Ygduf

but which houseplants!!!

Higher Class

Daily staples are rolled oats, oat milk, and bananas supplemented with whatever fruit looks good at the market... blueberries, strawberries, mangoes.

After a race or long ride I'll eat some sort of beans/rice/guac/veggie thing.

On the bike while training is usually 100% bananas with a homemade granola bar (oats, raisins, nuts, honey, maple syrup, coco oil) if it's 3hrs or more, protein bar toward the end if the workout was exceptionally hard.

I usually don't ride in the mornings so I'll go a while on just a couple bananas, then eat a huge oat bowl with fruit at 10:30am and go the rest of the day on fruit as needed. If I'm riding in the afternoon I'll grab some sort of meal (rice, beans, chickpea salad, tempeh sammy, etc.) a couple of hours before riding. Recover with bananas and a tall glass of water with protein powder.

This is all fairly recent... something I'm trying out this season. I've trimmed down to the lightest I've been since high school. My fitness has improved dramatically, but I wouldn't necessarily attribute it to the diet, seeing as that I've also cut out alcohol completely and have been training on a more consistent and focused schedule.

longe

i've recently started avoiding processed food, filling the day with teh whole foods. it rules. also, i've completed my ABA-designed self-study on the effects of caffeine accumulation in the body. Conclusion is that caffeine accumulation has a negative relation with the performance of my sleep skills (e.g. falling back asleep) which moderates life quality via nightly sleep quality and subsequent daily energy. So in with a new caffeination system, as well.

also recently discovered a wicked farm stand market ~20min away- can actually fill in the diet with a variety of interesting fruits and vegetables without feeling like I'm being duped.

also, tibetan singing bowls.

Ygduf

half life of caffeine is 4 hours. I'll often take 200g for lunchtime workouts after a couple cups in the morning. Maybe 300g total, but as long as I stop at 2pm or so I'm good by 10pm.

caloso

I'm one of those people who can have an espresso after dinner and still fall asleep at 10:30. Don't hate.

Ygduf

I used to be that way, then one day I lost it.

Wesley36

My cutoff is 3 pm

Enthalpic

You mean milligrams (mg).

Ygduf

Did I?

aaronmcd

Pretty sure I could drink coffee in my sleep and not wake up. Bit I still don't have any after 6 or 7, just to be sure.

Wylde06

Im one of those people that can drink a pot of coffee at 10:00 and still fall asleep at 10:30.

revchuck 

I remember (mid-70s) when coffee was a dime for a bottomless cup at Denny's, and I'd go there at night and drink coffee for a couple of hours, then return to the barracks and go right to sleep. Now if I have any after about 3 PM, it messes me up.

misterwaterfall

My usual Saturday afternoon is coffee at like 3 hoping it will help me get my second wind, but really I usually nap until like 3:30 or so after downing a double shot. I wish it did more for me, it does however suppress my appetite with is good at times.

longe

So, maybe a dumb question, but is there a way to get a decent buzz on without affecting recovery too much? Or is this always going to be a priorities thing? I don't need to get hammered, but I don't need to be delaying recovery By much either.

mike868y

lose weight and stop drinking for a few months. i get a noticeable buzz off one strong beer.

mattm

Get your buzz by winning races!

Or at the least you can get a buzz by taking huge risks in races with the chance of a win. It works for me.

I gave up drinking entirely after getting tired of being hung over/having friends not be able to ride b/c they were hung over.

Not saying everyone needs to do this, but it works well for me.

hubcyclist

I consider myself somewhat lucky, I don't really like alcohol, I'd drink socially in college and don't mind trying stuff, but I much prefer a diet pepsi to anything. Also, I have no friends so I don't have to worry about the social aspect! haha

Ygduf

I really like beer, I just only drink like 1 every couple weeks and I make it fancy when I do.

mike868y

diet pepsi... :/

TheKillerPenguin

Ditto. Is what the first day of a rest weeks are for.

misterwaterfall

I might have a beer or 2 every other week, had 1 while at a superbowl party. 2-3 times a year I'll have all of the beers, well usually all of everything, which reminds me why I don't do that very often and holds me over for 6 months when we repeat the cycle.

Dunbar

Beer is fine if you budget for the calories and can stop after having two. I drink 1-2 beers a day.

mike868y

i drink beer to cope with the mediocrity of my corporate job and unfulfilling personal life.

TheKillerPenguin

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Wesley36

+1. "Racing Weight" said so!