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Originally Posted by DCWD I don't go for so long without food, but understand that some people might. I'm trying to shed a few pounds as well as train right. What seems to be working is to eat little or nothing before my morning ride (maybe a swig of milk or juice) and ride for an hour to hour and a half. Most days where I go over an hour, I squeeze a Gu/Clif Shot OR mix up sports drink into my water. When I get to work, I eat a Clif bar or Protein bar, depending on whether I was doing LSD or sprints and feel I need the added protein. An hour later, I have another snack, and two hours later I eat lunch. I'm dropping about 1/2 pound per week (overall, I ride about 8-10 hours per week). On my weekend rides (2-3 hours) again, I don't eat breakfast, but drop a clif bar into my pocket and two packs of Gu. I start nibbling on the energy bar right off - takes me at least an hour - and squeeze out a Gu every half-hour or so after that. Again, I eat as soon as I come home. That lasts me about 3 hours. |
I'm actually burning fat as opposed to just losing weight, and can't believe those are replacements for good clean food. I got a personal trainer and added weight training and was told to eat more than I was and its made a tremendous difference. What you eat, is as important as when, you eat. Granted, I'm only riding 6-8 hours a week, but run and lift on alternating days.
After I get home from my morning ride, I eat a whole wheat English Muffin with 1 egg + 1 egg white and have juice. Fruit or granola bar around 10am, then a turkey or tuna sandwhich for lunch, another decent snack and an early dinner. I've made a fairly substantial body change in the last 3 months. The riding is only a few weeks old, but it has become one of my favorite weekly actvities.
07-31.-2006
Re: What to eat in the morning before training 
difference of a complete lack of mountains. But I didn't have a banana, so we're even, right? 
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