Racing on a calorie restricted diet question

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  • shockedsoshocked
    shockedsoshocked Posts: 4,021
    dw300 wrote:
    ShockedSoShocked wrote:
    Look at the diets of boxers and light weight rower. Calories need to be restricted due to weight but they have to eat at the correct times to enable them to be able to train 2 or 3 times a day at high intensities.

    But it's possible for sure.

    You're totally right, but these guys train so much that they don't need to try to loose weight, which is where it differs slightly from an enthusiastic amateur racer holding down a 9-5 job.

    Well that depends. Boxers are rarely always at fighting weight, so the weight will fluctuate by a few kilos usually. But they don't have to lose much, but what they do need to lose is difficult to shift, so requires extreme dedication.

    Although people may not be full time athletes the same principles apply though. Have a good breakfast, eat the majority of your carbs a couple of hours before you train/race, eat during long training rides and races, have a recovery drink afterwards and some quality lean meat and veg for dinner a couple of hours after that and you're almost there. Also accepting you will be hungry at times is something to get your head round.
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  • ju5t1n
    ju5t1n Posts: 2,028
    A quick update on my weight loss experiment…

    Monday - 650 cals – no exercise
    Tuesday – 1500 cals - went for a swim
    Wednesday – 2000 cals – 50 mile ride
    Thursday – 2000 cals – went to the gym
    Friday – 3000 cals – 50 mile ride
    Saturday – 4000 cals – no exercise
    Sunday – 4000 cals – 50 mile road race

    I was 7th in the race (Spirit Bikes RR 2/3/4)

    Weight is down by 4kg
  • dw300
    dw300 Posts: 1,642
    So you ate 2450 calories a day on average, and were probably at about 1500 cals/day net, give or take 100.

    Are you intending to repeat this for a few weeks to see if it's sustainable, and how your weight and performance changes?

    What height, weight and age are you?
    All the above is just advice .. you can do whatever the f*ck you wana do!
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  • ju5t1n
    ju5t1n Posts: 2,028
    dw300 wrote:
    So you ate 2450 calories a day on average, and were probably at about 1500 cals/day net, give or take 100.

    Are you intending to repeat this for a few weeks to see if it's sustainable, and how your weight and performance changes?

    What height, weight and age are you?
    That's the plan.

    I'm 183cm (6' tall), now 91kg, 40 yrs old
  • dw300
    dw300 Posts: 1,642
    ju5t1n wrote:
    dw300 wrote:
    So you ate 2450 calories a day on average, and were probably at about 1500 cals/day net, give or take 100.

    Are you intending to repeat this for a few weeks to see if it's sustainable, and how your weight and performance changes?

    What height, weight and age are you?
    That's the plan.

    I'm 183cm (6' tall), now 91kg, 40 yrs old

    Cool .. this will be interesting. :)
    All the above is just advice .. you can do whatever the f*ck you wana do!
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  • ju5t1n
    ju5t1n Posts: 2,028
    A quick update on this: pretty similar to last week diet wise … and I’ve dropped another kilogram, so happy with that.

    I missed the break in yesterday’s race so didn’t feature in the sprint, but I felt stronger than usual. I did a longer training ride this morning to punish myself for missing the break! http://app.strava.com/rides/22268354
  • okgo
    okgo Posts: 4,368
    What group were you in?

    I did the same race and averaged 26 mph...and I didn't make the front break either (although did split away from the bunch on the last lap)...

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  • ju5t1n
    ju5t1n Posts: 2,028
    I was in the main bunch. We had a little sprint for fun anyway and I was fourth over the line in that one. The average speed was quite high, what you see on my Strava page is from the iPhone app which is a bit rubbish. I switched it on about 30 minutes before the race - so it includes that and the ride back to the HQ.
  • ju5t1n
    ju5t1n Posts: 2,028
    A final post and update on this…

    I ended up with a pattern similar to the above where I severely restricted the calories on a Monday (3 eggs breakfast, 3 lunch and 3 for dinner - and that's all!), on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday I stuck to a paleo diet, so lean meats and veg only. Then on the Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays (race day) I pretty much eat whatever I wanted.

    Over the last six weeks I've dropped from 95 to 88 kg and my racing has improved.

    Last weekend I got into the points in the Derby Mercury Road Race, this is significant because Derbyshire isn’t flat and the race that finished with a 20% gradient hill. I couldn't have done that 2 months ago.

    This weekend I got 2nd place in my last race of the season…

    http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/road/a ... Sport-RR-0

    So all in all, pretty successful.

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