help with what to eat.

[Cassandra_Cain]

Interestingly enough, I never had a problem eating a decent breakfast and then proceeding to ride, even long rides of 50+ miles. Mind you, I didn't stuff myself or gorge on pancakes - just a little cereal and toast.

While the physiology of it all is what it is, I think there is a lot of variety.

Why not try a couple of different alternatives and see what works best?

a) go sans breakfast
b) eat something light and that gets into your blood streamfast (maybe fruit)
c) something more conventional but w/o feeling stuffed or overly full

Or something else entirely different.

[DDH]

Well this morning, I ate a small bowl of Cheerios, drank the milk and had 1/2 cup off coffee. I rode 8 miles and did not feel like I did yesterday. Not sure if it was the food, or if it was the fact that I am sore today and had my focus on something else. LOL

I am sure I will figure out my nitch, and I am really sure it will take more than a couple of rides to do so. LOL

Thanks for the help and suggestions. I will try different things and then use what works.

[spokewench]

It is usually a good idea to eat something for breakfast, even if you don't ride immediately thereafter. Sometimes, if my time is limited, that is a piece of toast but then I know I will need to take something to eat on my bike ride afterwards, i.e. powerbars of some sort, gel, fig newtons, bananas, something like that.

What I find is that if I eat a little protein in the morning I have more energy and more sustained energy on the bike, i.e. a piece of toast or english muffin with peanut butter on it, with a piece of fruit and orange juice; or an english muffin with a cooked egg, fruit and orange juice. This works for me, but everyone is different. Some people have a hard time eating before riding and have to give their stomach time to digest, others can just go out and ride after eating a bunch. The training advice usually is that you shouldn't probably try to eat too much since then all the body's energy is going to your stomach to try to digest rather than to your body (Don't know if this is true or not).