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Originally Posted by silly
Wear a heart rate monitor that tracks calories and eat enough to sustain the activity. Cycling a ten or twenty miles a day will not hurt you. Sure, we tend to slim down as we ride more, but most of the skinny roadies and mtbers you see put in massive hours a week while closely monitoring diet: up to 20ish a week, so they're definitely not the norm. We cyclists have the same recovery principles in place as lifters: recovery food 30 min - a couple of hours. To make you feel better, I'm in a deficit (500-1000 cals/day) and training 15-20 hours a week. I've lost ten pounds in about 6 weeks, but it isn't muscle. How do I know? I'm also increasing the amount of power I can produce on the bike, and my legs and stomach are looking pretty good right now. So, if you ride and smell "ammonia" you need to eat more because you're breaking down protein, but its the same as any other activity. Ammonia smell = bad = more calories.
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Thank you SOOO much for your input! I will be riding about 12 miles each way. Its pretty much a straight shot from where I live to downtown. The GOOD thing is that Little Rock is VERY biker friendly and runner friendly. Tons of places that have lanes for bikes and bike routes everywhere practically. Thats the thing that I love about this city... very very outdoorsy yet still a decent size city. Once again thank you so much. I guess I will have to do some adjusting to my diet once I find out just how many calories I am actually burning. I am totally excited about getting into this new sport! I LOVE rock climbing and kayaking so this is def another sport to add the repertoire. My mother fell in love with it so I am sure I will too
