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Normal day inluding up to an hour training 200g, no training day 100g. Fast cycling session up to 600g

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three slices of grilled back bacon, two fried eggs and fried mushrooms. If need more food add two slices fried black pudding.

Thanks for the advice. No harm in giving the eight weeks a try. I only ride for pleasure as my racing days are long gone. So nothing to stop me trying. Thanks again.

I aim for 100g to 150g per day. As my distance has increased and the time I was indeed struggling to function. Two hours was ok, three getting tired any more and I needed something to keep me going. The only thing I knew was to turn to carbs which as you have said made me feel bad but got me through the ride. I get the all…

I have been low carb for around a year. Energy bars are from My Protein lots of fruit and grains. Not sure what you mean by "where are your carbs post veg" I only eat veg with my usual meals along with fat and protein. I will eat a high carb breakfast if riding 100 miles and then have a sugar fest all day during the ride.…

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Buy some weights, kettlebells will be good. Work the muscles as you loose fat. If the muscles are being used the body will try to preserve them and take more fat than muscle. I lost 84 pounds using this method. I was a keen cyclist and have returned to it for enjoyment not for fat loss as I need to increase my calorie…

I have ran, swam and cycled. Running hurts the most on my old knees, I have to limit the amount. I only run three miles through a park close to home and it gets boring seeing the same view each time. I find swimming incredibly boring, due to the boredom I no longer swim. I love cycling, I can go out for a short one hour…

I use BCAA as a recovery drink after cycling over an hour long. Helps with reducing muscle fatigue and has me ready for another ride quicker than I was without them.

Only when cycling outdoors. Drives me mad.

My belly looks awful after a 98 pound loss. As I live in the cold dark north east of the UK I never wanted to take my top off much anyway. No chance of sunburn with a tee shirt on, so always a bright side. Tummy tuck? no thanks, I would rather spend my money on a new road cycle.

Being born in the mid fifties I have seen the changes in diet advice. My father ate three meals a day with no snacks. Mainly cheap cuts of fatty meat with veg and some carbs in the form of potato and small amounts of home baked bread. He and his peers were always lean and fit looking. Then came cheap carbs in the form of…

Best way for help is to open your diary for scrutiny. That way we can see what you have been eating and if the numbers stack up or not. First thought is, you are eating over your calories. You may think you are correct but a weight gain on a deficit is almost impossible.

Well done on your success. Low carb with more protein and fat will keep you full for longer. Not a plan for everyone but has worked for me with no problems for a full year. I am down 102 pounds but still use the same plan for maintenance. I do eat some exercise calories back but I did cycle for 67 miles yesterday and…

Use the c25k programme with a good pair of supporting shoes and you will be on your way. I am 60 and need all the support I can get, I use Hoka one one shoes used for ultra runs, they are like running with a mattress strapped to your foot. Take it slowly and you will be away, maybe not like you were at 21, but close…

Unless I cycle for more than an hour, my carb intake will not go over 65g per day. If I am cycling over the hour I use a carb drink just to get me round. More often than not it will be 45g per day. I can cycle and run up to an hour and function without feeling too tired. I eat starchy carbs once per week, potato's with one…

You will loose weight if you are in a calorie deficit. Using weights will force your body to protect the muscles you are using, therefore you will keep more muscle and burn more fat than you would have with dieting alone. Don't beat yourself up about missing two weeks. You will loose the fat from wherever your body takes…

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Excellent thread. Not one negative comment from Viamal all the way through, that has to be a first on this site. You should be an inspiration to every one that wants to get lean, you have shown that t can be done without the magic pill or snake oil. I read quite a lot by Lyle McDonald and Alan Aragon regarding nutrition, I…

I started at about the same weight as you, I am still 14 pounds heavier. You have done really well. I have had a week off, I put my calories back to maintenance, as I had friend coming to stay and I knew the beer and wine would flow along with more food. I did not weigh myself that week. I started again the following week…

I am similar to you in that I sometimes want to skip lunch because I want to train just after lunch time. Eating much of anything make me feel uncomfortable when training even if I wait an hour. I use protein drinks, the best quality and highest protein amount per gram. I mix chocolate flavour with 300ml of water and good…

Believing something does not make it true. Read as much as you can by the likes of Alan Aragon and his peers. You will learn that muscle built can be lost by too much cardio. A lot of women favour cardio because they fear that they will look like Arnold if the pick up heavy weights. Muscle uses more energy at rest than fat…

500 calorie deficit will give you a pound loss per week, if you eat back any training calories. Up your protein and lower your carbs, so when you start with the weights you have more chance to build some lean tissue.

The op tried it and it did not work long term, she put all the weight back on. As the previous excellent post stated it leads to a yo yo cycle that is worse for the body than being obese. Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results is insanity, according to Einstein. Why would the results of doing…

You will get many opinions all of which will tell you that it the best way to lose weight. I do not buy into the eat what you want as long as it fits your macros. Mainly because I find people will eat the old diet pushed by modern government as shown in the food triangle and not lose weight because they get very hungry and…

If you can do cardio after a leg session you have not worked hard enough. To do it before other than a warm up will stop you doing a hard routine.

Eggs, prawns, oily fish, nuts.

Have the creamer, a little pleasure on a morning can be a good thing, count it in and enjoy it.

Why, because he didn't say "dude" at 22 I would have probably called an older male a man, I have never used the word dude, not in my local vocabulary. Different places different words, we use the word biddy to describe an old woman; if the cap fits.