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Help!
Hello all!
This is my first time posting here and boy am I glad that I found you all! It seems like it takes so much work to find female cyclists. I am in a town where I am the only serious female cyclist that even shows up to the bike club meets.
Anyway, I was looking for a little help nutrition/calorie wise:
I am 5' 7" , female, I weigh 132 as of this morning. I am very athletic. I strength train 6 days a week for about 15 - 20 min and that does not include abs that are 3 times a week. I either run or bike (indoors mostly right now) 6 days a week for 30 + min sometimes twice a day.
I am trying to bring my calories up a bit since I have been averaging 1,600 for the most part. I have been reading up and seeing that just doesn't seem to be enough and since I am competing (duathlon, bike racing and running) I need to gain some more speed and I just don't seem to have enough energy.
I eat really clean, whole grains, veggies, fruit, good protein and my fats consist of some butter, olive oil, coconut oil and some heavy cream in my coffee (just a little bit)
I also drink green tea, black tea and coffee and plenty of water.
I have been drinking hot chocolate (about 8 - 10 oz) after my workouts as a "recovery" drink instead of choc milk as it is cold outside.
There you have it. I am also hungry quite a bit but it usually doesn't catch up until later as I am a very active person during the day.
My "problem" is that I did weight less and it seems that I just keep gaining weight. I don't really know where it is going, I do have very muscular legs and butt. But I am concerned, I dont' want to keep gaining and to be honest I feel like if I were lighter I would be faster but maybe that is just all in my head because I am a woman and always think I should be lighter?
Thoughts?