GrumpyGregry
Here for rides.
actually less of the training, it is, after all, a form of cheating.
The lovely Helen has ordained she would like me to lose the gut, the beer belly, the spare tyre, in short I am to put off the middle-aged middle I've spent years, an considerable expense, acquiring.
Not going to single mindedly try and lose weight, per se, more try redistribute what I already have, as I've some off-road goals that require better core/upper body condition. But inevitably weight will come off. I'm currently, and officially, according to my GP, one of the fat-fit. BMI is borderline obese and certainly overweight but it ain't stopping me doing owt and I've a pretty active lifestyle.
I have been given a copy of "How to lose your middle-aged middle" by one who has worked a remarkable transformation on himself by following its principles. It's basically a low-carb diet.
Hands up if you've done a low-carb diet and found it compatible with cycling? My normal workload is 40km/2 hours round trip three four times a week commuting and the odd 100 - 200km road ride once or twice a month at weekends, and a 50km road or 35km off road ride at least once each of the other weekends. I don't drink Sunday night to Friday afternoon. From the middle of this month I'll be helping out on a learn-to-run course three times a week (if my hip will let me).
What has been your experience of racking up the miles whilst dropping the pounds? Is low carb a no-no? Should I engage with the tedium that is calorie counting? Should I fast Tuesday and Thursdays? Do I just need to accept feeling hungry all the time?
The lovely Helen has ordained she would like me to lose the gut, the beer belly, the spare tyre, in short I am to put off the middle-aged middle I've spent years, an considerable expense, acquiring.
Not going to single mindedly try and lose weight, per se, more try redistribute what I already have, as I've some off-road goals that require better core/upper body condition. But inevitably weight will come off. I'm currently, and officially, according to my GP, one of the fat-fit. BMI is borderline obese and certainly overweight but it ain't stopping me doing owt and I've a pretty active lifestyle.
I have been given a copy of "How to lose your middle-aged middle" by one who has worked a remarkable transformation on himself by following its principles. It's basically a low-carb diet.
Hands up if you've done a low-carb diet and found it compatible with cycling? My normal workload is 40km/2 hours round trip three four times a week commuting and the odd 100 - 200km road ride once or twice a month at weekends, and a 50km road or 35km off road ride at least once each of the other weekends. I don't drink Sunday night to Friday afternoon. From the middle of this month I'll be helping out on a learn-to-run course three times a week (if my hip will let me).
What has been your experience of racking up the miles whilst dropping the pounds? Is low carb a no-no? Should I engage with the tedium that is calorie counting? Should I fast Tuesday and Thursdays? Do I just need to accept feeling hungry all the time?