Carb advice please

simon_e

SmoggySteve wrote:

If you do want to help lose some weight, I could say try drinking green tea 3 times a day as I dropped 12kg in 4 months using it. Same lifestyle, same exercise rate.

But, I guess someone will shoot it down for some anal reason. Just because that's what some people do here. Don't help the OP but just nitpick unimportant side points.

Oooh, we're a bit touchy today, aren't we! I suggest you don't post if you can't handle people disagreeing with you.

Interesting experience with green tea. I'm sceptical of claims attached to a single product (usually made by the manufacturer) but if it works for you that's great.

... but did you pour it on your Corn Flakes? ;-)

LegendLust

SmoggySteve wrote:

LegendLust wrote:

SmoggySteve wrote:

And what exactly is the nutritional and calorific count of a shot of espresso ? May be fine for a wake up but not before a 10 mile cycle ride.

Try it. Have a shot of espresso, do your 10 mile ride and then have your nutritious breakfast straight after. If you're eating correctly, your glycogen levels should be full before your 10 mile ride, so why put more in? You wouldn't put more petrol in an already full tank in your car would you? The espresso will switch your metabolism on, do your ride, then your breakfast should supply all the carbs, protein and nutrition your body needs at the right time that it needs it.

Doing this will also switch your body to use fat for fuelling the ride rather than glycogen - unless you're doing your 10 mile ride at full on time trial pace!

The OP was talking about cycling to work. Should he have his breakfast there? I'm sure your coffee and then a breakfast when you get home works fine, but if he is on his way to work he has to then eat something there which unless he packs double food for the day is going to be the sort of stuff he has been eating already. Crisps and snacks and most likely junk. If you wanna keep talking about cornflakes , have you seen the crap in breakfast bars which are meant to cover this very thing.

I ride to work and have my breakfast there. It's all about planning. I do up to 1 and half hour training rides before work, and make sure i get to work half an hour early, so I can stretch and have my breakfast. I use a Smart Shake (http://www.smartshake.co.uk/) that has my recovery powders in one compartment, my vitamins and fish oils in another, and the main compartment with my own made muesli mix. I chop some berries up the night before and take them in a sandwich bag. Takes a couple of minutes to put it in a bowl at work. Once the main compartment is empty, I then use that to mix my recovery drink. I grant you I work in an office, so does make life easier.

I also agree with you about green tea. Weight dropped of me as well. Only time I have milk in a drink is when I have a latte treat on the days I've trained hard.

smoggysteve

Good to see others have had good results with green tea. I did try taking tablets with it in while I was in Afghanistan but they made me feel sick. Best to just drink it. Not pour it on cornflakes, that's retarded- pour it on rice krispies if you are gonna do that!!!!!

But no coco pops!

izza

Have always found Psyllium husks great for losing weight and cutting down on desire to snack or eat a meal until really full.