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Op
I posted a couple days ago about biking as a form of excercise, and got a good response, so I was wondering about diet now. I've been having some problems with my digestion, and it seems like I might not process carbs very well. Now that I've been considering these things more, it seems like my energy is drastically lacking after a carb heavy meal, and my digestion is much worse. Would something like the Anabolic Diet be suitable for me? What are the cons to this besides the lack of variety, which works very well for me because of my lack of time to be able to plan out things. The stuff that's real simple to make and serve really appeals to me. Thanks for the good advice last time /fit/ I really appreciated it.
>> Anonymous
If you are doing a lot of cardio you need to eat carbs. The anabolic diet is for weight lifters looking for maximal gains, not people doing large amounts of cardio.

What 'carb heavy' foods are you eating?
>> Op
>>299841Hm, I guess most of the things I feel bad after eating shouldn't really be classified as carbs alone, they're generally kind of shitty foods. Pizza, etc etc. My biking routine is just to lose weight, you think a diet too heavy in protein wouldn't benefit me?

Ever since I've started I've been trying to get healthy fats in the form of Fish Oil capsules, and been taking multivitamins, among my working out. I guess what I'm lost with is overall diet.
>> Anonymous
>>299857

Pizza isn't a carb heavy food. Pizza is a lipid heavy food. You feel shitty after eating them because (as you said) it IS shitty food. You may also have a mild lactose intolerance which cheese will set off.

Generally, if you want a good mix of carbs and protein in your meal try rice with turkey/beef chilli con carnie sauce. It's simple, healthy and can be easily stored if you want to make large amounts to eat later as well.

A diet too heavy in protein isn't the problem. The anabolic diet tries to cut out as many carbs as possible; carbs you will need for recovery after cardio training.

If you give me your training routine I can suggest a better diet. What exercises, how long, how intense (heart rate if possible) ect...
>> Anonymous
Let's face facts here. If you want to look good all the time you're gonna have to stop eating shite! Eat nothing but good wholesome foods for most of the week and pick one day to eat and drink whatever you want as much as you want. Go fucking buck wild. Drink beer, eat pizza, stuff marshmallows dont your throat, eat popcorn till you explode. Why not eat fruit as a natural sweet?

If you feel like having something sweet, eat bananas. If you feel like snacking before your junk day, why not eat cucumbers and dip it into mayonnaise? You can eat as much as those as you want. Also, drinking water throughout the day WILL keep hunger away.

The idea of "dieting" to try and loose fat is just stupid because it will never work. Your body does not know the difference between a "diet" and being starved, so the only way it will adapt is to go into starvation mode. Don't waste your time trying to "diet" You are going to have to change the way you eat instead of trying to take a short cut.
>> Op
>>299867
Uh, well I'm just a fatass now. 6'0 220 Age 19 M. I ride my bike at a decent pace for an hour and a half to two hours every night. I break out in a light sweat, but that's about it. I've always had really strong legs, so I'm going to look into getting the hardest gears to turn upgraded into something that will give me a bit more of a workout. I'm always on the biggest sprocket ( I think that's right)

I'm trying to get into the habit of riding down to the grocery store to pick up food, and downtown to do errands. Really there is no routine, if you'd like to suggest one I'd be really grateful.
>> Op
>>299874
Yeah, I figured as much. I just really need to change how I percieve food, and how I make it. I'm really busy during the day, most of the week, so getting down and making myself a wholesome meal is sometimes really tough. I know it's just an excuse, it'll just require a real conscientious effort on my part to pack meals and such.
>> Anonymous
>>299883
raw veggie
>> Op
>>299886
True, I'm really a meat and potatoes type of guy, so that'll require a bit of change as well. Gotta eat those veggies. Maybe in time I'll even enjoy them.
>> Anonymous
>>299880

What kind of bike do you have?

Also, the highest (hardest) gear is the largest (size) chainring on the front and the smallest (size) on the back. This will always be the chainrings on the most outside of the bike. This doesn't really matter though, since you can be in the hardest gear you like but your gear doesn't dictate how much effort is used, you do. This is where you need a heart rate monitor.

If you are serious about exercise and weight loss a heart rate monitor is probably the best purchase you can make. It shows you how hard you are working, lets you track progress between sessions and gives you something interesting to look at while cycling. If possible try and get one that is specific to bikes as many include features that tell you your current speed and cadence along with your heart rate.
>> Op
>>299894
I have a Fuji Absolute 2.0. It's a nice lighter flat top road bike. I gotta take it in because the guy who assembled it has the deraileur tension all off. Shifting through gears is real shoddy.
I do have a heart rate monitor, a Polar that I've used on a couple of occasions, but I'd like to get one specific to a bike. I have the chest piece, maybe I can just buy the bike accessory. What is the ideal fat burning zone in terms of cardio?
>> Anonymous
>>299898

Well as effort goes, the harder you push the more energy you burn. Even when you are at 190-200bpm you will be burning the same amount of fat as 160bpm but this will be steadily more supplemented by glucose as intensity increases. So, purely for fat burning, the hardest you can go for two hours is best.

For health benefits that will still burn high amounts of fat, steady state work at 150bpm is best. Since you are quite young I would say stay in between 150-155bpm for the whole ride with a warmdown to 135bpm for 10 minutes at the end.

If you are looking to upgrade your bike (past realigning the gears) the best update will be clipless pedals and cycling shoes. This alows you to pedal throughout the whole stroke, building up different muscles and thus burning more post-workout fat than what you will be burning now. I currently use Speedplay pedals and can't ever see myself changing to another brand.
>> Anonymous
>>299910
Good stuff, I'll keep that in mind. I really don't know a whole lot about bikes, how much would all of that cost me, the pedals and the shoes? So pretty much eat better, and do 2 hours of cardio at those levels every day? Rest days? I'm not really too knowledgeable about when to take rest days and when to work days in succession.
>> Anonymous
>>299911

I do a mix of long steady rides (150bpm/3hours,) high intensity rides (175bpm/25mins x4) and sprint work (interval training.) and I only have one rest day a week. I would recommend only one rest day a week for you as well really. Make sure it's on the same day every week.

For the speedplays and an ok set of shoes it would be around £130, but for any other set of pedals and shoes you'll be looking at under £100 really.
>> Anonymous
>>299924
Alright perfect, well talk about an informative read. Thanks a lot for your help.