Quote Originally Posted by MaineMaid View Post
Hi everyone,
I haven't posted in a while, too absorbed by reading all your posts this past winter....grin.
Anyway, starting about 2 weeks ago, I was finally able to get out and ride. Since then, after a ride,(and sometimes during the last stages of the ride), I'm slightly nauseous. When I get home, I'm not hungry at all for hours, sometimes days.
So here's the background. I'm 55, and overweight. This cycling and training for the Trek Across Maine has been terrific. From a physical standpoint, I have no health issues and beneath all the flab , I suspect that I'm pretty sturdy. I rode 30 miles on Friday in 60 degrees- the longest I've done yet-, rode 20 miles yesterday and thought I would throw up during the last 5 miles, and rode today 15 miles and felt grand except for the lack of interest in food.
The lack of interest persists even now. No hunger, no interest in food. I'm forcing down water but it's making me a bit "urpy", and I've eaten a banana. I ate 1/4 of a hamburger last night and pushed the plate away; felt very full.
Is this normal for a newbie? As I've been cruising all the old posts, it seems that other people have "urpy" issues as well.
Any information would be terrific and I'll continue to go back and comb through all of you posts. Thanks again.
Maybe your body is just reacting to this new stimulus? It might just take a little time for your body to regulate to the new stresses put on it from cycling.