Has anyone else put ON weight since starting cycling ?

[Coggy]

5 months in and 5lbs gained

Clothes still fit though

Weird !

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Nope.

 

[Herzog]

When I first strated training seriously a few years ago, I put on a fair bit of weight. I put this down to two factors:

1 - massive overestimation of calories burned led me to eat to much to replenish this deficit;
2 - increase in the amount of muscle on my legs.

I soon realized the error of my ways and stopped the post-ride gorging. Since then, the weight came off and stayed off.

 

[vickster]

Overall no, this year yes but I doubt it has much to do with cycling

 

[Soltydog]

I have put loads on. I started cycling at 4 year old probably weighing just a few stone

 

[vernon]

Overall no, this year yes but I doubt it has much to do with cycling

You're pregnant?

 

[vickster]

Nope

 

[Fab Foodie]

Yep, when I started cycling around the age of 6 I weighed very little, now I'm 95kgs.

 

[Keith Oates]

When you were 6 years old your Mother was cooking for you, now you're cooking for yourself. You see your Mother is always correct!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[fimm]

Muscle is more dense than fat. If you have increased the amount of muscle you have, then you will weigh more, although your body shape may not have changed much.

 

[moo]

If you're cycling enough to build muscle at the normal rate of 1-2lb per month, you'll be burning enough calories to lose many times that in body fat. Until your body fat percentage approaches the low teens, any weight gain is likely due to excessive consumption of cake

 

[Mo1959]

Even worse if you have been cycling regularly and have to stop for a while due to illness or injury. Not only do you lose the benefit of the exercise, but in my case anyway, inclined to comfort eat too because you are miserable not getting out so double whammy.

 

[vickster]

^^^ definitely this

 

[hatwell]

What's good stuff to eat when you feel massively hungry after a long ride but won't make you pile on the pounds?

 

[vickster]

A proper balanced meal