Post-big ride weight gain

[shootingstar]

Looked at the older thread link that indysteel just gave above.

It has been probaby rare that I've had 1300-1500 eaten calories per day. Maybe should aim for 1500 for non-cycling days/weeks in winter. Haven't kept a food diary yet. Probably would shock myself if I really knew total calories, of which not all is totally healthy.

I've never really paid close attention to my weight immediately after a long ride.

More helpful (to me) to weigh self after 1-2 days after a long ride to a more accurate true weight...provided I did do some cycling and moderate eating during those post long-ride days.

I also find it helpful to eat a generous amount of fresh fruit throughout the day or after a heavy rich meal at dinner. Strange as this may seem, I also judge the "health" of bodily functioning and effectivness of exercise not just on fit of clothing, but also in terms of my washroom /toilet output. Meaning bladder and bowel..

If I am constipated, usually that means i have not exercised enough the day before and may have also eaten insufficient type of foods for bowel motility.

[beancounterbeth]

I can not believe I ran across this thread today.

I weighed myself Saturday before I rode and after I got back home. I rode 52 miles in the humid Okalhoma heat. I was down 2 pounds after the ride. Then on Sunday morning I weighed myself and I was a pound heavier than I was on Saturday morning before all that work. Then this morning I was up another whole pound. The scale this morning said a number I haven't seen in quite a while I have been pretty down about it today.

On a side note......52 miles was a new record for me. The longest I've ridden before that was 47 and that is not something I do on a regular basis. I usually do 25-32 mile rides 2-3 times a week.

I did go eat chips and salsa Saturday night but not enough to warrant this. Ugh!

So today for lunch I had a salad that was mostly greens and a little fruit on the side. I'm going to watch the sodium for the next couple of days and those pounds had better come back off.

It is just really frustrating to go and burn 2,500 calories only to find out that I gained weight over the weekend.

[Tri Girl]

It is just really frustrating to go and burn 2,500 calories only to find out that I gained weight over the weekend.

It's one reason I've pretty much stopped weighing myself entirely. The numbers mess with my head too much. It kills me to work out hard and then gain weight. If I'm going to gain weight, I want it to be because I pigged out and enjoyed copious amounts of food- not because I rode my bike for hours.

[indysteel]

It's one reason I've pretty much stopped weighing myself entirely. The numbers mess with my head too much. It kills me to work out hard and then gain weight. If I'm going to gain weight, I want it to be because I pigged out and enjoyed copious amounts of food- not because I rode my bike for hours.

+1,000.

I used to be a restrictive eater and obsessive about weighing myself multiple times a day. In the time since I stopped doing that, I've gained very little weight and a whole of sanity.