When that happens eat more fats and protein plus veggies not carbs. I just eat a big steak and a huge salad then top it off with strawberries and home made whip cream using stevia to 'sweeten'. It satiates me just fine, is low carb and I get enough calories. Doing this now for a while and still losing fat. If I eat the carbs I get on a vicious circle of wanting more later.
On Aug 15, 9:39 pm, "Darin G." <dbg...@mac.com> wrote: > I've had a tough time with this aspect of long rides, paleo or not, > and tend to get a "sweet stomach" from gatorade, energy gels, blocks, > etc, but on longer rides I bonk if I don't eat, which ruins the ride > (or hike or ski, or whatever) and presents a dilemma. I tend to do > best eating eggs, sausage and a small serving of potatoes for > breakfast and then eating "food" along the way, be it pizza or a > sandwich with fruit, especially apples, and maybe some carrot sticks > and cucumbers. I'd probably eat meatloaf and mashed potatoes if my > mom were to meet me along the way. I'm going to try grilled cheese > sandwiches this winter. The pizza and sandwich are not paleo for > sure, but I'm more interested in avoiding the bonk while not getting > nauseous, and I don't know how it matters when you're burning 5,000 > calories on the ride. I'm obviously not a nutritionist and perhaps > there is a precise way to dose yourself with pure paleo food and not > bonk but in the make-it-up-as-I-go-along world this is the best I've > come up with. I usually do not eat anything on rides shorter than 3 > hours which seems to work well for me. > > My brother-in-law developed the Pro-Bar which is one of the more > palatable bars (lots of fat, seeds, etc.) and I keep one in my saddle > bag as a back up. I asked him about a digestible energy source for > long events and he said he tells cross-country skiers and distance > cyclists to take a baked potato in a ziplock with a little olive oil > and salt. You could take it a step further and make it a yam or a > sweet potato. Put it in a rubbermaid container in your saddle bag. > Each potato comes out around 200 calories and slightly less than 50 > grams of easily digested carbohydrate. Its gotta taste better than > the crap they serve at the aid stations at most century rides and Mark > Sisson seems to be generally approving of potatoes as an energy > source. > > The real challenge for me is the day after the long ride. The day of > the ride my appetite tends to be suppressed by the activity > (especially if its hot) but it comes back with a vengeance the next > day which makes diet compliance difficult. I spent today fantasizing > about a Margherita pizza for instance and I started salivating just > reading the post above about jamon with manchego on baguette. Still > working on tweaking the post long ride menu. > > On Aug 15, 8:29 pm, charlie <cl_v...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Well you have to ask yourself the real question.....that is, If you > > are eating "paleo" are you exercising paleo? Unless you are riding at > > a lower pace (similar to the output of a walker) you will need to > > consume a higher amount of carbohydrate. Fruit and veggies are the > > natural thing for that. If you are riding 4-12 hours, eat fats, > > protein, veggies, nuts, fruit.... just like when you are not riding. > > This assumes you are trying to burn fat as you ride. Unless you > > continually 'top off' with carbs you'll soon be out of glucose anyway > > and will have to burn fat for energy. I think they call it 'the bonk'. > > I've just come to the conclusion that I don't like riding that long or > > that hard. If I can't finish my riding in a 5-6 hour day, I'm going to > > do the sensible thing and take a rest, eat some food and go to sleep > > until the next day. The best post ride food in my mind would be the > > same thing I eat normally just a little more of it. For protein, eggs > > or fish seem to digest better for me than a steak but the fat in the > > steak satiates better after exercising. I also like the way I feel > > eating primarily vegetables and meat. During a ride you ask........I > > eat fruit or nuts or berries maybe even a little turkey jerky or a > > teriyaki stick. Most of my riding these days however is two hours at a > > time or less so I rarely eat when I ride and just drink some water. > > I've also taken to riding my new SimpleOne and I've changed the way I > > ride and do more gut busting climbing coupled with easy spinning and > > coasting and some high velocity spinning for the fast twitch fibers. > > Kind of a interval type of thing like when I commute to work from > > light to light. On the few longer rides I've done I slow my pace quite > > a bit and plod along. > > > On Aug 14, 5:30 pm, reynoldslugs <be...@perrylaw.net> wrote: > > > > Sorry to resuscitate a dying thread, but here goes: > > > > I like the way the Taubes/Paleo makes me feel - -won't rehash. > > > Problem I have is long rides - - 4 to 12 hours. I have not figured > > > out the "Taubesian" foods work to keep you going during the ride, or > > > how to handle that feeling of post-ride starvation. > > > > What do you eat during the ride, and how do you handle the post-ride > > > meal? > > > > I don't think I should be putting Candy Bars in my Candy Bar Bag, but > > > hard boiled eggs and raw broccoli aren't getting me through the long > > > days. > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > Thanks. I know this post is not really Rivendell related, and the > > > "Candy Bar Bag" humor is weak. > > > > RL -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
