If you feel like you’re pedaling too much and still haven’t noticed any improvement in your weight loss, maybe it’s time to examine what you’re feeding your body. Losing that extra weight will not only make you look and feel better, it will also motivate you and give you a greater opportunity to make progress with your cycling. Learn how pro-cyclists manage their diets to keep them in top shape. Maybe you can learn a few tricks from them.
· Breakfast. Racers burn a lot of calories. They reduce up to 4000 calories everyday. So breakfast is important to them and it should be important to you too. A hearty breakfast fills up their tank when they start their day. Most of them eat porridge with fruits. Skipping breakfast will not give you enough fuel for your workout.
Hydration. This can depend on different circumstances but, on average, racers consume half a liter of fluid every hour. They drink plain water and mix it with fancy sports drinks and different concoctions. But for those who are not racers, drinking enough water will still be beneficial. This will help you burn more calories as your body works to heat the water up to your body temperature.
Keep eating throughout the day. Racers eat a lot because they burn more than 300 calories every hour. Some eat sports bars and gels while others eat potatoes, sandwiches, rice dishes and fruit. While you don’t need to eat a lot, try to eat smaller portions between breakfast, lunch and dinner. This will keep your metabolism going. But take care not only of the quantity of the food you are eating but also of its quality. Think lean proteins, fruits, greens, and complex carbs.
· dinner. Most racers are served a large amount of meat for dinner – chicken, beef and fish. To balance this, they also consume their greens like kale and spinach. From this you can get an idea of how important lean protein is. This will help keep you feeling full for longer and help you feel satiated. Apart from this, it also contributes to building and maintaining muscles which burns your fat. It is also advised to have dinner before 8 pm. Eating late at night indicates accumulation of fat in the body which is not expended due to inactivity during the evening.
