honestly, doing it to the letter must be incredibly tough (unless you just dont really care for food)

If your fat, then its probably a great way to lose weight quickly, and theres no doubting its a healthy way to eat.

But if you eat sensibly already, I cant really see the benefits to it. Not being able to have milk and sugar in my coffee, not being able to eat scones and sticky toffee pudding my mate cooked last night, or not being able to go out for a pint on wednesday night etc. would drive me nuts.

If your fat, then its probably a great way to lose weight quickly, and theres no doubting its a healthy way to eat.

That’s what it’s all about really. Once you’ve reached your “target weight” you can probably be a lot more flexible. The one biggest benefit I’ve found is that by cutting out sugar, and it’s associated insulin response, my need to snack has gone completely (which is where most of my crap food intake came from before).

Go to the BC calendar. Buy a full race licence or provisional and turn up!*

heh, that’s almost the advice i gave TSY 😀 Tricky, i’ll be a mutual friend if it helps find TSY on fb…

But honestly, doing it to the letter must be incredibly tough (unless you just dont really care for food cakes and chocolate)

FTFY

Funny old game though. Had normal brekkie and a caramel macchiato at about 10.30, so should’ve had a big insulin spike. It’s now half past two and I haven’t been hungry at all for lunch.

Dirty – you’ve still not given an opinion on that bike… I can’t be racing on my Genesis.

But honestly, doing it to the letter must be incredibly tough (unless you just dont really care for cakes and chocolate)

I dont think these people exist do they?

ygm now tsy.

Cool… you see the TRX exercise in that video at 2:40?

I was trying those at the gym the other day! Not one for when you’ve got sweat running down your arms…

The pink bike or YouTube one?

My video up there ^^

But honestly, doing it to the letter must be incredibly tough (unless you just dont really care for food)

Although I hate the word, I’m a “foody” and don’t find it challenging at all.

Pretty much 100% since September.

Helps that that both my wife and I are in it together.

I’ve gone from 11st 3 to 9st 13. Feel much better for it. Had been putting my expanding middle down to prostate cancer medication, but it seems I was just getting fat.

I’m still playing with carbs and exercise, but like others I don’t seem to need as much as I used to ,or thought I needed. Lacking in power still but that might be the meds.

I think I’ve enjoyed cooking and eating more over the last few months more than I would have thought possible and I’ve eaten stuff I would have run away from before.

So a grateful, skinnier, healthier(I hope) 55 yr old here. Off to make flatbreads for tonight’s curry.

Christ.

Someone’s just pulled out a sack of Peanut Butter M&Ms that they brought back from the US.

Resolve will be tested…

I was an early converter started in August 2010 I think. I lost over a stone getting down to 11.11st I have somehow slipped off it over a period of half a year, I still don’t eat many potatoes, pasta and bread; anyway I’m back up to 13.4st. I still run and exercise a lot but it does little without a good diet, I just can’t get back on it, I’m not mentally tough enough. If only gastric bands were available for the overweight not just obese!

Christ.

Someone’s just pulled out a sack of Peanut Butter M&Ms that they brought back from the US.

Resolve will be tested…

I had a 1kg sack of them brought back from the US for me last year, they didn’t last very long, though I did feel a bit sick after eating way too many of them!

Hopefully getting some almond ones shortly.

Christ, I thought I was of a good weight at 75kg’s but judging by some of you I’m relatively obese!! 😯

Note to self, new target weight of 65kg rather than 70.

Christ, I thought I was of a good weight at 75kg’s but judging by some of you I’m relatively obese!

That’s what i was pre idave Steve.. got down to 68kg through idave + trainnig

I just don’t think losing 7kg would be possible for me.

I already train a lot…

I had a 1kg sack of them brought back from the US for me last year, they didn’t last very long, though I did feel a bit sick after eating way too many of them!

My sister in law brought us some back from the US last week. I hadn’t touched them but came home last night to find my missus had scoffed the lot!

pffffft you dont train anywhere near enough yeti, you’re a wimp and i know when you’re ‘chillin out’ on a ride with us messing around pulling manuals etc its cos you’re unfit, not cos you dont want to embarrass us.

Manuals are training too.

I’m even training now… just like Sly Stallon in ‘Over the Top’.

I’m surprised anyone finds it difficult, or feels deprived of tasty food.

Takes an adjustment in habits and attitude, but it’s hardly draconian?

The only ‘adjustment’ I make is to use carbs during and immediately after intensive endurance sessions and races.

Currently trialling an enhanced version for the final stubborn few pounds.

Every action has a consequence. With food as with anything, when you learn what the consequence is, you just decide if it’s what you want. And act accordingly. Or am I missing something?