Eating The Fridge

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Hey! every since i've been cycling, i do about 70km each day on the weekends and hardly any on the weekdays, anyways, eversince 2weeks afterwards, i've been just eating the whole fridge, what i can find, you name it, i'll eat it! I weigh 55kg and my weight goes to around 59kg after a good feed in the fridge and just drops to 55kg the next day somehow:S and i have the normal brekky, lunch and dinner. weird or normal?

Hey! every since i've been cycling, i do about 70km each day on the weekends and hardly any on the weekdays, anyways, eversince 2weeks afterwards, i've been just eating the whole fridge, what i can find, you name it, i'll eat it! I weigh 55kg and my weight goes to around 59kg after a good feed in the fridge and just drops to 55kg the next day somehow:S and i have the normal brekky, lunch and dinner. weird or normal?


Increase exercise = increase in food needs.

My metabolism is skyyyy high.


Just make sure it's good food.

When I first started out and was doing less riding during the week and long rides on the weekends I used to feel that way too - sooooo hungry that I just wanted to eat and eat. Now that I ride (or at least get on the trainer) during the week and ride on the weekends too I no longer feel that way very often. I think that I have also become more careful about eating and drinking on the bike as well, so I don't come home feeling so starving.
Your calorie needs definitely go up so don't worry too much (even at my small size -104 lbs- on a 2.5/3 hour ride I can burn 2,000 calories) ,just make sure you eat good foods and pace yourself. Try to make sure you get enough on the bike too. Eventually with more training you'll probably stop feeling like that as much.

That happened to me, too... right when I started riding longer distances. A good thing to do is monitor your calories, so that you don't start getting fat or losing too much weight. Try to figure out how many calories you burn on the bike, factor it into your daily calorie count, et cetera et cetera. You'd be surprised how many calories you burn on the bike.