Weight fluctuation!! ARGGHH

[Jenn]

Well, I noticed that the last few days have just been crazy and instead of my eating every 2.5-3 hrs like my dad told me to. A few days....I just went with some egg whites in the morning, some brussel sprouts and funa at noon and some salad with Talapia and lemon juice. The next day, I couldn't even do the hour spin class I have downloaded. Then, sure enough the scale wen't up so I'm seeing how important it is to keep that metabolism up.
Like my dad said, think of a camp fire, to keep it going you add twigs, branches every so often, you dont' get it going and then throw a HUGE log on it (which he mentioned like a Big MAc or something of that nature, which I don't eat beef anyway, but I got his meaning.)

[Grog]

Well, I noticed that the last few days have just been crazy and instead of my eating every 2.5-3 hrs like my dad told me to. A few days....I just went with some egg whites in the morning, some brussel sprouts and funa at noon and some salad with Talapia and lemon juice. The next day, I couldn't even do the hour spin class I have downloaded.

Oh my god I would have fainted before the end of the day.

I eat probably 3 times that, if not 4 or 5, every day!!!

[Keely]

What's wrong with egg yolks??? They're the best part of the egg!

Sometimes I feel like I eat too much, but then I feel like my clothes keep getting bigger!

Yesterday I had porridge for breakfast then rode 110km through hills (I did eat while riding). I had a bowl of pasta with bolognese for lunch and then steak and LOTS of vegies for dinner. I woke up hungry this morning and had a large bowl of porridge. I've eaten small amounts all afternoon and this evening I'm still starving. I'm sure that despite all this food I will find that my favourite pants will still be a little looser in about a week...

[Jenn]

Yea, I played with my diet over the weekend, since I'm burning so many more calories. So I ate quite a bit more this weekend, more brown rice, some bread, fruit. And wouldn't ya know, what I gained went away!
I am definately going to tweak my diet a little more and not be so restrictive.

[teigyr]

But here's the question, kinda. At least it's my question! How long until you see results from either exercise or eating? I guess I wonder if I burn 3,000 calories in a span of 2 days (almost a pound, right?) and don't change my eating habits, when do I see results weight-wise?

Also, does it seem like you're puffier after you exercise? I've noticed that right after a long ride, my jeans are WAY tighter. It goes away by the next day but I've noticed it with hiking or running...anything with prolonged exertion. DH and I are thinking maybe it's water retention?

[Jenn]

It's the WONDERUL part of being a woman. I know that I have a silver ring I can put on my middle right hand....half an ahour alter, I CAN'T get it off.....
I don't get it, in some ways it sucks to be a woman, it other it's great (Hot male cyclist post)
But, seriously I'm seeing such a surge and change with cycling, it's a first for me.

[nicole309]

I personally have never been able to use diet to maintain my weight. Which is why a year of little exercise really did me in.
I just bought my road bike in January. I have no idea what I weighed at the time, but I was a size 14. Last weekend I bought the exact same jeans I have been wearing forever and they were a size 8. The only change in my life is that I ride my bike to work every day and to run errands. I usually do one ride of about 40 miles on the weekend.
In the last few months I have gone through times when I thought I could eat a house! Friends thought I was pregnant (I even started to wonder, despite no other signs). Anyway...I think it is a matter of keeping with it and not being too terribly hard on yourself. Also...toss the scale!

[teigyr]

I know what it's like when you stop exercising. I was a devout cyclist and runner in Calif but when I moved to WA, the weather got to me. I started to try to go out in the rain, etc., but eventually gave it up. I would work out sporadically (like go to the gym after work) before I met DH but when I met him, I'd go to his house all the time! He's thin by nature and is always active and sometimes we would be active but not enough and my clothes ceased to fit comfortably

We're now training for a century and I am doing a sprint tri in Sept so I have goals. I can wear the clothes that were too tight before but when I get puffy they are still too tight! I realize it's a slow process though and I don't obsess. Or at least I try not to! I'm not used to being out of shape and it's frustrating.

I do think one good thing about it all is while I don't diet (but I try to make healthier choices, of course) after I ride I crave water. If I didn't ride, I'd probably be drinking wine or something