early morning energy boost,HELP

tony m

Whats the best early morning energy boost ?At the moment ive tried energy drinks but as i leave within 35 minutes after i get up food isnt really an option.Any helpfull ideas please...... :

MattC59

Cocaine

Drysuitdiver

nutigrain bar or similar. shoving sugar down your neck is not going to help as it gives you a very quick hit and then a long low. something with complex carbs is far far better

fleshtuxedo

eat a carby snack just before bed e.g. 2 slices of toast with some peanut butter or soemthing

frazerbrown

Double Espresso with a spoonful of sugar! :shock:

izza

Poke wife

Pep

I can eat 2500kcal and left home riding within minutes. No problem. After the first 100km started to starve again. True

DIESELDOG

izza wrote:

Poke wife

With peanut butter and marmite... on roast, sorry, toast...

Love n hugs

DD

cornerblock

Pep wrote:

I can eat 2500kcal and left home riding within minutes. No problem. After the first 100km started to starve again. True

Let me get this right, you can eat 2500kcal, you leave home and are riding within minutes, it's no problem, after the first 100km though you start to starve again and all this is true. Wow.

jellybellywmb

Get up earlier, it aint that hard, have proper breakfast and then leave.

MaxwellBygraves

Cornerblock wrote:

Pep wrote:

I can eat 2500kcal and left home riding within minutes. No problem. After the first 100km started to starve again. True

Let me get this right, you can eat 2500kcal, you leave home and are riding within minutes, it's no problem, after the first 100km though you start to starve again and all this is true. Wow.

Haha. 10000 kcal all on weekdays, riding all week. Hungry by weekend. True story.

DIESELDOG

jellybellywmb wrote:

Get up earlier, it aint that hard, have proper breakfast and then leave.

Please, post a sensible reply...


Love n hugs

DD

raymc

Mouthful of sunflower seeds, dried dates and apricots- try to eat them with some natural bio-yogurt, Easy-yo is good. Have a drink too before you leave- my preference Green tea or glass of skimmed milk.

If you could make the time, the best start would be a small bowl of porridge with dried fruit and skimmed milk.

Then stick some dates where you can readily eat them on your ride and take water to wash them down. On arrival another glass of skimmed milk if you can.

All in all high carb, low GI- should see you through your early start.

Crapaud

Eat a banana, cycle to the nearest school with the health nazi canteen menu, and stuff your face at the burger van across the road.

I'm serious about the banana: sugar to get you going, starches to keep you going and other healthy, nutritional bits.

Stewie Griffin

MattC59 wrote:

Cocaine

Doing it 5 days a week cuts into the upgrade budget though.

MattC59

jellybellywmb wrote:

Get up earlier, it aint that hard, have proper breakfast and then leave.

Generally, I find that it is :oops:

sampras38

frazerbrown wrote:

Double Espresso with a spoonful of sugar! :shock:

Followed by a massive come down.

Probably better off going for slow release such as porridge or a banana or 2. All this sugar stuff is pointless.

Pep

Cornerblock wrote:

Pep wrote:

I can eat 2500kcal and left home riding within minutes. No problem. After the first 100km started to starve again. True

Let me get this right, you can eat 2500kcal, you leave home and are riding within minutes, it's no problem, after the first 100km though you start to starve again and all this is true. Wow.

Well, done it once. Didn't know it was 2500kcal but then I turn the box of the chocolate cake and read it was 10 portion, 1 portion = 250kcal. I admit I did feel pretty stuffed. But after the first 50k riding I was feeling great, until 100k when I started to starve.
Strongly not reccomended.

sampras38

Pep wrote:

Cornerblock wrote:

Pep wrote:

I can eat 2500kcal and left home riding within minutes. No problem. After the first 100km started to starve again. True

Let me get this right, you can eat 2500kcal, you leave home and are riding within minutes, it's no problem, after the first 100km though you start to starve again and all this is true. Wow.

Well, done it once. Didn't know it was 2500kcal but then I turn the box of the chocolate cake and read it was 10 portion, 1 portion = 250kcal. I admit I did feel pretty stuffed. But after the first 50k riding I was feeling great, until 100k when I started to starve.
Strongly not reccomended.

WTF..!

freehub

Pep wrote:

Cornerblock wrote:

Pep wrote:

I can eat 2500kcal and left home riding within minutes. No problem. After the first 100km started to starve again. True

Let me get this right, you can eat 2500kcal, you leave home and are riding within minutes, it's no problem, after the first 100km though you start to starve again and all this is true. Wow.

Well, done it once. Didn't know it was 2500kcal but then I turn the box of the chocolate cake and read it was 10 portion, 1 portion = 250kcal. I admit I did feel pretty stuffed. But after the first 50k riding I was feeling great, until 100k when I started to starve.
Strongly not reccomended.

Y0 fat?

Pep

freehub wrote:

Pep wrote:

Cornerblock wrote:

Pep wrote:

I can eat 2500kcal and left home riding within minutes. No problem. After the first 100km started to starve again. True

Let me get this right, you can eat 2500kcal, you leave home and are riding within minutes, it's no problem, after the first 100km though you start to starve again and all this is true. Wow.

Well, done it once. Didn't know it was 2500kcal but then I turn the box of the chocolate cake and read it was 10 portion, 1 portion = 250kcal. I admit I did feel pretty stuffed. But after the first 50k riding I was feeling great, until 100k when I started to starve.
Strongly not reccomended.

Y0 fat?

Don't think so.
37yr old, 177cm tall, never been more than 1Kg off either side of my 67kg for the last 20+ yr.

tony m

thanks for all the replys,ive now got a game plan .1st is shit loads of coke .2 a big fryup 3 is a banana or two.3 an energy drink 4 a double expresso and two heaped spoonfulls of sugar :............thanks lads..

Valy

10,000 calories a day?

Do you cycle all day long, everyday or something? :shock:

Pep

Valy wrote:

10,000 calories a day?

No.

Valy wrote:

Do you cycle all day long, everyday or something? :shock:

A little everyday. Occasionally longer at weekend. Average near 7,000miles/yr

Warwickshire Whizzer

tony m wrote:

thanks for all the replys,ive now got a game plan .1st is shoot loads of coke .2 a big fryup 3 is a banana or two.3 an energy drink 4 a double expresso and two heaped spoonfulls of sugar :............thanks lads..

Don't forget to get up early, poke the wife and eat 10 portions of chocolate cake too. True story.

DIESELDOG

Warwickshire Whizzer wrote:

tony m wrote:

thanks for all the replys,ive now got a game plan .1st is shoot loads of coke .2 a big fryup 3 is a banana or two.3 an energy drink 4 a double expresso and two heaped spoonfulls of sugar :............thanks lads..

Don't forget to get up early, poke the wife and eat 10 portions of chocolate cake too. True story.

Or someone elses if you don't have your own.

Love n hugs

DD

izza

DIESELDOG wrote:

Warwickshire Whizzer wrote:

tony m wrote:

thanks for all the replys,ive now got a game plan .1st is shoot loads of coke .2 a big fryup 3 is a banana or two.3 an energy drink 4 a double expresso and two heaped spoonfulls of sugar :............thanks lads..

Don't forget to get up early, poke the wife and eat 10 portions of chocolate cake too. True story.

Or someone elses if you don't have your own.

Love n hugs

DD

IF someone touches my chocolate cake just because they have their own, I will not be happy.

crumbschief

We all like a bit of cake,Marjorie Dawes would be proud.

DIESELDOG

^^^^ Not me, I don't do sweet stuff.

Love n hugs

DD

shm_uk

tony m wrote:

Whats the best early morning energy boost ?At the moment ive tried energy drinks but as i leave within 35 minutes after i get up food isnt really an option.Any helpfull ideas please...... :

How far are you riding?

If it's less than an hour you don't really need much, assuming you had a decent evening meal the night before.

Personally, before my 45-minute commute I have a mug of strong coffee & a banana.

Aggieboy

DIESELDOG wrote:

^^^^ Not me, I don't do sweet stuff.

Love n hugs

DD

Too addicted to the salty.