Fat bum

[Caroline]

Hi Ladies -

I hope this is the right forum for this question.

I started cycling ( road cycling )serioulsly last summer, managed to pull myself up Alpe d'huez and the Galibier as a reward in october, but that was soon followed by not 1 but 2 fractures on my left wrist. Since I am back on the bikes i have been training quite a bit, a lot on the Fixed gear bike, but also quite a lot on hills on my road bike. I am not the best climber, so I have been focussing a lot on that. I have cycled about 2100km since I am back on the bike this february after the injuries.

I wouldn't be the thinnest cyclist of all, I am 1,53metres for 63kg at the moment. ( that's 5 foot / 138pounds ) I wear a Sz 6/8US (10UK/38 France) Quite well proportioned if I may say so myself.

I have not gained any weight at all since i was off this winter, my weight remained the same, but I am a lot more toned than I was even last summer cycling. Just one thing tho, I can't get into my clothes anymore, they're all too tight around the bum, I think ,bum and thighs have tripled volume since last summer.

I am thinking the increase in training that i am doing on hills ( all my training has been on hilly terrain ) has made my glute and thighs bigger ... I was told once by a gym instructor that it was riskyy for me to cycle as my body type would give me 'big' muscles ... and as a cyclist, it's quite inevitable that I will be using my legs.

I am not a massive eater but I do allow myself some substancial meals when i am out for epic rides...

Anyone else has the same problem. I am a bit concerned I am getting too big.

...help

[Biciclista]

I am not a massive eater but I do allow myself some subtabcial meals when i am out for epic rides...

I'm not sure what subtabcial means, but it's better not to eat large meals even on long rides. I would say especially, but you know your body better than i do.
I have found that i have gained weight and muscles in my thighs and probably my backside too, but it looks better than the pre-muscle state, so if i go up a size i don't care.

I'd rather have heavier better shaped legs and butt anyday. I have a cousin who has no butt at all. ! :eek::eek: I don't think men like that either..

[Caroline]

Sorry .. i mean Substancial ... still tired of my 252km weekend In the Mountains :)

[Caroline]

I have found that i have gained weight and muscles in my thighs and probably my backside too, but it looks better than the pre-muscle state, so if i go up a size i don't care.

I'd rather have heavier better shaped legs and butt anyday. I have a cousin who has no butt at all. ! :eek::eek: I don't think men like that either..

I agree that my legs look 10x better now than when I was a fat pedestrian :) - I am just concerned that, the muscle is building under the fat, that's still probably thinning as I go along, but i am not able to see that, I am just concerned that I have no control over my overall 'mass'.

I know that 3500 cal excess in a pound of fat, but I am no way exceeding that at all. And I do allow myself myself a chocolate bar the day i am cycling 100km in the Mountains ;) But my 2000 cals worth of cycling more than makes up for the 200 cals bar...

i am all annoyed and confused

[Biciclista]

252 km IS substantial!!! wow!
Now I feel even more tired! (I only did about 70k this weekend)

[Caroline]

252 km IS substantial!!! wow!
Now I feel even more tired! (I only did about 70k this weekend)

I didn't do it in a day, I did in 2 days: 102km on Saturday and yesterday 150km.

Just normal saturday spin and was doing a sportive in the wicklow mountain, where i live in Ireland yesterday :) I wouldn't be doing 2 epics in the mountains 2 days in a row usually, but this year i am training a lot with the boys so they're more adventurous than I am ... and they've something I don't have: testosterone... Hoping that will all be beneficial in the end ...

[Over50Newbie]

Caroline,

We could be twins! :D

I am also 5 feet tall, very muscular, and I weigh 138 pounds. I put on muscle easily.

I have very large quadriceps and calves and all of my pants fit tight around the thigh. My calves are so big that I have to buy special boots so that I can pull them over my large muscular calves. I have a personal trainer that tells me that I still need to lose a bit more fat before the size of my thighs decrease. The reason that they are so big is because I still have some fat deposits covering my muscle and also some fat in between the actual muscle fibers.

But I have to tell you, the muscle that is on my thighs is much more attractive than the fat that was there before I started to bike. :)

Also, I think that genetically, this is just how I am built. So I am trying to lose a little more weight and see if my thighs slim out a bit. If not, that's okay too.

Lynette

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Carolyn,
You should read this thread, much of it applies here:
http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=24124&highlight=thunder+thighs

[Kalidurga]

I started cycling ( road cycling )serioulsly last summer, managed to pull myself up Alpe d'huez and the Galibier as a reward in october, but... I am not the best climber

This is all I saw in your entire post. You rode up Alpe d'Huez but you're not a good climber??!! Wow :eek: I think you're my new hero.

[buddha_bellies]

This is all I saw in your entire post. You rode up Alpe d'Huez but you're not a good climber??!! Wow :eek: I think you're my new hero.

Ditto!

I too have the same problem... hugh thighs. I think that's just how our body is. Even when I did lost 10 lbs that I had always wanted, my thighs are still bigger then the rest of my body. The first that I lost was my boobs! :mad: As if I can loose more from a size 34B! I went down to a 32A. How sad is that! I would rather have larger thighs to keep my boobs! :p At least I can always wear an A-line skirt.

[shootingstar]

Caroline & Over50..you 2 must be muscular.

Your legs probably could benchpress the whole of me :eek: ..I'm 5'1" but a completely different body type/frame (petite bones) and different weight category.


Congrats buddhabellies on the weight loss!

[Caroline]

This is all I saw in your entire post. You rode up Alpe d'Huez but you're not a good climber??!! Wow :eek: I think you're my new hero.

I am not a good climber, I pace myself very very well ( that's my excuse ) up a hill. The boys always wait for me at the top. When i went up Alpes D'huez, I arrived 20 minutes after the lads ... ( it's only a 14km climb) - I am no hero, but thanks :)

Thanks for the replies ladies, it does make me feel better. I am going to have a better look at the rest of the threads about weight and muscle mass. I am quite interrested in the Weight vs Muscle Ratio ... i hate to know that I am pushing unecessary fat up a hill and that slows me dows. I already have a carbon bike, so I can't make blame the bike anymore for being behind :)

[cylegoddess]

If you can ride up Alp D'heuz, I WANT your thighs! Me me!!Im lucky to make 35 km!
I was a bit worried about big thighs, as SOMEONE at my house said, 'oh dont get those big dikey looking bike thighs, I hate those women, They look gross..'( Great thing to tell someone who recovered from eating disorder).

You know, I want GREAT BIG ONES now! Propel me thighs, freedom! The size of hams, win races! Screw pants, I ll happily wear a lines for rest of life, if I can win some races( or even BE in some races!)

Funnily, I told my BF that I was a bit sad Id never have long , hard thighs as cool as George Hincapie, and he wrote that no much he ( half ) denied himself food , he'd never have a chest like M. Rassmusssen( who frankly, despite his muscle ratio to mass, look like he's on his deathbed!!)!!
(My friends is a bit big and Im a bit small, and when we finally get to ride together( hes across country) he will no doubt be kicking my behind on flats as I wizz up the hills, leaving him behind.)

My legs are bigger too, and I only have ridden for about a year and a half.