What's the best supplements for weight loss while commute to work.

[srw]

Remove these:
Muesli -> Lots of added sugar
Toast -> Lots of carbs and wheat products never fill you up
Sandwich thins -> as above
Orange Juice -> The only alternative imo would be Sainsburys High Juice WITH sugar (artificial sweeteners feed the appetite)
Low fat yoghurt -> You're simply replacing good fat with carbs
Crisps -> Should be clear why these aren't healthy

Muesli -> depends on the brand. Many have no added sugar.
Toast -> Wholemeal toast is fine at filling you up
Sandwich thins -> again, make sure they're wholemeal, or with added seeds
OJ -> yes, it's got lots of sugar. Don't go for the crap with added sugar, just drink less or cut out.
Low fat yoghurt -> buy 0% natural yoghurt and add fruit. No added sugar, and no carbs
Crisps -> OK once in a while as a treat, but it's actually possible to eat sarnies without crisps!

Carbs aren't actually bad, despite what some people claim.

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And as others have said, protein shakes have no place in a decent diet for someone doing moderate exercise (which is just about all of us).

 

[Milkfloat]

If that truly is representative of your diet then portion control must be the problem.

 

[earlestownflya]

cycling is not really a way to lose weight,it'll improve your heart, lungs and legs...but it won't shift your gut...running and the right diet is your fast track to weight loss.

 

[oldroadman]

Cut out any white bread or associated products. Small portion of porridge for breakfast. Zero snacks. No fruit juice, just water. Base diet on vegetables, with small amounts of chicken and fish. Coffee black only, no milk in tea either. Add no sugar to anything. Extend the ride home by 10% every week. the weight will reduce, fat loss will happen, muscle tone improve, and you'll feel better. About once a week, allow yourself a slightly bigger feed. Dump the crisps (just rubbish), and reduce portion size. If you feel slightly hungry a lot of the time weight will go. Simple equation, if input is less than output, your body will metabolise fat for energy, and loss of weight happens.
Even when training properly for competition diet has to be controlled - more weight = harder work on the climbs, and everywhere else!

 

[MrGrumpy]

Enforced lay off for me on the bike just now and my weight has risen about 2 kg. As everyone says you are what you eat, I normally commute circa 130-150 miles a week, and i don`t hang about neither. My diet during the day is pretty good, porridge, fruit with honey added for breakie. A wrap and cup a soup for lunch. Downfalls are my coffee latte addiction and Abernethy biscuits 6ft and 96kg I certainly don`t look over weight in fact the wife reckons I need a good feed, but its the gut. Oh and alcohol bad habit to have but I don`t go too daft with it . Point is the weight has not dropped off even though i do a lot of cycling and on my feet alot at work. You are what you eat repeat after me

 

[adamangler]

eat a balanced, healthy diet
watch your calories
weight yourself regular to tweak your calorie intake
done.


You must be carefull to eat enough though.

i went in a health kick and lost 6lb in 2 weeks, (too fast)

my power output went wayy down i was losing minutes in my pb times on local segments.
Soon as i carbed the fark up and lost no more than 1lb per week, my climbing times picked up again.

cycle hard, eat hard imo. you will be better off heavier and fully fed than starving an lightweight (within reason)

cycle more, eat less but get a balance. make it a long term target to lose weight, theres no rush


Also dont forget to mix up the training, the body adapts so if youre putting in 100 mile plus each week and stagnating get some hard intervals in or vice versa

 

[ayceejay]

Either follow the above advice or if you insist on a supplement I suggest amphetemines

 

[speccy1]

Cut out any white bread or associated products. Small portion of porridge for breakfast. Zero snacks. No fruit juice, just water. Base diet on vegetables, with small amounts of chicken and fish. Coffee black only, no milk in tea either. Add no sugar to anything. Extend the ride home by 10% every week. the weight will reduce, fat loss will happen, muscle tone improve, and you'll feel better. About once a week, allow yourself a slightly bigger feed. Dump the crisps (just rubbish), and reduce portion size. If you feel slightly hungry a lot of the time weight will go. Simple equation, if input is less than output, your body will metabolise fat for energy, and loss of weight happens.
Even when training properly for competition diet has to be controlled - more weight = harder work on the climbs, and everywhere else!

Depends how much you want to lose weight, I`d be slitting my wrists on this lot....................

 

[Elybazza61]

Try riding in without eating and then having porridge when you get there;I use one of the quick microwaveable unflavoured ones and add a banana or something like blueberries.

Also do some short 'efforts' mixed in to you're normal pace.

 

[MrGrumpy]

Well I have put on about 5kg since before Christmas and zero riding till this week. It should shift over time, but cut out the crap and ride in on empty its what I do, 15 miles can be done easy enough. Mix in some efforts as well and drink plenty liquids, should see an improvement in body shape and weight. Also + 1 for porridge, I chuck fruit in mine and some honey. Good start to the day.

 

[oldroadman]

Try riding in without eating and then having porridge when you get there;I use one of the quick microwaveable unflavoured ones and add a banana or something like blueberries.

Also do some short 'efforts' mixed in to you're normal pace.

This works. During an off bike period some while back, I ran between 3-5km every morning before any food (but after "emptying out"). In a couple of months 7kg disappeared. Enough that Mrs OR was worried that I was getting too thin (good job she did not know me when I was racing properly!). felt great though, and only 8kg over the old fit weight "when I was young"!

 

[I am Spartacus]

Reading this only convinces me that anyone who rides a bike just isnt normal.
They either think a few miles bimble is going to drop kg s of weight or they subsist on something that Dark Ages monks would turn their noses up at.
Weird f ckers, the lot of you.

 

[Bodhbh]

cycling is not really a way to lose weight,it'll improve your heart, lungs and legs...but it won't shift your gut...running and the right diet is your fast track to weight loss.

Really!? If I'm not drinking and commuting to work (20miles round trip) I'll loose a kg a week without bothering too much what I eat. Problem is most of the time I am drinking and not bothering at all what I eat. When I did a long tour of Europe, I lost a kg a week doing 60-ish miles aday and making a total pig of myself on both food and drink. As long as you put enough miles in relative to how much your eating I don't see why you wouldn't loose weight.