What Jobob said!! You can't fast before a ride! Or before any type of training actually!! Last week my husband failed to have a bit of breakfast before we went out for our run. He made it two miles and bonked on the third. He had to stop and walk after only 3.2 miles. We had planned to do a five miler. I was piszed at him when I found out he had nothing in his stomach!!
Eat REAL food, aim for as little processing as you can, don't gorge and you will be fine. My friend gave me some great advise that i've been using and it's working. I lost 3 lbs in the last two weeks. It was this:
Whenever you are going to eat something, ask yourself what it is going to do for your body. What kind of nutrients are in it. Don't eat processed foods. yeah baked lays may only have 120 calories in them, but they have no nutrient value. So they are giving your body calories without any real nutrition, which your body still needs. So all your doing is wasting your calorie bank.
Does that make sense? I don't explain it as well as she did.
So is that magazine in the trash yet?
A long time ago I read in article in a magazine about how the stars really lose weight for a role. It had their exact regime for eating and exercise. The diet was SCARY! Not good for you at all. I remember thinking how reckless it was to print something like that.