mid ride blahs

[tattiefritter]

Crazycanuck, good to know your ride was better today. I have a similar problem to you in that I will get blood sugar crashes during a ride. Mine are currently, I think, due to not fuelling enough - looking at what you consume during a ride I need to get myself better organised.

In the past I used to get much more severe crashes due to having caffeine (i.e. coffee) before riding. I have to avoid caffeine before rides and will occasionaly have a caffeinated gel or drink during a ride only if I know there is less than an hour of riding left.

I'm restarting my food diary again (yawn) to see what and how much I'm actually eating and when to try to stop myself running on empty during riding. Doesn't help that whenever I know I need to eat more (like last Saturday) I just can't physically make myself do it , I just feel full. My main sports related New Years resolution was to sort out my nutrition but its gone by the wayside a bit.

Toast and jam is the kind of thing I like for breakfast, unfortunately my body will burn through that in about an hour and I'll be hungry again and that's without putting exercise (or caffeine) into the mix. Its winter here so I either have porridge (made with 100% chunky rolled oats) and fruit if its going to be a hard ride or something like a bagel with cream cheese and bacon if not so hard a ride. In the warmer months my breakfast of champions is wholemeal toast with peanut butter (natural pb, no added sugar) and banana, keeps me going for hours.

There is a big history of thyroid problems in my immediate family so I've done a bit of research (forewarned is forearmed etc) and I could find little on coping with thyroid problems while maintaining a high level of exercise.