how are they. my posts were if you do a long ride, i.e 60 miles, your likely to be using energy bars etc to get through the ride so negating alot of the calories your burning
Don't you think during a 60mile ride it would be pretty important to replace some of the calories,especially given the chances of already being in calorie deficit? 80cals for a gel (High5) really is nothing over the latter part of a long ride,even if you take <insert number of> You have to eat it before you can burn it..
ie: If your maintenance intake is 3000 per day - you deficit yourself to 2500 - then burn 1500 on a long ride. Don't you see how the maths doesn't work there? The deficit is huge and eventually unsustainable,you have to make that back up. You've essentially left 1000 calories for your body to run on for a day,that includes just breathing - working - recovering - mending itself. It will lead eventually to breakdown,very quickly if on a regular basis
**A sustainable deficit is generally considered to be 1000cals per day made up of diet and exercise**
if you cycle more shorter routes. i.e. 20 miles each day you can just have your normal meals without having anything extra so will lose more weight.
No. Overall deficit is key the distance is irrelevant. If you have to consume some food on 2 70mile rides then why not? The net result is the same.
if someone chooses a diet that is healthier i.e. less calories but is unlikely to stick with it then there going to revert to there old ways. if they have a slightly higher calorie diet but something theyll enjoy the weight loss may take longer but itll stay off.
Healthier doesn't mean less calories,I would apply that term quicker to the source of the calories ie:the food. Huge deficits aren't on the longterm sustainable,they may show short term results but in the end people go back to their old habits. For similar reason I feel it is unwise to advise people to eat less when there is simply no way to know what they are consuming. I'm waiting for someone to do this and the OP revealing that he or she is anorexic(most likely not this thread but it will happen eventually somewhere). I can imagine such topic being interesting.
please tell me whats contradictory. ive lost 3 stone this year so should be allowed to have my say on the matter
Maybe contradictory was the wrong term. Lemme change it to "ill-informed"
