What do you eat the day after a big ride?

[Veronica]

Today my body has been craving FAT.

Breakfast was two eggs over easy on an English Muffin, slathered with butter. Lunch was a baked potato covered in cheddar cheese, more butter, sour cream and bacon.
Dinner was two chocolate chip cookies and hot chocolate.

I did burn 10,000 calories yesterday.

V.

[RoadRaven]

Runny eggs on a plate of hot chips, pasta with cheesy sauce, loads of toast, scalloped potatoes... and meat - lots of red meat... and chocolate fish (not with the meat though )

I think after 10000 calories you are entitled to the foods you just had - your body knows what it wants and where to find it. If it didn't wants fats or sugars, that food would have made you feel unwell.

And the ride was good Veronica?

[Tater]

I will pretty much inhale anything that isn't nailed down to the countertop! I, like V., tend to head for whatever fatty thing I can get my hands on. I did the same after long runs as well. Leftover pizza was a hit this last weekend, several slices in fact.

[Trek420]

chocolate fish? where do I get that?

[maillotpois]

Okay, first - Trek, what IS a chocolate fish??!!

Immediately after some rides (like the 600k) I want a bacon double cheeseburger! After a double, I'm usually more hungry for a few days. After that 600, I was nauseated for a few days.

Yesterday I had a super almond croissant for breakfast from the French bakery. But I also crave salty stuff, like soups. I had an amazing bowl of tomato garlic soup and a grilled chicken salad for lunch. Then wine and cheese for dinner....! Nothing like a good Stilton to set you right...

[jobob]

In N Out Burger: Double-double with grilled onions, and fries well done, pleeze ! and a diet coke

[maillotpois]

In N Out Burger: Double-double with grilled onions, and fries well done, pleeze ! and a diet coke

Yes - that's exactly what I want immediately after. (But mine should have bacon, please.)

[DirtDiva]

Chocky Fish!

The marshmallow should be slightly chewy and totally PINK.

[caligurl]

I did burn 10,000 calories yesterday.

V.

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! what on earth ride did you do to burn that many!!!????????

[caligurl]

In N Out Burger: Double-double with grilled onions, and fries well done, pleeze ! and a diet coke

this is what we get sometimes after rides! not the next day though... THAT day! only i don't get a diet coke.... i get a neopolitan milkshake! oh... and i get a regular cheeseburger.. animal style.. not a double double (cuz i get the milkshake!... so i have to be "good" somehow!)

another favorite... tommy's....

another thing i crave... pat and oscar breadsticks!

[maillotpois]

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! what on earth ride did you do to burn that many!!!????????

We did Davis DOuble century. I don't know how many calories I burned, but it'd be up there. 200 miles, about 12 hours. Not as much climbing as some doubles, though.

[caligurl]

ahhhh that makes sense then!!

[Bella]

I know most posts above are on the humorous side, but in your recovery period following a major ride (3+ hours), you need to replenish your body with carbs. This allows it to heal properly with nourishment.

That said, any foods on the high side of the Glycemic Index are what you should be consuming and not foods high in fat.

[maillotpois]

I know most posts above are on the humorous side, but in your recovery period following a major ride (3+ hours), you need to replenish your body with carbs. This allows it to heal properly with nourishment.

That said, any foods on the high side of the Glycemic Index are what you should be consuming and not foods high in fat.

What's the research that supports high glycemic index foods as recovery food? I have never heard this. I have always heard a combination of protein and carbs is best. Now what our bodies seem to crave here are fatty/salty foods - not that this is "right", but sometimes after you ride 200 miles (or 375), you tend to listen to your cravings!! I was not joking about the bacon double cheeseburger after the 600k.

I am just curious where this high GI information comes from. I have done a lot of research on this issue, particularly in conjunction with the coaching I do, and I have never read anything about this. I tend to lean heavily toward the Nancy Clark, Arnie Baker, Jane Brody and Monique Ryan schools of thought on sports nutrition, though. I don't recall any of them mentioning high GI foods for recovery? That's not to say that these are the only sources of info - is there someone else or another article you can refer me to that supports this?

[Veronica]

I know most posts above are on the humorous side, but in your recovery period following a major ride (3+ hours), you need to replenish your body with carbs. This allows it to heal properly with nourishment.

That said, any foods on the high side of the Glycemic Index are what you should be consuming and not foods high in fat.

No... I think we were all pretty serious about eating those things after a ride. BTW what I posted was after a 200+ mile ride and 15 hours on the bike. I think at that point you eat what your body tells you to. After a 3 hour ride, which I view as a pleasant excursion, I eat a normal meal.

V.