Sugar craving on rest days
#1
cab horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Toronto
Posts: 28,353
Bikes: 1987 Bianchi Campione
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 42 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 26 Times
in
19 Posts
Sugar craving on rest days
Does anyone else get these? After several days of riding, I take a rest day and suddenly my urge to eat something sugary like candy jumps through the roof. Otherwise I eat really healthy on my bike days.
#2
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Ashland, VA
Posts: 1,344
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I get cravings for sugar and beef jerky.
On the other hand, I am dieting and losing weight, so I am craving food 24x7.
On the other hand, I am dieting and losing weight, so I am craving food 24x7.
#3
So say we all.
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 728
Bikes: Gary Fischer Wahoo, upgraded Specialized Allez
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Yeah. Simple sugars especially -- I need soda like I need air and internet access -- but all sorts of food.
A runner friend told me once that exercise is a natural hunger suppressant. Maybe that's it.
A runner friend told me once that exercise is a natural hunger suppressant. Maybe that's it.
#4
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Brownsville, TX
Posts: 2,174
Bikes: Surly CC
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
3 bite rule:
Eat 3 bites of anything, within reason and your safe.
For me, that amounts to the 3 bites of german chocolate cake I had today because I've been craving it since my birthday, June 7th. I figure 90 days without any sweets warranted my ability to have 3 small bites (considering my wife bought the cake and has been eating it in front of me)
And ya, its my off days that I tend to eat a bit more, and crave sweets.
Propel saves me from any soda cravings normally, if they hit at all anymore.
Eat 3 bites of anything, within reason and your safe.
For me, that amounts to the 3 bites of german chocolate cake I had today because I've been craving it since my birthday, June 7th. I figure 90 days without any sweets warranted my ability to have 3 small bites (considering my wife bought the cake and has been eating it in front of me)
And ya, its my off days that I tend to eat a bit more, and crave sweets.
Propel saves me from any soda cravings normally, if they hit at all anymore.
#5
deep fried goodness
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: emerald city
Posts: 310
Bikes: rosemary (bstone); fat chance; serotta
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I saw a nutritionist last year and when she saw on my food log that I regularly popped a few mouthfuls of butterscotch chips a few hours after dinner (I was dying for sugar!), she pinpointed that I wasn't getting enough carbs in my diet and that my body was craving sugar as a way to get it. I upped my carb intake with healthy stuff like yogurt/fruit/cereal or dried fruit or half a pb&j along with my dinner or a few hours after. My cravings for bad sugar disappeared. You can't stifle your body from getting what it needs, esp when doing lots of exercise. And when it's your rest day, your body is trying to replenish its glycogen and your metabolism is still in high gear. It's not all in your head.
#6
Meow!
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Riverside, California
Posts: 6,019
Bikes: Trek 2100 Road Bike, Full DA10, Cervelo P2K TT bike, Full DA10, Giant Boulder Steel Commuter
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
That was interesting, today a rest day I was craving a candy bar all day... interesting!
__________________
Just your average club rider... :)
Just your average club rider... :)