

As such, I know that I’ll probably always have to be quite careful about what I eat, and monitor my weight regularly in order to maintain weight loss. too quickly, no thought given to where my calories were coming from or properly fueling for exercise), I’m sure that my basal metabolic rate will have been negatively affected. Beer is my big weakness, but rather than cutting it out altogether I just try to moderate it.ĭue to the amount of weight I’ve lost, and the fact that at times I’ve probably not lost weight in a particularly healthy way (i.e. I enjoy food much more now than when I was eating crap all the time, and my tastes have changed towards a preference for healthier foods. I try to avoid eating too much high GI food, unless timed with a workout or ride, but I do allow myself an occasional treat. You can eat a lot of food, especially if training, if you mainly eat good, healthy food. I’ve found that calorie counting works best for me, rather than any particular diet strategy. So whats your way to go? Fancy food strategies? In Combination with 72h of depleated weekend rides? Let us know and share to make everyone healthy and faster.Īt my fattest I was 158kg! I’m currently at just under 80kg, although have previously been as low as 74kg. Cause of this my journy is more an ultramarathon than an 5k race. But as food is a kind of reward for a long day its an everyday struggle. My best results are when I’m just eating one smaller plates in the evening (I dont have lunch, just dinner with my family at 8-9pm - not negotiable). Counting cal is hard for me but works quite well. Im eating really healty but my portions are often to big and I love to eat.

From there on I want to recalibrate and set new goals e.g.

At first i want to get to 85, next stop 80 and hopefully 78 at the end. Thats some years ago but Im still on my jourey. I would love to see that this topic will evolve to a reference book for everybody who is struggeling or needs a kick to get it back on track. If its just 2 kg to reach racing weight or a long term journey to get you in a healty range, it doesnt matter. I would like to hear from you your best ways and strageties to loose some weight. But the hard times are off the bike when the day is long and hunger big. The training is fun not matter how hard it is. As many others my biggest struggel is to loose fat.
