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i do eat breakfast, on ride days usually whole wheat waffles with peanut butter
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For long rides I eat fig bars. I portion them into 2 bars per baggie and eat one baggie every 30 minutes. (Then I re-use the bags). I don't know anything about the "science" but the two fig bars every 30 minutes habit works for me - lotsa energy and I don't get hungry. On my commute, which is about 5 miles (less than a half hour) I don't worry about eating, but if I'm out on the road for a long ride I bag up fig bars.
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Originally Posted by GFish
(Post 15020915)
Are you eating breakfast? If not, then you're starting on empty and always trying to catch up.
My commute is 29 miles RT. I always eat something at home and like to eat again after arriving at work. I believe this helps me through the day and the ride home. In the morning, hot cereal and/or fruit. In the first 30 minutes at work; yogurt or fruit, even peanut butter and jam. I prefer to eat real food on commute days, no bars or gels. I think a person's chemistry adapts to his eating patterns, so whatever changes you make you have to give it a while - a couple of weeks - to judge the results. |
protein needs to be taken after the workout so drink a smoothie or eat some nuts after your morning commute. you should really carb up the night prior and then again at breakfast. I like an oatmeal based smoothie at night and then i eat a small bowl of cereal in the morning. Then a protien shake shortly after I arrive at work. And not to sound like an alcoholic but a beer or two is a great way to load up on carbs in the evening.
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You aren't eating complex carbohydrates. They keep you full a LOT longer allowing your body to use it as energy instead of converting the glycogen to fat. Oatmeal would be the ideal meal to eat before your commute to work. Eat a small portion of fruit when you arrive to refuel your glycogen stores (your commute shouldn't deplete your glycogen stores anyway) but it might help to try.
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