Training & Nutrition - keeping weight on whilest touring

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peas and corn

01-01-09, 05:29 PM

i eat like crazy...still on a two week tour,i lose 15 lbs....
i don't want or need to....any idears?

mp in az

late

01-01-09, 07:49 PM

A lot of that has to be water. Drink juice, sports drinks regularly. Eat a good
breakfast.

garysol1

01-01-09, 07:51 PM

I agree with the above poster. That much weight loss that fast almost HAS to be primarily water weight. You should be drinking around a bottle per hour.

peas and corn

01-01-09, 09:48 PM

indeed..any wheres between one and one and a half gallons a day...eatin big food too...

i plan on an extended tour this spring...hope i don't wither..
thanks

mp in az

merlin55

01-01-09, 10:27 PM

Peanut Butter and Jam, Ice Cream after dinner....if you need to add some calories to your diet

ericm979

01-02-09, 01:07 PM

As a tourist you should be eating more fat and protein than the traditional high carbohydrate racer's diet.