Bonking

[bounceswoosh]

What does your food consumption look like when you're not prepping for a ride? I noticed that when I switched to a diet that included more whole grains, veggies, etc, and reduced the amount of sugar, refined flour, all that other high-GI (glycemic index) stuff, I didn't have nearly as many problems with getting hungry / bonking while exercising, or even in general. (No more mid-afternoon food cravings where I'm so starving I'll stuff any old garbage into my mouth.)

[tulip]

After rides of a couple of hours (I eat during the ride--Powerbar usually), I stop and get a bottle of chocolate milk and pretzles. Chocolate milk is a very good recovery drink. Pretzles are salty and solid.