Originally Posted by
carleton
A few tips (from me, not the book)
- Any food advertised on TV is most likely bad for you. Pay attention to commercials.
- Sugar is a drug. Americans love sugar.
- Our body treats bread, cereal, etc no differently than it treats cake.
- Water is awesome.
- Good coffee tastes good without cream and sugar.
- Your taste buds will adapt after 2-4 weeks. Ketchup used to taste more salty than sweet to me. Now it tastes as sweet as maple syrup.
- Count Calories for a month and your eyes will be opened to caloric bombs from things that you thought were OK. My caloric bombshell: Breakfast Cereal. I may as well have been eating chocolate cake for breakfast and as a late night snack.
Don't get me wrong, it sounds like an interesting read to me. But focusing on a steady diet is next to impossible since I don't eat on a regular schedule (some days not at all). I realize that my riding performance would probably jump 3x if I focused on calorie expenditure as well regular training to influence muscle growth and strength. If I get competitive, absolutely. I will become an amateur dietician. Until then, while I ride streets, I'll get by with my bagels+srirarcha with the occasional plain flower tortilla washed down with h2o.
Maybe that's why I don't gain weight. I eat like a diseased hermit.
Oh, and I like my coffee like I prefer my women. Bold, Black, bitter, delicious. Bucket list for me is to hook up with an obscenely obese sassy black woman. I hope no one finds this offensive. I find it hilarious, and its true.