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[RC] the weight debate - Ridecamp GuestPlease Reply to: Diane Day swoi.net or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ========================================== Good posts on this subject. Gloria wrote recently about the metabolic testing she'd had that showed just how little she needed to eat just to maintain. 1200 calories! Thats not much food! But that is exactly it - we have to eat less food. But South Beach, North Beach and those Beachy diets have put into our heads that if we eat a certain type of food, we can eat more of it. I'll review my day and think "okay - had a lot of high fat,but no carbs today - I'll be okay." Or another day, well, had no fats, lots of veggies, and few carbs, so today shouldnt be a problem. Or how about - I just rode 8 hours, that should allow me to eat an extra portion of chili and some chips. But the reality is.... if we eat more calories than we use, we will not lose. And the sad sad thing is that it is looking like it is staying under 1200 calories that for many of us if the only thing that will get weight off! My big question to any expert out there is when we do exercise a lot or ride long hours - how can we avoid the hunger that turns us into vacuum hoses! How is that the marathon runners stay so slim when they work that hard and dont burn fat? And how do they avoid sitting down after a run and inhaling every edible item within their grasp?? =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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