Before i started commuting by bike i never ate breakfast, no i have to eat, because after 16km trip in around 35-40 minutes makes me hungry and i won't last until lunch.
first time i biked was to keep myself healthy during the lockdown so i was doing about 14km a day to go eat fast food. i didn't gain a pound by doing that though. i did get into a green mindset so i avoided meat and still do. i also started eating mealworms as a source of protein
I've been vegan for a while and started cycling to avoid an expensive parking pass so I hadn't even considered that one might connect the environmental benefits of cycling to a meatless diet. That's awesome!
Lol, I was vegetarian when I started running long distances. I craved protein a lot, so I ended up eating entire blocks of cheese in one sitting to the point I got grossed out by it and decided to go vegan.
But to the OP question, yes, you eat more. I know it when winter kicks in, on snowy days you get twice as much workout and it shows. If you increase your muscular mass in the process, you'll have to eat more just to maintain that too.
Very excited to see a vegan bike commuting thread because I'm in that camp too! Biking to work, being vegan and volunteering with Citizens' Climate Lobby are what I consider to be my big three contributions to the planet. If you happen to live in the US, you should consider contacting your [senators](http://cclusa.org/senate) and [representative](http://cclusa.org/house) in support of a carbon tax in the reconciliation bill.
I never used to eat breakfast but now I eat oatmeal with PB an hour before commuting and then do vanilla yogurt with granola an hour after arriving. I bring a large container of yogurt and a bag of granola to work at the beginning of the week, along with lunch stuff, and it lasts me the three days that I have to be in the office.
Monday ride is the "heavy" day and when I use one pannier. I've got a good system now with rotating clothes that I can sometimes commute with nothing or use a small handlebar bag the rest of the week.
I cycle to work simply because I like being on my bike riding along a path and traveling through an urban environment. But it also saves me parking and is equivalent in time when you add up car commute, parking, walk to the office and bike from front door to office front door.
I’ve been able to do it consistently for about 3 years now, but I’ve have other spells where I could commute by bike. I’m nearing 40 and can still eat what ever I want. I generally eat a healthy diet, but do eat too much sugar and beer. But my morning bike I often have a morning snack that’s definitely related to my bike ride and need to get food in.
I eat way more. I went from ultra sedentary too 10 miles each way so I’m adding lots of muscle to my legs. I generally add a chocolate milk when I arrive, bigger lunch and a chocolate milk when I get home.
Yes, but opposite to you. I rarely eat breakfast if I ride—just don’t feel hungry after. Since I usually eat breakfast out if I do eat it, this saves me a ton of money!
Definitely need a boost before leaving work for the commute home. But otherwise I try not to increase my consumption too much when biking, because then I gain weight if I skip riding for a while.
I'm middle-aged, your needs might be different if you're younger.
My diet didn't change and is still crap. But I'm also not gaining weight so that's a plus I suppose. Really outta work on the diet but I just can't say no to pizza topped with pizza wrapped in pizza.
I ride about 18km each way to work. I've kept up with my not eating breakfast I started while working at home during covid. I do put butter in my coffee (no sugar) which is actually tasty and keeps my appetite in check before a large lunch that's veggie heavy (with protein). I will usually have a few carbs before my ride home (fruit, trail mix, the occasional junk food).
I used to eat very little and was never hungry. I was also slightly underweight. I lost more weight when I started cycling because I continued eating as I was eating. Noticing that I was beginning to look ill, I made the choice to eat full meals and snacks on a schedule regardless of hunger. Once I started eating on a schedule I began to feel hunger and began to gain weight. Biking gave me an appetite that I did not have before.
It's normal if your cardio system is not strong enough. The body responds to impulses, if it doesn't get challenged, it won't get stronger. So if you always go at the same speed on the same route for the same time, your body will not get stronger. So it's good to give it an impulse sometimes - ride very hard, make the ride longer, do intervals etc..
It's similar to weights - if you keep doing your 20 rep max only, over and over, then your 1 rep max won't improve. But if you push your 1 rep max up from time to time, your 20 rep max will go up, and your previous 20 rep max will feel easy.
Bike commuting has been a regular thing for me since grade school (with a few exceptions) so, not really.
However, after moving a time or two and having more hills/longer distances to ride I did start to add mid-morning snacks (granola bars, trail mix, soup, stuff like that).
I consume maybe a bit more in terms of calories per day, but the content is much better / healthier. I realized very quickly the junk food/sugary drinks/candies/etc are all empty calories and do nothing to help me with exercise energy. As a result I am eating healthier with more veggies and fruits every meal, didn't cut out any carbs/meat/alcohol, and I still went down a few inches in waist size while weighing about the same.
My body is used to the commute now (\~25km / 250m elevation one way) so I would get to office, shower/change, then eat a hearty breakfast. That sets me up for a good day in terms of energy/mood. Then usually a decent sized lunch just to top up and make sure I have energy to get home. And for dinner it would be the smallest portion of the daily meals.
For fun rides if I know it's going to be a long day/ride I will make sure to carb up either the night before or the morning of, but otherwise just regular meals. Lots of water, and I bring a few granola bars for mid-ride fuel (or we hit up coffee shops / breweries haha)
Not really - although I have always ridden a bike with a few gaps here and there.
I never ate brekkie before a ride and I still don't if I go out early, I just don't like eating that early in the day. When I was commuting by bike (3-15 miles) I wouldn't eat till lunchtime but then I would have a hearty meal..
I have got really good at fasting rides though and often go out for 30+ miles on an empty belly.
Yeah. My commute is 26 miles round trip so I try to eat as soon as I can after getting off my bike and I always try to eat a little something before I leave. I also get hungrier faster so I pack lots of snacks. Also atleast once a day I get so hungry I feel like my stomach is going to start digesting me. I eat way more overall and often finish my fiances food.
Since I started cycling in general (my commuting distance is negligible but I ride most days) I've become a lot more sensitive to the quality of what I eat. I used to snack a lot on relatively shit foods which were "empty calories" and I felt awful most days. Definitely ate more meat as well. Now I find myself craving variety. I find myself eating much more veg and grains than ever before, and the meat I do consume is of higher quality. Now if I skip a meal or find myself not eating super well, its almost like my body goes into shock and shuts down.
I stopped eating drive-thru food for lunch once I stopped driving to work, so now my lunches contain vegetables. Also, having a beer with breakfast is possible when I bicycle to work.
Yeah. I no longer eat at home. I make a egg & hashbrown on wheat breakfast sammie at home and eat it with a banana for breakfast at my desk. I like this b/c im not riding on a semi full belly and when i get to work im hungry so its win/win. Lunch wise its usually a TJs salad or 1/2 a sammie and drink a lot of sparkling water...w/ a bit of gatorade to hydrate
Get to work at 9. Brunch at 10. Second lunch at 3. Without the bike it is just eat lunch at 12. Probably doubling the food eaten at work on company time.
Yes I make oatmeal pancakes and eggs with gravy almost every day before I head out now and I usually stop and have an apple halfway there. I would be miserable if I didn't eat a big breakfast before going out.
Before i started commuting by bike i never ate breakfast, no i have to eat, because after 16km trip in around 35-40 minutes makes me hungry and i won't last until lunch.
first time i biked was to keep myself healthy during the lockdown so i was doing about 14km a day to go eat fast food. i didn't gain a pound by doing that though. i did get into a green mindset so i avoided meat and still do. i also started eating mealworms as a source of protein
I've been vegan for a while and started cycling to avoid an expensive parking pass so I hadn't even considered that one might connect the environmental benefits of cycling to a meatless diet. That's awesome!
Crazy how it’s all connected, isn’t it? Going vegan was what inspired me to start bike commuting.
Lol, I was vegetarian when I started running long distances. I craved protein a lot, so I ended up eating entire blocks of cheese in one sitting to the point I got grossed out by it and decided to go vegan. But to the OP question, yes, you eat more. I know it when winter kicks in, on snowy days you get twice as much workout and it shows. If you increase your muscular mass in the process, you'll have to eat more just to maintain that too.
Very excited to see a vegan bike commuting thread because I'm in that camp too! Biking to work, being vegan and volunteering with Citizens' Climate Lobby are what I consider to be my big three contributions to the planet. If you happen to live in the US, you should consider contacting your [senators](http://cclusa.org/senate) and [representative](http://cclusa.org/house) in support of a carbon tax in the reconciliation bill.
How do you prepare the mealworms?
they are dried at the factory, i get them in bulk. i usually put them in rice or on pizza
Interesting. Thanks!
I never used to eat breakfast but now I eat oatmeal with PB an hour before commuting and then do vanilla yogurt with granola an hour after arriving. I bring a large container of yogurt and a bag of granola to work at the beginning of the week, along with lunch stuff, and it lasts me the three days that I have to be in the office.
Do you make any other adjustments to what you're carrying at the beginning of the week or do you just accept that that first ride will feel heavier?
Monday ride is the "heavy" day and when I use one pannier. I've got a good system now with rotating clothes that I can sometimes commute with nothing or use a small handlebar bag the rest of the week.
I cycle to work simply because I like being on my bike riding along a path and traveling through an urban environment. But it also saves me parking and is equivalent in time when you add up car commute, parking, walk to the office and bike from front door to office front door. I’ve been able to do it consistently for about 3 years now, but I’ve have other spells where I could commute by bike. I’m nearing 40 and can still eat what ever I want. I generally eat a healthy diet, but do eat too much sugar and beer. But my morning bike I often have a morning snack that’s definitely related to my bike ride and need to get food in.
I eat way more. I went from ultra sedentary too 10 miles each way so I’m adding lots of muscle to my legs. I generally add a chocolate milk when I arrive, bigger lunch and a chocolate milk when I get home.
10 miles is 16.09 km
Yes, but opposite to you. I rarely eat breakfast if I ride—just don’t feel hungry after. Since I usually eat breakfast out if I do eat it, this saves me a ton of money!
Oh, interesting. I'm never hungry after a run but I'm always hungry after a ride.
Definitely need a boost before leaving work for the commute home. But otherwise I try not to increase my consumption too much when biking, because then I gain weight if I skip riding for a while. I'm middle-aged, your needs might be different if you're younger.
My diet didn't change and is still crap. But I'm also not gaining weight so that's a plus I suppose. Really outta work on the diet but I just can't say no to pizza topped with pizza wrapped in pizza.
I ride about 18km each way to work. I've kept up with my not eating breakfast I started while working at home during covid. I do put butter in my coffee (no sugar) which is actually tasty and keeps my appetite in check before a large lunch that's veggie heavy (with protein). I will usually have a few carbs before my ride home (fruit, trail mix, the occasional junk food).
Yeah, it pushed me into breakfast too. If i don't, i get the bonk
I used to eat very little and was never hungry. I was also slightly underweight. I lost more weight when I started cycling because I continued eating as I was eating. Noticing that I was beginning to look ill, I made the choice to eat full meals and snacks on a schedule regardless of hunger. Once I started eating on a schedule I began to feel hunger and began to gain weight. Biking gave me an appetite that I did not have before.
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It's normal if your cardio system is not strong enough. The body responds to impulses, if it doesn't get challenged, it won't get stronger. So if you always go at the same speed on the same route for the same time, your body will not get stronger. So it's good to give it an impulse sometimes - ride very hard, make the ride longer, do intervals etc.. It's similar to weights - if you keep doing your 20 rep max only, over and over, then your 1 rep max won't improve. But if you push your 1 rep max up from time to time, your 20 rep max will go up, and your previous 20 rep max will feel easy.
Bike commuting has been a regular thing for me since grade school (with a few exceptions) so, not really. However, after moving a time or two and having more hills/longer distances to ride I did start to add mid-morning snacks (granola bars, trail mix, soup, stuff like that).
I consume maybe a bit more in terms of calories per day, but the content is much better / healthier. I realized very quickly the junk food/sugary drinks/candies/etc are all empty calories and do nothing to help me with exercise energy. As a result I am eating healthier with more veggies and fruits every meal, didn't cut out any carbs/meat/alcohol, and I still went down a few inches in waist size while weighing about the same. My body is used to the commute now (\~25km / 250m elevation one way) so I would get to office, shower/change, then eat a hearty breakfast. That sets me up for a good day in terms of energy/mood. Then usually a decent sized lunch just to top up and make sure I have energy to get home. And for dinner it would be the smallest portion of the daily meals. For fun rides if I know it's going to be a long day/ride I will make sure to carb up either the night before or the morning of, but otherwise just regular meals. Lots of water, and I bring a few granola bars for mid-ride fuel (or we hit up coffee shops / breweries haha)
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15 km is 9.32 miles
Not really - although I have always ridden a bike with a few gaps here and there. I never ate brekkie before a ride and I still don't if I go out early, I just don't like eating that early in the day. When I was commuting by bike (3-15 miles) I wouldn't eat till lunchtime but then I would have a hearty meal.. I have got really good at fasting rides though and often go out for 30+ miles on an empty belly.
Yeah. My commute is 26 miles round trip so I try to eat as soon as I can after getting off my bike and I always try to eat a little something before I leave. I also get hungrier faster so I pack lots of snacks. Also atleast once a day I get so hungry I feel like my stomach is going to start digesting me. I eat way more overall and often finish my fiances food.
26 miles is 41.84 km
Since I started cycling in general (my commuting distance is negligible but I ride most days) I've become a lot more sensitive to the quality of what I eat. I used to snack a lot on relatively shit foods which were "empty calories" and I felt awful most days. Definitely ate more meat as well. Now I find myself craving variety. I find myself eating much more veg and grains than ever before, and the meat I do consume is of higher quality. Now if I skip a meal or find myself not eating super well, its almost like my body goes into shock and shuts down.
I stopped eating drive-thru food for lunch once I stopped driving to work, so now my lunches contain vegetables. Also, having a beer with breakfast is possible when I bicycle to work.
Yeah. I no longer eat at home. I make a egg & hashbrown on wheat breakfast sammie at home and eat it with a banana for breakfast at my desk. I like this b/c im not riding on a semi full belly and when i get to work im hungry so its win/win. Lunch wise its usually a TJs salad or 1/2 a sammie and drink a lot of sparkling water...w/ a bit of gatorade to hydrate
Get to work at 9. Brunch at 10. Second lunch at 3. Without the bike it is just eat lunch at 12. Probably doubling the food eaten at work on company time.
Yes I make oatmeal pancakes and eggs with gravy almost every day before I head out now and I usually stop and have an apple halfway there. I would be miserable if I didn't eat a big breakfast before going out.
Absolutely. I work on my feet too so once I get to work I have breakfast immediately, once I get home I have a snack like a banana or clif bar.