New Year...Someone may as well start this thread.

Welcome back js and hope to see you get in the groove again.

I know what you mean about career/work. I was fortunate for 2012 to have the balance of being employed and yet not working overtime. That allowed me to train consistently, but my first quarter I have a few tight deadlines that starting tomorrow I will probably not be posting much and hoping to still train on a consistent basis.

Best wishes on getting the diet and heating / cooling worked out.

Oatmeal is pretty much my breakfast and weekend pre-ride meal. I typically pack a cooler to take to work each day loaded with several small meals. I have been doing that for almost 30 years. On Sunday I try to cook several pounds of chicken breast to use through the week. Each night I spend about an hour getting everything ready for the next day and pack the cooler that morning. I have been doing this so long that it is just part of the daily routine.

felt->Been a while but great to see the post. Glad to hear the training went well in 2012. Old Habits break hard especially for the weight trainer in you. I am sure you are in great shape as always.

Any goals set for 2013? Big rides ahead?

-js

No specific events for 2012 or planning for 2013. I just need a lot more hours of training.

I would like to try to accomplish a sub 5 hour solo century in 2013, but I feel like I am still a bit underpowered. I will just keep working on getting some more hours on my legs and see if I can keep my training consistent during these work deadlines.

Felt, you don't need a heap of power to do a sub 5 century if you have decent aerodynamics and favorable conditions. Perhaps cherry pick a course with a tailwind for the duration - that is how I did my first one. It'll give you a feel for the pacing required to achieve it.

My goals for the year are to get a bit faster. I would like to shave a few minutes off my bike split in the one triathlon I participate in. I would also like to do a few more long solo rides for the year.

Things I will do in 2013: Continue to slowly but surely improve diet (perhaps up the pace of removing some of the [censored] I eat), stay hydrated (I'm terrible I can do 4 hr rides on one bottle of water and then not drink anything else all day it really is a wonder I'm not dead yet), eat on the bike before I feel like I'm about to bonk, keep my steady rides steady and increase the effort on my long rides from slow to steady.

I do oatmeal, honey, and almonds as my main breakfast. The way I train I have to have a pre-ride and post-ride snack. This a.m I did two pieces of dry toast and a touch of honey and felt pretty good, I always do protein after my rides. A good alternative to the homemade oatmeal is Quaker weight control instant, I did that for a while. My fitness pal is a great app for tracking your intake. Welcome back!

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One of my big questions is what can I put in my body in the morning that is still considered "detox" meaning no breads and grains, cereals or just about everything you can eat for breakfast since I am an early morning guy! Is oatmeal or cream of wheat ok? I may not go cream of wheat cause too much iron and I got enough issues there already. Suggestions?

1) Get a copy of "Racing Weight" by Matt Fitzgerald.
2) Go to Myfitnesspal.com and open an account. It's free.
3) Unless you are lactose intolerant, yogurt is your friend.
Good luck

Hey guys,

BG takes for for the welcome and good to see your post. I was lurking and you are doing some amazing numbers. For the past two days I was doing a light detox which is not straight up no meat at all but all greens, green drinks, smoothies and the nuts during the days to satisfy the craves. The good news was that today I did quaker oatmeal and a sliced banana and it did me well. I think the combo of the light detox and the meal did me good. I just would like a little pick me up other than a glass of water! They say no coffee, black tea and only green tea or lemon water. I really wanted some caffeine bad but once I got 30 minutes in, I woke up.

I did not feel crazy beat by 90 minutes in and did a solid 2 hours with 2 x 25@180 and 2x10@190. I am happy with that. The bigger test will be if tomorrow will be as nice to me.

bg, I was big on dry toast but they want no breads so I switch to oatmeal and they are ok with honey so I will go with that. Ofcourse they want all organic, good luck on my budget of time and $$$$.

joro, I could not imagine going that long without any liquids but I do notice that outdoors I need much less while indoors I am craving it!

maxroad, I will check out the site and see about the book. I really want to get back to 170 as now I am ~182 depending on when you weigh me and most important get rid of the heavy feeling you get when eating that [censored] for too long. I love a good greek yogurt but they kind of only want you to drink like almond milk.

The funny thing about all this detox and eating better is "high on the calories". You really are not like on a "diet", you are really just eating better. Lets see what that will do in terms of the weight besides the feeling.

-js