pasta bread sandwich with carb sauce
In preparation for the ride tomorrow, I made a really nice meal for myself tonight and savored every bite. Atkins is not for people who ride bikes. I probably put away 2 pounds of bread stuffs tonight, which means I am now at least 2 pounds heavier. Nice.
But, I still have one major food issue. I love chocolate. M&Ms are so easy to snack on in front of the computer that they have become my all-the-time, quick-fix appetite-pleaser. Come the start of the spring semester and racing season, I will have to drop this habit hard. Riders my size are generally about 10 pounds slimmer, resulting in unbelievably lean muscle. If I could just swap out M&Ms with something equally addictive and delicious - and not messy - I would switch over in a heartbeat. By about mid-December I need to make a concerted effort.
I tried out unsalted peanuts, but they leave you with oily fingers. Like I said, I am snacking while in front of the computer, so finger oils are a very bad thing. If there are suggestions to this diet replacement, I’m very open to try out different snack foods.
While at the gym Friday, I ran across an old copy of Bicycling magazine, a decent publication. They actually had some very good articles on food and training. Their website has a good article on diet replacements, too. It’s interesting that they suggest replacing a whole wheat bagel with a whole wheat English muffin. That’s something I’m willing to try, even though it violates my sacred breakfastime protocols. This article, about food for epic rides, is … interesting … but only two of the choices are vegetarian-friendly. And I already eat plenty of peanut butter. There are a couple more decent food articles on their website, too; I’ll leave you to drown in their long paragraphs.
Anyways. Tomorrow’s the day.