Post ride hunger

[Brandy]

As a side note, I'd suggest being careful about relying on the calorie "estimates" from HRMs. They usually overstate calorie expenditure.

lol...I should read ahead before posting. At least I agreed with you.

[Brandy]

Oh, and as far as post ride nutrition. I get Endurox in within 30 minutes and then eat a regular meal (so many people go overboard with post-ride meals) about an hour later.

[mtbdarby]

Ironically, I am the most hungry for the rest of the day on rides under an hour and a half. Over 2 hours and I'm fine. And I have to say the reason is that I plan better and take in more carbs on the bike if I know I'm going to be out for more than 2 hours because I don't want to bonk out in the pickers.

I was just reading an article in Bicycling magazine that says: "you need to take in .455 grams of carbs per pound per hour on the bike" to prevent bonking and to improve your proformance. I wish they would have specified how much protein you needed as well.

They also went on to give the following recipe for a post 2 hour ride drink:
- 25 grams of whey protein isolate
- 70-100 grams complex carbs (1.2 kilogram of body weight. Look for a maltodextrin powder)
- 8 oz. grape juice or other sugary liquid
- 1 banana
- 1 cup frozen fruit
- 8 oz. water.

Blend all until smooth and it makes 3 cups = 1 serving. Drink within one hour of finishing your ride. I haven't figured it out, but it calls this a high calorie munition without stating the number of calories. I personally drink chocolate milk after a ride and don't know how this stacks up. Just thought it was interesting and appropriote to the topic.

[uforgot]

There must be something to the chocolate milk. It appears as a post drink ride a lot. I'm definitely going to try it next time.

Thanks for all of the replies. Good to know I'm not alone and the advice was all good. As for the heart rate monitor, if I ate all the calories it said I burned, I would gain tons of weight. I figured out a long time ago that it wasn't all that accurate, but I figured it was just my metabolism.