diet

[craigthecoupe]

i'm struggling with my diet at the moment, and constantly tired or peckish, or both.

I'm also about to start a bit of a training programme, nothing mad, but probably 5 hrs a week turbo/rollers, on top of 100 miles a week on the road (20 mile daily commute 3 times a week, + sunday ride). the programme will be targeted training, probably st loads of simulated hill repeats, or worse still, real hill repeats! strength training, and tempo/endurance work as the 2015 season nears.

i'm 175 cm and 68kg, so loosing weight isn't what i'm about, if anything, i'd like to grow a little, as i feel my strength is my real weakness.
this is a typical day food wise for me at the moment.

breakfast: cup of tea, poached egg on toast.

10 mile ride to work

breakfast pt2: porridge.

snack: handful of nuts or dried fruit when i get a chance.

lunch: mixed leaf salad, ham, mozzarella, avacado. cous cous, youghurt, snack bar packet of chrisps.

snack: more nuts/dried fruit if i get chance.

commute home

dinner: stirfry with salmon fillet and rice, or roast veg new quinoa and chicken thighs, usually washed down with a beer or two/glass of wine.

the other problem is my job doesn't allow me a regualr lunch break, and sometimes no lunch at all, so eating is often a fairly rapid affair. we have a microwave at work, but very little time, so food prep needs to be done in five mins.

does this sound about right, or am i missing something?

thanks in advance.

[craigthecoupe]

i am fairly fit, ive completed a few hefty centuries this year. my first year off TTing finished with a 25:43 not blistering, but not terrible either.
i'd like to compete next year, crits and road races maybe, so training will be geared towards that.

[craigthecoupe]

TwistingMyMelon said:

Birdthom said:

My diet was very much like that when I upped my training a couple of years ago and I shrank rather rapidly. I was nice and light, but that wasn't much use racing on the flat and I started to get concerned comments from my mother (I'm 38, but you know how it is).

I've added more protein to my diet this year and I've put on a stone and quite a lot of muscle. Training/racing volume is very similar to last year. My results are about the same, but I feel stronger and my mum is happier.

HTH.

LOL I'm the same as was my mother and misses, last year they thought I had a eating disorder due to gauntness and weight loss, I was eating quite a bit and a balanced diet . This year I have upped the food a lot along with a few upper body and arm exercises/circuits and look and feel a lot better for it .

haha. i'm exactly the same! my mum asking me if i'm 'sure it's good for me, doing all that cycling' i'm 31! so it looks like i'll need to take on more food in general, and a bit more protein to balance out my diet. thanks for the input. it's actually not the easiest thing to find out about, i'f i wanted a six pack, or massive arms, theres loads of info about, the same if i want to drop 4 stone, but to stay the same, or have a look at your diet, theres very little out there.

[craigthecoupe]

just installed the app on my phone. will have a play over the coming weeks.
started week one of no boozing mid week, (im still having a few beers at the weekend if i fancy it) so bored last night, i managed to cook up some chicken portions for lunch today, made flapjack, and still went for a gentle spin up and down the beach before another pint of water and highlights of the vuelta.