Does your daily calorie requirement reduce with fitness?

[colly]

"You only do all that cycling so you can eat and drink what you want!

And what would be the problem with that ?

 

[ColinJ]

And what would be the problem with that ?

It's a puritanical attitude towards pleasure! Only certain approved pleasures are acceptable, apparently ... Enjoying food and drink is considered gluttony. At the time, I had a 32" waist, weighed 12 stone (I'm a fairly chunky 6' 1" so that isn't a lot for me) and I could do my local hilly rides in 2/3 of the time that I take now and barely break into a sweat. None of that counted - I was exceeding the approved intake!

It was like living in a monastery or the Soviet Union!

 

[MacB]

"You only do all that cycling so you can eat and drink what you want! Why don't you eat less and drink less, and then you won't have to ride your bike so much!"

Wow Col, I had a similar situation, or was attacked by a similar argument, when I was a little lighter than that, a lot younger than now and used to swim and use the gym daily. I got blindsided by a tirade from a girl in the office when I unpacked the stuff I'd bought for lunch, don't remember what exactly but nothing unusual in those days. Same sort of crud about doing less and consuming less, totally out of the blue, left me feeling bemused but didn't put me off my lunch though

Got to say it didn't make me think, oh here's someone I could get into bed with

 

[ColinJ]

Wow Col, I had a similar situation, or was attacked by a similar argument, when I was a little lighter than that, a lot younger than now and used to swim and use the gym daily. I got blindsided by a tirade from a girl in the office when I unpacked the stuff I'd bought for lunch, don't remember what exactly but nothing unusual in those days. Same sort of crud about doing less and consuming less, totally out of the blue, left me feeling bemused but didn't put me off my lunch though

Got to say it didn't make me think, oh here's someone I could get into bed with

I actually got 'reported' in my last-but-one job for the amount of food I put on my plate in the factory canteen. I s**t you not!

Every Thursday lunch time, there was a buffet salad bar, eat as much as you like. All sorts of very healthy, tasty stuff. I used to select a nice big jacket potato, sprinkle some grated cheese into it and then put loads of lettuce, cucumber, tomato etc. on my plate. Basically, as much as I could squeeze on. Great value for money, and very nutritious - what's not to like?

The very idea of it, apparently! One day, the canteen manager took me to one side and apologetically told me that 'it would be better' if I came down for lunch 30 minutes later on Thursdays. The canteen staff really liked the fact that I so clearly enjoyed the meals they prepared, but some of the shop floor staff took great exception to it. It made them 'feel sick' to see that much food on a plate and 'it wasn't right' that they should have to witness it. They reported this opinion to their foreman, who instead of telling them not to be so stupid, reported it to their manager, who passed it on to the canteen staff. Morons led by f**kwits!

Those complainants used to chain smoke in the canteen, pick their noses, fart and cackle on about who they'd screwed and how, but that was no problem. Somebody munching a plate of lettuce and cucumber was!

I ate my meals back up at my office desk after that.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I actually got 'reported' in my last-but-one job for the amount of food I put on my plate in the factory canteen. I s**t you not!

Every Thursday lunch time, there was a buffet salad bar, eat as much as you like. All sorts of very healthy, tasty stuff. I used to select a nice big jacket potato, sprinkle some grated cheese into it and then put loads of lettuce, cucumber, tomato etc. on my plate. Basically, as much as I could squeeze on. Great value for money, and very nutritious - what's not to like?

The very idea of it, apparently! One day, the canteen manager took me to one side and apologetically told me that 'it would be better' if I came down for lunch 30 minutes later on Thursdays. The canteen staff really liked the fact that I so clearly enjoyed the meals they prepared, but some of the shop floor staff took great exception to it. It made them 'feel sick' to see that much food on a plate and 'it wasn't right' that they should have to witness it. They reported this opinion to their foreman, who instead of telling them not to be so stupid, reported it to their manager, who passed it on to the canteen staff. Morons led by f**kwits!

Those complainants used to chain smoke in the canteen, pick their noses, fart and cackle on about who they'd screwed and how, but that was no problem. Somebody munching a plate of lettuce and cucumber was!

I ate my meals back up at my office desk after that.

I've come across simular myself. Where I'm working now, I started in the goods in with an agency about eighteen months ago and got a number of comments about how crammed full my large sarnie carton was, I had the feeling that they didn't understand that with cycling thirteen miles a day commuting and spending most of the day unloading 40 foot containers by hand I needed fuelling.

 

[elmsall missile]

I can probably go look it up somewhere, but generally speaking if you are 6' tall and weigh 12 stone, you will need to eat less calories to maintain that weight than if you were the same height and 15 stone. This obviously varies from person to person depending on musculature, bone density and other factors.
This does depend on lifestyle and exercise taken. Someone who is sedantary would not require the same amount as a person who takes a moderate (which is a very subjective term) amount of exercise. Someone who wanted to maintain weight and took a lot of exercise i.e. marathon runners, tri-athletes etc would need to consume far more calories to maintain their weight.

I found a nice website which alleges to show a guide to calorific intake needed based on height, weight and amount of exercise taken. http://www.calorieco...alculator-women
Gives a *rough* guide for women. I don't seem to be able to find a similar one for men.

The calculator for men can be found by deleting wo from women at the end of the web address

 

[Lisa21]

It's a puritanical attitude towards pleasure! Only certain approved pleasures are acceptable, apparently ... Enjoying food and drink is considered gluttony. At the time, I had a 32" waist, weighed 12 stone (I'm a fairly chunky 6' 1" so that isn't a lot for me) and I could do my local hilly rides in 2/3 of the time that I take now and barely break into a sweat. None of that counted - I was exceeding the approved intake!

It was like living in a monastery or the Soviet Union!

And when you did eat, i hope you didnt enjoy it.........bad Colin........

 

[ColinJ]

And when you did eat, i hope you didnt enjoy it.........bad Colin........

Well, that would just be silly ...

 

[Lisa21]

I actually got 'reported' in my last-but-one job for the amount of food I put on my plate in the factory canteen. I s**t you not!

Every Thursday lunch time, there was a buffet salad bar, eat as much as you like. All sorts of very healthy, tasty stuff. I used to select a nice big jacket potato, sprinkle some grated cheese into it and then put loads of lettuce, cucumber, tomato etc. on my plate. Basically, as much as I could squeeze on. Great value for money, and very nutritious - what's not to like?

The very idea of it, apparently! One day, the canteen manager took me to one side and apologetically told me that 'it would be better' if I came down for lunch 30 minutes later on Thursdays. The canteen staff really liked the fact that I so clearly enjoyed the meals they prepared, but some of the shop floor staff took great exception to it. It made them 'feel sick' to see that much food on a plate and 'it wasn't right' that they should have to witness it. They reported this opinion to their foreman, who instead of telling them not to be so stupid, reported it to their manager, who passed it on to the canteen staff. Morons led by f**kwits!

Those complainants used to chain smoke in the canteen, pick their noses, fart and cackle on about who they'd screwed and how, but that was no problem. Somebody munching a plate of lettuce and cucumber was!

I ate my meals back up at my office desk after that.

You really couldnt make it up could you I guess they must all have had very bland, pleasureless lives. Mind you, by the sound of them they've probably all died by now whilst your still going strong

 

[ColinJ]

Mind you - I did eat a bit too much this evening ... (A home-made veggie curry with new potatoes - I'd run out of rice!)

 

[Alun]

I detect the green eyed monster at work behind some of these posts. Who wouldn't be jealous of a slim jim eating "freely"?

 

[Lisa21]

Eating is surely one of the great pleasures in life () and so is cycling. And seeing that the more you do of the latter the more you can do of the former, the two compliment eachother perfectly

Says me.....who hasnt been on her bike for far too long yet is still eating like a pig at a trough