Sports nutrition- support needed

[AutumnBreez]

I can say this much....it tastes so good
Had rotissery (?spelling?) chicken today for lunch.
I also had a small slice of brown whole grain bread. Though I don't think that I should have the bread with the meat. Next time I will have chicken with salad.
Also, I am trying to make sure I get enough water in my system. Purhaps I am not hydrated enough when I go on the rides either. Drinking water has never been my strongest suit.

[alison_in_oh]

I can say this much....it tastes so good
Had rotissery (?spelling?) chicken today for lunch.
I also had a small slice of brown whole grain bread. Though I don't think that I should have the bread with the meat. Next time I will have chicken with salad.
Also, I am trying to make sure I get enough water in my system. Purhaps I am not hydrated enough when I go on the rides either. Drinking water has never been my strongest suit.

Yeah, it is a skill worth learning to A) seamlessly take water from your waterbottle cage, and B) drink regularly whether you're really thirsty or not. Remember, by the time you're thirsty you're actually already dehydrated.

Also, I feel good (and my appetite decreases a bit -- it's easy to mistake thirsty for hungry) if I drink a lot of water through the day. I keep a bike bottle at my desk, and if I refill it as necessary I go through like 4 22 oz bottles in a day!

[Irulan]

Yeah, it is a skill worth learning to A) seamlessly take water from your waterbottle cage, and B) drink regularly whether you're really thirsty or not. Remember, by the time you're thirsty you're actually already dehydrated.

Also, I feel good (and my appetite decreases a bit -- it's easy to mistake thirsty for hungry) if I drink a lot of water through the day. I keep a bike bottle at my desk, and if I refill it as necessary I go through like 4 22 oz bottles in a day!

that's why 100 ounce camelbacks were invented.

[alison_in_oh]

that's why 100 ounce camelbacks were invented.

I'd look mighty funny working at my computer with a camelbak on. I find that a bike bottle is easy to drink from so I'm more likely to take a big swig frequently while burning my eyes out at the computer. The water fountain's just a few feet away for refills.

I've yet to go through more than 2 22oz. bottles on a single ride, which fit just fine in my two cages. However if I start training for a century, I might have to spring for a "hydration system" after all.

[Trek420]

This could be posted in the "quality of life low stress job vs. higher stress job that messes with your cycling" thread. I have an easy/dream commute, lots of time off but when I'm at work the job is non stop. It's just call after call after call after...bottom line I just do not have a "normal" job so except for two exactly 15 minute not one second more than that breaks, and an hour lunch I can't really eat, do the good healthy snacks thing throughout the day or it's very hard too.

I'm good about breakfast-coffee of course but maybe whole grain toast or whole grain bagle with peanut butter or if I'm riding oatmeal. But it's downhill from there. I drink a lot of water. But then 11:30 lunch comes along and I'd like to either go to the gym or walk the lake (training for the AIDS ride so I try to get a workout in mid day too) but I'm famished.

If I keep enough healthy snacks at my desk and nibble at 'em plus have some kinda good protein stuff after the gym then I'm fine through the afternoon.
Same thing if I want to ride or workout after. But if I'm off the phone to grab a quick bite to eat I hear about it from my manager so aside from listening to my body, am I hungry, thirsty, what does it want? I can just watch the numbers. If my Average Call Handle time is *good* I know I'm not eating or drinking enough. If I'm *not* in trouble with my manager for being off the line....I'm not eating or drinking enough.