Weight / Fat loss

My mate reckons it could partially be down to increased blood volume over the rest period as my body adapts.

1/2kg maybe, any more than that and your blood pressure would probably start rising significantly.

(I prefer a regular bloodletting, usually 460ml every 3 months or so.)

Homemade (and unset) millionaire's shortbread for breakfast. A new low, even for me.

Yeah he didn't mean all of it.

Still annoying whatever it is.

h2o

Sounds great. Its winter. Fuck it.
I just had peanut butter oreos. Brilliant.
Especially if you split them, and add more peanut butter.

On course for 20 hours of training this week, generally trying to be good, and avoiding beer in the evenings as apart from anything I need decent quality sleep!

Beginning to feel a little depleted but how often am I going to get unlimited training time, awesome roads, 30 degrees and massive hills?!

have read racing weight, says eats lots and often and to avoid calorie dense foods unless you are doing 20+ hours per week at which point all bets are off, not that groundbreaking but motivational nonetheless.

got back from holiday, have eaten healthily all week, ridden my ass off and got on the scale this morning and I'm the same weight as I was when I left.

the good news is that I look a lot leaner, except my legs which look like two balloons filled with water, so hopefully its just something to do with repairing the damage done.

They have them here too!

My idea of a naughty snack now is Greek yoghurt with low cal granola. WTF?

Cycling sucks.

Only if you actually give a fuck about power to weight. You chose to live in the mountains, crazy fool.

Breakfast pie...

A guy with a BMI near 30, sprinter muscle fibers, and a bike built purely for aerodynamics.

96,000m climbed over 6600km of road biking this season.

Doing it wrong.

My descent ratings on Strava are pretty good though.

#friendsofgravity

I have no idea of my climbing stats but my knees feel like they did 6600k yesterday.

That's just from my road bike.

Don't really log anything from my other 4 bikes except the odd TSS guesstimate for training peaks.

Did a fast flat 2hrs yesterday. Makes me far more hungry than a climbing day.

Pfft, hungry? That's just a commute.

4hrs on the turbo and 10hrs out west yesterday.

#dickswingin

Spent the morning being dragged around a massive indoor play festival by the kids. Financially and physically crippling.

#regretfullpastdickswinin

Then did 2 hours through a storm. 2C, gale force winds, hale, heavy rain. Still better than the turbo.

I fucking hate turbo trainers.

You know how most people hate Mondays because the weekend's over and they have to work? I hate weekends because it means riding my stupid fucking bike. I think I'm doing something wrong with my life but haven't quite pinned it down yet.

Cauliflower rice. That's what I eat now. It doesn't fill you up like real rice and it doesn't taste as nice and it wouldn't fool anyone with lips or a tongue or eyes. And it goes everywhere and is a pain to cook.

I do think cutting carbs is the way to go though. I'm getting my only carbs from pulses and one banana a day at the moment. Very occasional portion of noodles (I live in Hong Kong) or sushi rice but I see that as a treat.

If I can get 3lbs off a week for the next six weeks, I'll be light enough to cycle in this city.

stood on my scales this morning and thought I'd try the body fat feature I've ignored for the last 5 years, to discover I apparently have 24.8% body fat, I nearly shit a brick, thankfully I've done a bit of reading this morning and discovered that it just guesses based on height and weight rather than the fancier version that uses electrical impedance, I know I'm a bit fatter than is ideal, but within "normal" bounds on BMI....

think I might invest in a set of slightly fancier scales that actually measure body fat, anyone have any recommendations?

You need to set the scales up with your details otherwise they're way off.

They all estimate based on parameters you start with. Tanita are tested against other measurement tech (DEXA etc) and the go to brand for accurate scales.

Salad makes us fat. I fucking knew it!
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/25/opinion/sunday/how-salad-can-make-us-fat.html

Cauliflower rice. That's what I eat now. It doesn't fill you up like real rice and it doesn't taste as nice and it wouldn't fool anyone with lips or a tongue or eyes. And it goes everywhere and is a pain to cook.

I use one large cauliflower for two people, try not to grate too much stalk, it seems to add bitterness. Soften (but don't let brown) a small diced onion first in a touch of coconut oil, add cauliflower with a couple of tablespoons of desiccated coconut, chopped garlic clove and a teaspoon of spice mix, pinch of salt and some ground pepper.
I find the water content varies massively, sometimes I have to add a shot of water to stop it drying out before being cooked. Cook longer on a low heat rather than flash it in a hot pan.

like these ones?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000BB0BVG?redirect=true&ref_=s9_simh_gw_p364_d0_i1

my scales are set up but simply take a my height and weight and put an assumption in there about how much is likely to be fat, presumably based on a non athlete, as given that I can see the outline of my abdominal muscles, I find it unrealistic that I'm 25% fat, but I'd like to know where I am as I suspect that its a better way of both setting a realistic weight goal.

Yeah, something like them. There are fancier ones but they're meant to target different body parts.

http://www.tanita.com/en/faq/#Q:_How_does_the_Tanita_s_BIA_compare_with_other_methods_in_terms_of_accuracy__repeatability__cost__convenience__and_length_of_procedure_

Don't know about the rest of you (Hippy excluded!), but this is pretty uncomfortable reading for me.

https://t.co/zgKBSyUCO0

"they put down their beers"

Get to fuck!