Originally Posted by
therhodeo
Most cyclist I know
1. Eat entirely too much and use cycling as a reason they "earned it"
2. Likely don't have any higher of a metabolism than the average population given how low the intensity of their rides are.
Exactly right.
Cyclists are so fearful of energy depletion during a ride that they have started this obscene exercise to continually take in calories while riding, then take in more post exercise to replenish any depleted stores, all of course following a pre ride meal to stock up on calories. Ridiculous. The human body can endure....a lot. It can even, gasp, no way, go for 180 minutes without fluid intake or caloric intake and get this, even survive the trial.
This nation has become a country of fat pigs unrelentingly stuffing food in their mouths 12 hours a day. It is just crazy. I have a patient who is 38 years of age and weighs 725 pounds. She will be in a nursing home for the rest of her life. No endocrine causes, no tumors in her brain. She simply starts eating at 7 am and does not stop until she goes to bed. Every day.
Guess who pays for her food. Yup, you and I.