betty swollocks
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What if he bonks more?
Do fat people bonk?
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Sara_H
Guru
I don't think he's got time to bonk more than me.
Primal Scream
Get your rocks off
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- On the road to hell
Love the avatar
SatNavSaysStraightOn
Changed hemispheres!
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- ɐᴉlɐɹʇsn∀ 'ɐɹɹǝquɐƆ
Oh, I am so glad I was not the only one who read that title like that...
As for the food related side of it. On tour we established a pattern to prevent issues with me*. We paused, at the top of every hour. Only for a few minutes, nothing major, but long enough for me to eat a few mouthfuls something like roasted nuts & dried fruit (plus liquid), sometimes a boiled egg (plus liquid), a couple of biscuits or whatever took my fancy, occasionally a sandwich (always kept handy) or a few boiled sweets/Polos. We always ate lunch at the same time everyday no matter what - I can't miss meals and continue to cycle. I will get the shakes badly if I do miss meals (even without cycling afterwards). We almost always stopped at the same time each day - if we could not, then we stopped and ate an evening meal at the same time no matter whatelse was going on (we carried a tarp to make life easier when it was raining). We would also always stop 2 hours after lunch for a coffee & snack, usually about 2:30pm. We knew we could not push my body too hard else it would litterally say "no" and we went to some fairly remote places at times. We generally covered around 50 miles a day (for 12 months), not normally cycling after our evening meal, but there were times when we did cycle further, but the maximum we ever did in a single day was 92 miles. I am physically not capable of anything more, not when I know I am doing it day after day for 7-10days without a break for 12 months.
*Thin/lean, not skinny until the end of the tour, but unable to put muscle on only maintain what I have: I have a medical condition that prevents me from digesting food as well as I could and also causes issues with sodium-potassium balance in the blood stream. I am also borderline diabetic (being retested at the moment due to the 1st medical condition, the two run hand in hand) and a moderately severe asthmatic.
As for the food related side of it. On tour we established a pattern to prevent issues with me*. We paused, at the top of every hour. Only for a few minutes, nothing major, but long enough for me to eat a few mouthfuls something like roasted nuts & dried fruit (plus liquid), sometimes a boiled egg (plus liquid), a couple of biscuits or whatever took my fancy, occasionally a sandwich (always kept handy) or a few boiled sweets/Polos. We always ate lunch at the same time everyday no matter what - I can't miss meals and continue to cycle. I will get the shakes badly if I do miss meals (even without cycling afterwards). We almost always stopped at the same time each day - if we could not, then we stopped and ate an evening meal at the same time no matter whatelse was going on (we carried a tarp to make life easier when it was raining). We would also always stop 2 hours after lunch for a coffee & snack, usually about 2:30pm. We knew we could not push my body too hard else it would litterally say "no" and we went to some fairly remote places at times. We generally covered around 50 miles a day (for 12 months), not normally cycling after our evening meal, but there were times when we did cycle further, but the maximum we ever did in a single day was 92 miles. I am physically not capable of anything more, not when I know I am doing it day after day for 7-10days without a break for 12 months.
*Thin/lean, not skinny until the end of the tour, but unable to put muscle on only maintain what I have: I have a medical condition that prevents me from digesting food as well as I could and also causes issues with sodium-potassium balance in the blood stream. I am also borderline diabetic (being retested at the moment due to the 1st medical condition, the two run hand in hand) and a moderately severe asthmatic.
aces_up1504
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Is it not more likely the over weight person will quit first due to lack of fitness before they ever get to the stage of bonking
T.M.H.N.E.T
Rainbows aren't just for world champions
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- Northern Ireland
^ It's entirely possible to be fat and fit. No one size fits all rule exists.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
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- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
There are plenty of determined fat cyclists about!
(I've bonked slim, and I've bonked fat and I prefer ...
... not bonking at all - it feels horrid!
)
middleagecyclist
Call me MAC
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- Prestwich, Manchester
I'll have a ponder on that when I'm doing next months imperial century challenge - this may also be my first 400k event depending on weather, work and family stuff. I'll get back to you.
subaqua
What’s the point
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- Leytonstone
I was 22 stone when i fathered the last one. wifey was about the same ( and will killme if she ever reads this but hey ho FNRttC revenge) the doctors all said people of a healthy weight are more fertile so i am glad we were a bit chunky then ort we would be a family with a lot of kids
.in a cycling POV as a larger than average teenager i used to hit the wall/bonk on long rides if i didn't have a mars bar about 40 miles in ...
twentysix by twentyfive
Clinging on tightly
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- Over the Hill
Needs a NSFW tag!Do a google image search on "BBW" and that will give you an answer.
Maybe not the answer you were looking for, but an answer none the less.
Andrew_Culture
Internet Marketing bod
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- The People's Republic Of Suffolk.
I was 22 stone when i fathered the last one. wifey was about the same ( and will killme if she ever reads this but hey ho FNRttC revenge) the doctors all said people of a healthy weight are more fertile so i am glad we were a bit chunky then ort we would be a family with a lot of kids
in a cycling POV as a larger than average teenager i used to hit the wall/bonk on long rides if i didn't have a mars bar about 40 miles in ...
Dear god if that's the way it works I'm glad for my lardy years, one youngling is enough for us!
kerndog
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ayceejay
Guru
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- Rural Quebec
Over-sharing anyone?
