hunger after ride

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Greeting to all,I'm in the process of starting to ride after a long absence due to lost job bad job and now finally back to being able to get home before dark,any how in the few times that I have been able to go out even on a short ride 17.miles I can't seem to control my hunger when I get home,And my hunger is for any kind of food not just carbs,Also for the time being I 'm just trying to loose weight .Any insight would be appreciated,and I just bought a f-6 heart rate monitor,any suggestions on intensity for loosing weight would also be appreciated.thanks Nicko-31

.... I can't seem to control my hunger when I get home,And my hunger is for any kind of food not just carbs,Also for the time being I 'm just trying to loose weight .Any insight would be appreciated,...You need to eat when you get home from a ride. Try to eat fewer calories than you've burned on the ride if you're trying to lose weight, but you definitely need to eat a combination of carbs and protein. If you don't refuel the muscle glycogen you spent during your ride your body will take longer to recover and you'll have a harder time trying to train the following day on depleted muscles. You can still lose weight, the key is to replace fewer calories than you've burned. You can estimate the calories burned with one of the on line calorie counters like: http://www.nutristrategy.com/fitness/cycling.htm When I'm trying to drop weight I shoot for replacing a quarter to half the calories I burned during the ride when I first get back and a bit more throughout the day but still try to maintain a caloric deficit on a daily and weekly basis.

Also check out this: http://www.carbboom.com/education/recovery.php for info on why that first half hour after returning from a workout is so crucial to your continued training and for guidelines on appropriate amounts of carbs and protein for replenishing your stores.

You do need to stay hypocaloric on a daily and weekly basis to drop weight, but you still need to eat to fuel your efforts. The trick is finding the balance that drops weight slowly over time( a pound to pound and a half a week is a good target for weight loss) yet still leaves you with enough energy to train and to improve fitness.

FWIW I dropped over 40 pounds between August and April and simultaneously improved my sustainable one hour power by over 60 watts during that period by eating a bit more regularly(never skip breakfast, healthy snacks during the day) and eating a bit less(smaller portions at main meals and wait five to ten minutes before going back for seconds to make sure I'm really still hungry and not eating too much out of habit). It wasn't hard and I was able to maintain enough energy to train consistently all winter which did wonders for my sustainable power and speed and set me up nicely for good results in the spring races.

Good luck,
Dave

You need to eat when you get home from a ride. Try to eat fewer calories than you've burned on the ride if you're trying to lose weight, but you definitely need to eat a combination of carbs and protein. If you don't refuel the muscle glycogen you spent during your ride your body will take longer to recover and you'll have a harder time trying to train the following day on depleted muscles. You can still lose weight, the key is to replace fewer calories than you've burned. You can estimate the calories burned with one of the on line calorie counters like: http://www.nutristrategy.com/fitness/cycling.htm When I'm trying to drop weight I shoot for replacing a quarter to half the calories I burned during the ride when I first get back and a bit more throughout the day but still try to maintain a caloric deficit on a daily and weekly basis.

Also check out this: http://www.carbboom.com/education/recovery.php for info on why that first half hour after returning from a workout is so crucial to your continued training and for guidelines on appropriate amounts of carbs and protein for replenishing your stores.

You do need to stay hypo caloric on a daily and weekly basis to drop weight, but you still need to eat to fuel your efforts. The trick is finding the balance that drops weight slowly over time( a pound to pound and a half a week is a good target for weight loss) yet still leaves you with enough energy to train and to improve fitness.

FWIW I dropped over 40 pounds between August and April and simultaneously improved my sustainable one hour power by over 60 watts during that period by eating a bit more regularly(never skip breakfast, healthy snacks during the day) and eating a bit less(smaller portions at main meals and wait five to ten minutes before going back for seconds to make sure I'm really still hungry and not eating too much out of habit). It wasn't hard and I was able to maintain enough energy to train consistently all winter which did wonders for my sustainable power and speed and set me up nicely for good results in the spring races.

Good luck,
Dave thanks Dave for the info,I was getting a little inpatient from no replies and I appreciate you taking time to respond.

Greeting to all,I'm in the process of starting to ride after a long absence due to lost job bad job and now finally back to being able to get home before dark,any how in the few times that I have been able to go out even on a short ride 17.miles I can't seem to control my hunger when I get home,And my hunger is for any kind of food not just carbs,Also for the time being I 'm just trying to loose weight .Any insight would be appreciated,and I just bought a f-6 heart rate monitor,any suggestions on intensity for loosing weight would also be appreciated.thanks Nicko-31Try the Energy drink also called the Enzyme diet. I have been using this product for almost a year and it has helped me control hunger and has allowed me to lose over 40 lbs. naturally in the last year.
Your problem lies with your metabolism and enzymes. You need to get your enzymes back to normal levels so that your brain does not think it is hungry.Your brain controls hunger and it is being tricked into thinking it needs food.

It all has to do with the food you are eating. It does not contain the enzymes that you need to digest the food correctly.The food you are eating requires enzymes in order to be digested. Your body finds the enzymes needed by taking them from your metabolic enzymes. Your metabloism slows down so you get tired. You do not want to do much except sleep after eating. You will then gain weight.

Get those enzymes up to normal levels, and you will find losing weight and having more energy will come naturally.
Contact stevetroyer@yahoo.com if you would like more information on how to lose weight or up your energy levels naturally.