slim_77

Now that I'm riding outside these days I've recently shifted to 60% donuts (when available), 20% cookies and milk, 10% cereal, 2% vegies and 5.4% pizza, 2.6% other stuff, food mostly. I'm currently in the I'm full but still hungry phase of my training. I'll cope somehow.


the evening before a race I like a good soup, salad, good solid bread (whole grain-good crust), a few slices of manchego cheese.

captnfantastic

mmmmm Stella

dolophonic

OCShark how can you live in socal and get your taco's at Del Taco? thats wack.
Sushi Joe i think that is a wrap not a burrito...o.k..

MrCrassic 

This is normally what I take in:

Breakfast: Oatmeal with maple syrup and brown sugar, or 1 cup of whole wheat pancakes with four eggs (1 egg, 3 eggwhites), or cereal or 4 slices of whole wheat toast with 4 eggs (same combo).

Snack 1: Apple with Coffee

Lunch: Tuna fish sandwich with one slice of American cheese and whole wheat bread

Snack 2: Chai Latte (no additional flavoring) and a banana or Clif Bar

Dinner: Usually something with rice and meat

Snack 3: Honey Bunches of Oats.

I'm trying to find better alternatives for the last snack so that I can sleep and wake better. My weight has been holding between 158 and 161, so I suppose that it's working. I have a slight amount of fat around the stomach (I can see my "six-pack," but there still a little bit of jiggly), but I'm not too concerned about that; I'll actually be more discouraged when I lose that and then gain it back next winter.

In reality, it's really about knowing your body and moderating your intake. In fact, I'm going to have a nice ice cream milkshake tonight to celebrate my new bike purchase! Yes!

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euphoria

Honey Bunches of Oats is like a straight IV drip of carbs into your veins, love it to death. I'm a huge fan of eating in three-hour increments, much easier to adjust intake if a ride gets cut short and keeps me feeling spry more often.

What exactly does 'no processed food' mean? No packaged bread, yogurt, deli meat, or even pretzels in a bag? Sounds rough.

UmneyDurak

That is a good point.

ericm979

I eat about the same (ovo-lacto vegetarian, no sugary or fatty junk food) all year. Each year since I got back into riding I have been better about gaining weight over winter. This winter I only gained about 4 lbs and about 2% bf over my 'A' race numbers. For my A races I get down to race weight by eating slightly less and slightly better.

I find that cutting down on dinner and post dinner snacks is the easiest way to lose that last bit of fat. I can sleep through being hungry but it is harder to go though the day hungry.

ericm979

Chris Horner's post race meal today (according to Lance, who asked where he'd been after the race):
"Reply - "I was at In and Out Burger". What?? He ordered a double-double (xtra onions), fries, coke, and a strawberry shake."

We're doing it wrong.

Coyote2

A good mix of carbs, protein, and fat all year-round. We buy our fair share of food at the stores, but get all of our meat (beef, buffalo, chicken), all of our eggs, and quite a bit of our produce directly from the farmers and ranchers who produce it, and actually grow much of our produce for summer and fall. All of that stuff is organic, the meat is free range.

I'm no conspiracy theorist, but I believe that the food industry cares much more about profits than about health.

Oh, and I would rather poke a stick into my eyeball than eat fast food. I eat no food that gets passed through a car window.

TheKillerPenguin

I guess I'm doing it right?