Ttoc6

I miss cereal. I haven't bought any in a few months to curtail that habit. Unfortunately, I think I've replaced it with a peanut butter problem. Might be better off with the cereal tbh.

(Also, check out the toasted rice and the oat blenders that come in the generic bags. Worse for oyu than cheerios, but not quite as bad as so many other.)

If my coworkers would stop bringing pastries in for the team, I might be able to make race weight some day.. Not. Engineers have this fascination with donuts and sugary treats that is inexplicable to me.

Enthalpic

Kids cereal is my "I'm staying in a hotel with free breakfast treat." I never have it at home.

wktmeow

Honestly one of the best side effects of going plant based has been that now I have an excuse to refuse the majority of those office treats 😅

The Krispy kremes used to get me every damn time... I feel your pain. And then if you try to stay strong and resist, it tires you out a bit mentally (for real, ego depletion, it's a thing... Just don't be the guy proposing to ban sugary treats at the office for the sake of productivity, not a way to gain popularity points)

Enthalpic

Cereals were initially considered healthy because they prevented the evil of ************ - I'm not kidding you. They transitioned that to low-fat is healthy even though it is all high GI carbs.

Kellogg (like Corn Flakes) was a quack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_H...akfast_cereals

Quaker Oats

Can't say 'asterbation? Lame

Ttoc6

I've eaten veggie before. But I did it try out for health reasons.

Slowly working through the remaining meat I have at home with a plan to cut way back once it's gone. Probably just to fish and the occasional dish where it's impolite to refuse. Mostly ethics now, just based on some of the stuff I read about the industry and friends I know that have been vegan / veggie for a long time that still compete on a high level.

jacksonhandy

Honestly, I’m learning and don’t really fully understand the concept. I don’t think so? Not decoupling is indicative of good aerobic endurance, so having a decent base, holding power constant, having reduced drift is better.

Ygduf

+1 - no coincidence my tenuous weight before kids has climbed since kids. the cereal is theirs, and they don't even eat it all >.<

spectastic

garmin shows np 302. strava shows weighed average 263. both show same average power. who's right?

aaronmcd

How does anyone even survive without cereal? Like what does breakfast consist of?? I mean weekends with unlimited time we can cook up some bacon and eggs, but a normal weekday?

Also I assume shredded wheat, corn flakes, not overly sweet raisin bran, corn flakes are all decently healthy compared to some cereals. I do like honey nut cheerios though. I like corn flakes and honey nut cheerios before a ride cuz they aren't loaded in fiber, and are easily digested.

gsteinb

oatmeal.

you can literally make old fashioned oats in the microwave in like six minutes.

1/2 cup oatmeal
handful of raisins
handful of nuts
some blueberries
a banana

put it in a big bowl and nuke it.

I've been eating that for longer than most of you have been alive.

The amount of sugar and salt in even the non-sweet stuff is simply amazing.

topflightpro

I'm a big fan of Kashi cereal, with the bits of dried fruit in it.

I've been on a no-sweets kick lately. I gave it up for Lent - I'm not religious at all, but I try to do something for Lent each year. Sweets has been my go to the last couple of years, as I have a horrible sweet tooth. Before I got married, and started cycling and losing weight, I would eat chocolate cake for breakfast every day.

It is strange to me though how filling I find sweet carbs.

Anyway, I think I've mentioned this event before on here: Krispy Kreme Challenge, but it's been awhile. I did it once.

Once was enough.

gsteinb

Which? Go-Lean Crunch has the same amount of sugar as fruit loops.

Hermes

Cooked oatmeal and fruit.

Hermes

Last 3 days...Over/unders on the TT bike at Fiesta...30' of low cadence tempo work on road bike in the drops plus endurance at Fiesta...An SDV track workout: warmup, accelerations, jumps, flying kilos and standing start.

TMonk

Ain't Fiesta great?

This morning I did a pre-race day tune up ride, put in a 9:30s lap on Fiesta (4.1 mi) without being too beat up afterwards - good sign. Even had to coast for a few seconds when some crows that were eating roadkill wouldn't move after I rounded a corner.

wktmeow

That's proper quick on the road bike! We need to get you on a TT bike one of these days

Coach has me back to base/foundation laying work since we achieved my main goals for the season, so trying to get the motor ready before putting in for the upgrade. So, weights, and some z2 so far this week. Supposed to do another couple hours today, but I woke up with the worst frozen neck I've had in a while, so will need to see what I can manage.

Got my officially designated 'crit' bike built up, formerly known as my road bike. Moved over all the 11 speed components I took off of a parts bike, and tested it with 10 of 11 speed cogs + two spacers with the limit screw adjusted on a 10 speed wheel and it seems to work great. That means I can get some more life out of my 10 speed tubulars. Thinking I'll roll those for the crit. They have some 24mm Scwhalbe Ones, so a little wider than my usual 23mm clinchers, and tubular so I can confidently run them at lower pressure, which should help me feel a little more confident if it rains tomorrow. Plus they're light and deep and look cool to boot.

TMonk

Yeah, I'd like to get into TT some day. I like how safe and positive it is, at least at the FITT.

Aren't you still 1 point shy? I know you're not worried about getting it but we could also try to get you that last point this weekend, and I'm sure we could barring extenuating circumstances.

My training plan is to keep my volume to 7-10 hrs with some intensity through San Dimas, then focus on some volume through April to carry me through the season. I'll keep the volume moderate on the Easter Ontario and Barrio Logan race weekends because I want to be fresher then.

caloso

Kashi gives me gas. I can't eat it before a ride or I'll be burping the entire time. My typical breakfast is a plain omelette and coffee. I've got the timing down that I can have the eggs and moka pot done at the same time.

wktmeow

I am, but I'd rather focus on getting points for anyone else that wants them at the moment. I'm sure I'll manage to snag a point by doing a good leadout or something, worst case I'll ask for mercy from the upgrade coordinator and point out that I would have had more points if I didn't flat at VoS last year. Not sure how strict they are here, but I'm hoping that my results are convincing enough to let me through if I'm still a point shy by then. And if not, I'll just have to fight for that last point at Ontario or something

Hermes

Fiesta is a great asset and we are fortunate to have it.

Nice lap time on the road bike. BTW, the FITT series has a Merckx division where you could ride your road bike. If you can put together 3x9:30 laps including a standing start, that is a smoking Merckx time.

TMonk

With the way I was going I may have been able to cobble together a miserable 20', but IDK about 30.

At any rate I agree that I should try it out!

furiousferret

Went up Sunset to see if the other day was a fluke. 292 in 7 minutes, 34 watts better than my best time up this year. A pothole sapped some of that, but I'll take it. Tuesday Night World's are next week and while I can't compete with the fast guys (we have too many 120 lb juniors) I really want the crush the souls of some friends that are expecting me to drop early.

Rosena Ranch has a nice roller and great for climber / breakaway types. https://www.strava.com/segments/1113389

Radish_legs

Yesterday I did 12 sets of 615w x 30 second with decreasing interval between each set. I think the rest intervals started at 2:30 in length (at 150w), then decreased by 5 seconds between each interval. That was tough for me. I cramped on the 10th interval at the end and didn't quite complete it. But was able to do the 11th and 12th by spinning higher cadence. After that 10 week FTP building block, trying to build up some higher intensity capabilities.

Ttoc6

Re: breakfast - I'm a small breakfast guy on work days. A protein bar or protein shake once I get to work. Sometimes I'll do instant oatmeal if I have a tough workout in the evening.
On race days, it's a big ol' pile of oatmeal with some combination of brown sugar, dried fruit, banana, or peanut butter. Usually on weekends when I'm not racing I'll just have coffee and eat breakfast on the bike (banana or fig bar or the like).

Workout today was.. interesting. Set out to do about an hour easy with a few efforts before racing tomorrow. Dropped car off for an oil change first and had an errand to run in the middle. Turns out after changing out brake pads, they were not quite adjusted correct and rubbing. Made my easy first half hour a bit tougher than I'd planned. Some how didn't think they were bad.
Anyways, got to where I was going and the form I had wasn't filled out correctly and had to ride all over the air force base tracking down signatures and calling my boss on his day off to figure all this stuff out. Luckily we got it done and I can actually legally go to work now. Rolled it back to the auto shop after 75 minutes of riding and 2+ hours on the road.

Oh well, bikes are dialed for racing now. Time to see how the new TT position fares in a race tomorrow!

aaronmcd

Like how little of it there is?

1 cup Post shredded wheat:
0g sugar
0mg sodium
6g protein
40g carbs
1g fat
170 kcal

1 cup Kelloggs corn flakes:
3g sugar
200mg sodium
2g protein
24g carbs
0g fat
100 kcal

1.5 cup Whole Milk:
19g sugar
150mg sodium
12g protein
19g carbs
12g fat
225 kcal


Total for 1 bowl:
22g sugar
350mg sodium
20g protein
83g carbs
13g fat
495 kcal

Pour and eat. That easy.
I would need 1.5 cups of oats to get the same calories/macros, which takes more time to cook, wait til it's cool enough to eat, takes longer to eat due to being hot and voluminous, and has a somewhat gross mushy texture.

I'm sure it's slightly more healthy. I even tried to get into eating oatmeal for a few weeks once, but couldn't keep it up due to having to scrounge random extra calories and take extra time cooking and eating.