Breakfast: Not hungry before or after my ride.
 

Is that a good sign? I should be starving after riding but I'm not.

I try to eat a bananna and drink some coffee before I ride out, but nothing too heavy or i feel sick.
When I get to work we have tons of food but I don't get hungry till 11 or something.

Anybody else that way?
Know if it's unhealthy?

I don't want to strip my muscles.

I am trying small omelette and bread now ... since i have a hard time eating .

How much of a ride are we talking about, here?

Same with me. I can never eat breakfast, I just chug something liquid, like a smoothie or something.

Usually orange juice, yogurt, banana, and some strawberries.

Easy to drink and good amount of carbs and energy.

It could be the coffee. Caffeine is an appetite suppressant.

11-12 miles in the morning.

Im not a huge coffee person so it'd be easy to drop. I just got these cans that i chug before going out.

Then I should look like a super model :roflmao2:!

If your hungry, EAT! If not (and you know you need to get calories/ protein/ carbs in you) have an "instant breakfast" or some such when you get to work.

JMHO

I would venture to say yes. After a workout, you're body is hungry for nutrients. Protein, carbs, etc. Carbohydrates and fat can be stored, so your body will use it's storage if you do not eat anything. Protein can not be stored, which is why body builders will drink a post workout protein shake.

If you're trying to shed a few pounds, keep doing what you're doing. Otherwise, have piece of fruit, bowl of oatmeal, or go to a health store and buy some whey protein.

I have a PB&J at work after the ride. Fruit sugars, carbs and peanut protein.

It really depends. My ride is 28 each way.
Some mornings I am not hungry due to eating quite a bit the night before. At times I wait until 9am for breakfast.
Other days I wake up famished and eat before I leave and at work when I get there.

Not sure if that's good or not. If you've been commuting for a long time I can imagine that your body just doesn't really care about it anymore.

Though, I've been commuting for 2 days now, and had to eat a lot. Bowl of cereals and milk this morning before leaving, 2 slices of cake after getting at the job, followed by a banana. Only an hour after that my body suggested that I might need another 2 slices of cake with 4 sandwiches at lunch. I did forget to eat my apple though ;)

That's not an enormous ride, but it's not right around the block either. Do you also ride that same distance home? Are you a "big meal at the end of the day" person? If I eat a heavy meal in the evening, or really anything much after about 9 pm, I'll have low appetite the next morning. I've experimented some with the "breakfast like a king, dine like a merchant, sup like a pauper" approach, and while it needs some adjustment if you burn more calories in the PM, something along those lines seems to work well for me.

My home route is maybe 13 miles, but about the same yes.

Yeah, I eat more at night and lunch and I did have a big ass dinner last night.

Could very well be it.

I get really really hungry at 11 now instad of 1230.
Then i have a snack at 3ish before i ride home.

Then eat big right after i get home.

I try to eat a bit before I head out, and also have some water/drink of some sort without caffeine. I normally am not hungry right when I get to work, but rather about an hour after arriving. Same thing on ride home. My ride is 10 miles each way. I think that it is my body needing to settle in after a ride before chowing.

Now, I am also trying to lose some weight too, so I have been spacing out more regular, though smaller, meals, so I am eating on a regular basis. I think that this constant flow of nutrients is what is helping me out. I know that it is working, since I am losing weight nicely, but still have a lot of energy and feel great.

Well, I eat about 1600-1700 cals a day.

being 5'10 and 163 I'll probably lose some weight doing 25 miles a day (with hills). I think to maintain my weight I should be eating around 2500 cals and I don't usually do that.

I want to lose some weight but I firmly believe that the only way to lose weight is to eat and keep your muscles strong.

Listen to your body. If it's hungry, feed it. If not, don't. Lots of athletes don't eat breakfast, google "intermittent fasting"; there's lots of health benefits to skipping breakfast, but it's not for everyone (YMMV).

I have a similar distaste for eating when I first wake up. Sometimes if I go to bed hungry I will wake up hungry, that helps. I can tell you I am a lot faster when I eat beforehand (12mi commute one way here too). Sometime I grab a couple Lara bars and nibble on them as I go.

If everything is working right, your body will tell you when to eat. Your one who stops eating when your full right?
5'10" and 163 is about right. Weight training will tone you if you want to go that way, but you may add weight when you do that.

yeah, i do some free weights at lunch for about 25-20 min.

And im sure my legs will gain heavier muscle.

There has been some research that seems to indicate that weight loss is helped by consuming more of your calories earlier in the day, so you might want to try it. Also, I find that having a small healthy snack soon after exercise helps me to avoid the tendency to "eat big" -- you eat a little, let it hit your bloodstream, then a bit later when it's time for your meal you're not starvin' like Marvin.

I concur with all the "listen to your body" advice, but you need also to look beyond the immediate message. If your body says "EAT LOTS FOOD NOW GNOM GNOM" at 8 pm at night, maybe it does need lots of food, but is that a good thing? When you're probably not going to do anything more vigorous than a couple hours of television and then go to bed? Maybe the real message is to adjust the rest of your day's nutrition so you don't want to consume mass quantities in the evening.

Oh yeah, i try not to gnom gnom past 8. On sundays I do, for no other reason than I'm use to it and I should probably stop. haha.

I don't know, since I've been riding, i've been eating like a horse! Of course if I had a real terrifying experience on my commute (getting chased by a mean dog or almost hit by a car) I might be hungry for a little while either. :)
Ernest

Yep, I eat like a horse too. A little bag of instant oatmeal before I ride to work and another when I'm drinking a cup of coffee. I usually eat a big lunch and a moderate dinner.

<-- Clyde 6'2" & 215 (a little paunchy)

When I exercise..I eat a lot more. I had to make it so that I am always carrying a snack w/ me. That is either fruit or vegetables. Because I would grab anything in sight. Seriously! Folks say exercising is suppose to be an appetite supressant. Ugh not for me. I get hungrier and have to eat a little through out the day. And I still eat my meals. I just resigned to making sure my snacks are healthy and keep at least 1 salad a day in the mix.