tallmantim

Yeah - I think this is why there are a lot of guys my size who are drawn into triathlons. With mostly flatish courses, big diesel engines do well in those races.

Funny though, I was riding alongside a friend who is on the cusp of pro level on one climb - I think he's about 130lbs and was putting out 330W, whereas I was having to do 500W to go the same speed in the same conditions.

molecularman

cmsuter

I'm 5'9" and 125 I guess I would call myself road skinny, although my upper body has been classified as a skeleton so its not always good.

Shuke

the problem with this is that metabolism is both catabolic and anabolic at equal rates. So if you can break stuff down super fast do you think the energy just...disappears? No, your body builds yourself up equally as quickly. So no, your metabolism isn't really high otherwise you would be heavier and more muscular.

slynkie

then why is weight loss one of the symptoms of disorders like hyperthyroidism (which basically causes a hyper metabolic state)?

umd

I thought like you too, but I can tell you I'm much stronger at 140 than 120.

Missy

5'3" and 105 lbs. I weighed 108 almost 4 months ago when I bought my bike and started riding. I didn't start riding for the exercise or to lose weight so I guess I need to start eating a lot more.

Shuke

That doesn't apply here at all. what I said holds true for people with normal hormone levels. any kind of gland dysfunction is so much more complicated than you just made it out to be and like I said, doesn't apply at all to normal people. You actually made my point for me. People with gland disorders are the exceptions to my statement and normal people with normal hormones have normal metabolic rates.

KiddSisko

You have the strangest computer problem I've ever heard.

KiddSisko

Psst: this thread is more about making fun of guys who ride bikes and are obsessed with all things weight related. Please don't let anyone here tell you a thing about your height/weight ratio, food intake requirements, or anything else having to do with bicycles, fitness, health or sanity.

Velo Vol 

It felt like it this weekend. But regardless, the last few weeks I've been having the craving to eat more than I had been during the summer.

KiddSisko

Isn't it a fact with all mammals that upon the arrival of cold weather our bodies attempt to store fat in order to burn to keep warm?

Attn roadies: Use that as an excuse.

coasting 

my lbs went out of business a few months ago. i was sad.

coasting 

strangely i have lost a bit of weight in october but i gained weight in the summer when i was riding more.

slynkie

whoa there. first of all, you never said anything about "normal people" as you put it, in your earlier post. second of all, of course hyperthyroidism et al are much more complicated than a single symptom, which is all I was commenting on. I should know, as I have hypothyroidism myself.

Thirdly, no, I did not make your point for you, since you have absolutely no idea what disorders hxpham might have going on - you don't know if he's "normal". Part of my point (though admittedly poorly made, in retrospect) is that thyroid disorders are actually pretty common, could explain what's going on in a person who just thinks they have "high metabolism".

hxpham - please don't take any offence, I think we're sort of talking about an abstract you at this point but seriously, if you really weigh that little at your height, and your caloric intake truly matches your base metabolic needs + whatever you expend in exercise (etc), then it just seems a bit "off". i'm no doctor.

Shuke

I was basing my comments on the assumption that a majority of us here are 'normal' or well...normal for BF isn't exactly normal but whatever. Regardless: yes, there is a wide variety of medical problems that makes people skinny. I would say it's a bit of a quantum leap to start pointing gland disorder fingers at people just because they're skinny.

umd

In my experience most people who think they have a "high metabolism" just don't eat as much as they think they do. They eat "a lot". Uh huh, so how many calories? Track your intake for a week and be surprised.

slynkie

again, i was just mentioning a symptom of a glandular disorder as an example. others brought up eating disorders...which is more common, i wonder? and besides, a quantum leap? whatever, indeed.

ubergoober

I'm about .34 "roadies" over (6.4, 225). And I don't care.

RUOkie

so does that mean that I can't use the "I have a slow metabolism" excuse anymore?

Did you just call me fat?

slynkie

this. though unless you have a power meter it's difficult to track output very accurately.

umd

Often they don't even eat enough to cover no extra output

a_phat_beat

when i started riding i was 210 @ 5'10. now i'm down to about 160-165, i don't think i'm roadie skinny, dunno if i wanna be either but... i'd say i'm about 15 lb away.

Creatre

This.

I have a few friends like this. They think because they stuff their mouth one meal a day they have a high metabolism. Really, their one massive meal a day doesn't even cover their daily caloric requirements, not to mention their body is freaking out from only eating once a day, or very little snacks here and there.

Dheorl

Over 9000.

On a more serious note I'm skinny, am always skinny and have tracked my calorie and protein intake and they both come out pretty reasonable from what I remember (did it ages back but you've made me curious now so I might do it again).