@Ricky Sin whoa there where the f*** did you come from ?
“Even if you did decide to restrict calories, sure, your body would burn body fat initially & you'd lose some weight. But eventually your body would decide the low-calorie environment was not a temporary situation & would cling on to your remaining fat reserves for dear life, literally. Your body just down regulates its immune & reproductive systems & makes you want to exercise less while the number on the scale doesn't change.”
Thats what I said/meant;
“Also when you eat dramatically less your body changes the way it works, going toward more of a survival mode, so yes you will initially lose a lot of weight but that is only through the shock of it.”
Yes complex carbs have been present in our diet since the dawn of time, a lot of our intake would have been scavenging beans, pulses and nuts.
It goes perfectly in line with your 2500k MacD example, it’s all processed crap, made from nutritionally non existent goods, people would call it a carby meal and they would be right, but they are crap carbs.
Carbs are almost like a small re supply crates, but most are full of all the gear you didn’t need.
The right carbs will keep you going for longer as they take more time to be processed (unpacked) and turned into glucose, nutrients extracted.
Sugars are straight in hits that will load your bloodstream and fall away again just as fast, leaving you hungry again.
I wasn’t saying to carb load, but if you have a physical long day ahead then having a balanced meal with carbs the night before will stand you in good stead for the following day.
Going back to our 300,000 year old selves I’m sure our day would have gone something like;
Get up go hunting / gathering.
Snack on small things found along the way throughout the day.
(nuts, insects, fruit, fish?)
Back in the afternoon/evening with the clan have a meal together based on the days collection.
(meat, beans, pulses, etc)
People always feel better on little and often especially when exercising, on low carbs.
As these sit with us and take time to process which ultimately means our body is doing another task internally alongside whatever we may be trying to achieve (airsoft objective)
“I guess the key thing is that if you're fat or lethargic, then whatever you're eating or doing needs to change. You won't know until you try.”
Exactly that, you need to listen to your body.
- and Mr Garmin tells me I burned 787 calories, I've a HRM and those boys knows their stuff so I'd say that's pretty reasonable for an hour's ride.
