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Winter weight
Postby GreyhoundCycle » Mon May 21, 2012 11:27 pm
I have noticed I tend to gain 1-2 kilos in winter due to over eating and less exercise.
Have gained 1kg in the past three weeks due to rainy Melbourne weather and great cooking from wifey. Has anyone noticed the same???
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Re: Winter weight
Postby bigfriendlyvegan » Tue May 22, 2012 1:44 am
HTFU chubby and start pedalling
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Re: Winter weight
Postby twizzle » Tue May 22, 2012 10:18 am
...real cyclists don't have squeaky chains...
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Re: Winter weight
Postby ZepinAtor » Tue May 22, 2012 10:33 am
bigfriendlyvegan wrote:
HTFU chubby and start pedalling
Bwwaaaaaaahhhhh !!! Love it BFV.
Sounds a bit like what our coach says when it's raining.........you won't desolve now get out there. Dark & cold.......pffft, that's what lights & jackets are for.
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Re: Winter weight
Postby Ontherod » Tue May 22, 2012 8:43 pm
GreyhoundCycle wrote:Remember watched a documentary a long time ago, it said human genetically pack on a few kilos in winter just like primitive response in many animals.
I have noticed I tend to gain 1-2 kilos in winter due to over eating and less exercise.
Have gained 1kg in the past three weeks due to rainy Melbourne weather and great cooking from wifey. Has anyone noticed the same???
Though I like to do exercise in winter while less in summer, I still get 2-3 kilos in winter, as I eat much much more in winter than in summer, in summer I only need little food but plenty of water and coffee.
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Re: Winter weight
Postby Parrott » Wed May 23, 2012 8:48 am
Not only the dark, the cold also makes it harderto get out of bed. Though I've noticed the Canberra temps on the news, a few degrees colder than Bendigo, I should HTFU.twizzle wrote:Not only do I put on a few kilo's, I also want to sleep longer. Getting up in the dark and riding home in the dark is very sucky.
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Winter weight
Postby gabrielle260 » Wed May 23, 2012 9:06 am
I find my various aches and pains are worse in winter and therefore I take the occasional day off the bike.
In summer I feel more limber(?) or flexible or something.
Maybe, at 52, this is just the first signs of ageing.... Or maybe I should just HTFU???
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Re: Winter weight
Postby cp123 » Wed May 23, 2012 10:30 am
heath/money/blah blah blah... i think the worst thing is taking 20 mins to get dressed with that many layers on. struggling to pull on overshoes etc. or maybe i'm just totally pathetic. Until i get outside and go anyway. Once i'm out its okay. its just psyching myself up to get there. I seem to need waaay more sleep than i do in summer. or maybe i'm woken by the cat deciding she wants under the blankets or on top of the blankets. although i just "feel the presence" of it hovering on the pillow, lift my arm up, let her crawl in and then flop off again almost unconsciously. You know its cold out when she wants to go from on top of the covers to underneath.
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Re: Winter weight
Postby skull » Thu May 24, 2012 7:47 am
twizzle wrote:Not only do I put on a few kilo's, I also want to sleep longer. Getting up in the dark and riding home in the dark is very sucky.
I am suffering this at the moment.
In Hobart I had no issues getting up early but here in ACT I am finding a distinct lack of motivation to get out of bed and have been snoozing. Even when I am going to bed earlier the night before.
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Re: Winter weight
Postby PawPaw » Thu May 24, 2012 9:29 am
Your metabolic rate is slightly higher due to the cold, and you should feel more envigorated than on sultry hot summer days.
I experience more hunger pangs during winter when I don't drink enough water.
If slack I can also eat more of what is convenient - bread mainly, and pasta rice. But get this; an extra cup of cooked pasta or rice, or 2 pieces of toast slice bread equal the Calories in 8 cups of vegetables. Guess which fills you up more and has more nutrient value.
We need to keep the water going in during winter, because the air is drier outdoors, and in air conditioning.
One of my tricks for keeping the Calories down and getting satiated before I have too many is to have more soups of any base (chicken, beef, legumes, pumpkin, sweet potato) and vege. I make them in a 6 litre slow cooker, so it is easy as, and there's heaps for when I get home tired or late. For extra nutrition, I microwave a bowl of fresh vege and throw them in when I reheat. The fluid helps to warm and fill me more.
I also do oranges and apples with nuts during winter with a couple of glasses of water. The simple carb hit helps settle the sugar cravings for a lower Calorie count than most processed snacks.
The thing about genetically programmed to put on extra weight holds if
- you are lean prior to winter, as our predecessors were i.e. <=13% bodyfat for males and <=20% for females.
- like our predecessors, you have food scarcity during winter (rather than being able to drive to a grocery aisle dedicated to Tim Tams, potato chips, chocolate, and biscuits).
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Re: Winter weight
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Re: Winter weight
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Re: Winter weight
Postby trailgumby » Sat May 26, 2012 6:08 pm
That certainly fits with my experience.
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Re: Winter weight
Postby U2adam!!! » Sun May 27, 2012 9:12 pm
Not really because I don't find your wife's cooking all that great.GreyhoundCycle wrote:Remember watched a documentary a long time ago, it said human genetically pack on a few kilos in winter just like primitive response in many animals.
I have noticed I tend to gain 1-2 kilos in winter due to over eating and less exercise.
Have gained 1kg in the past three weeks due to rainy Melbourne weather and great cooking from wifey. Has anyone noticed the same???
But yes. 1 to 2 kilos up on my summer, riding lots and lots weight.
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Re: Winter weight
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Re: Winter weight
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Re: Winter weight
Postby CommuRider » Wed May 30, 2012 2:12 pm
+100ZepinAtor wrote:bigfriendlyvegan wrote:
HTFU chubby and start pedalling
Bwwaaaaaaahhhhh !!! Love it BFV.
I'll think about this next time I'm feeling chubby
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Re: Winter weight
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Re: Winter weight
Postby Mrfenejeans » Thu Jun 14, 2012 11:39 am
However now that I'm thinner and feel the cold more, I'm finding the temptation of buying a nice warm, calorie high food for lunch at work a big temptation, like burgers or chiko rolls, but am not doing enough exercise to justify eating them.
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Re: Winter weight
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Re: Winter weight
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