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"I used to have one snack a day, now I have three and one of those is cake," she added.
ONE???? What kind of cruel diet is this???
Safe to say I'm not gonna suffer from this
someone please buy Gina a pork pie or 2.
What’s under fuelling, sounds impossible to the Funk? I only work out to offset the guilt from the number of biscuits and cakes I eat.
The missed period thing seems to be an obvious early symptom for women - wonder how it would be noticed on blokes (before their ankles start dying!)
I think I'd be fairly concerned if any of my mates looked as cadaverous as she does. It's gone past that 'ooh you look too skinny now!' stage.
My wife has suffered from an early life as a ballet dancer, long training sessions whilst almost starving themselves, being told not having a period etc, was just path of the course, she suffers now with her joints, snapping her ankle simply from turning it over when she got down from chair etc.
Trouble is, how many times do you see articles about "fasting riding" being the way forward for endurance athletes without the full explanation being there.
cadaverous
What a good word - she really does look a bit 'cadaverous'
I'm an unlikely candidate at 83 kgs and 180 cm but Thanks for the warning!
Aye, she looks ill and that's her better. I'd suggest for her long term health perhaps stepping away from damaging levels of training.
Shit! She looks really gaunt. Like one of those self mummifying Buddhist monks. There is so much conflicting information out there. Ooh you’re eating too much, hang on not enough for you, Funkmaster put the cake down etc.
"People need to know no food is bad
I had to read that bit twice as I feared I had misread. Are there people who think no food is good?
Underfuelling? How is that even possible?
If I don't eat someothing on a ride and I start to bonk, its the worst feeling ever.
Bit of honesty here as we're amongst friends, I'm quite careful with food, so I have to be really quite cautious that I don't get too thin - there's a sweet spot when I feel light enough to be fast (for me), but not so light that my performance suffers. This pic was a bit of a wake up call though... I'm now a HUUUGE 60.5 Kgs now (9st 7 in old money) at 180cm (5'11") - I do not have trouble getting my thighs in jeans 🙁
I’d suggest for her long term health perhaps stepping away from damaging levels of training.
For many people at that stage, they're not "training", they're running away from other issues - the exercise becomes a way of channelling stress, refusal to face issues in normal life...
Underfuelling? How is that even possible?
If I don’t eat someothing on a ride and I start to bonk, its the worst feeling ever.
It's a long-term, chronic thing. Not just one ride/run but over a period of months or years of slight calorie deficit as the body adapts to burning fat and eventually muscle.
I like to second the word 'Cadaverous' word of the month for me 🙂
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Or do you really have a bow shaped femur ?
Ooh, thin-shaming, that's new.
Underfuelling? How is that even possible?
It's totally possible for an endurance athlete, somewhat less so for a keyboard warrior.
I've known long-distance cyclists, runners and mountain climbers who physically struggle to consume sufficient calories. If you're covering umpteen miles a day over a period of months then your inner monologue becomes "What's for tea tonight, butter?"
Post ride pie-peas-pint after tomorrow night’s ride so I’m being careful.
I probably got a milder version of this in my early to mid teens. Was way skinnier than most of my peers and tired a lot at school - but there wasn't a wide awareness of it then.
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Or do you really have a bow shaped femur ?
Absolutely not photoshopped - my Photoshop skills are not up to that - although it IS a very unflattering photo - and I do have quite bandy legs. There was a photo of me at Christmas 2016 with a little pot-belly, so I made a concerted effort to lose weight, which coincided with joining a cycling club and running club. My results improved enormously, and I just conflated the two things... It's really easy to get carried away, and I wouldn't normally describe myself as an obsessive type.
As you can see (this was a couple of week ago - I'm REALLY hench now ;-P
Ooh, thin-shaming, that’s new
Not sure that's what is going on here.
Perhaps I missed something but I thought this is all above board and discussing critically low nutrition in context of lots of training.
I wasn't shaming anyone I was just applauding the word Cadaverous.
Hey folks, I hope this doesn't become thin shaming, I just posted it as it was an interesting article about the extremes of sport and I'm pretty certain there are people on this forum who exist in those extremes.
overtraining without rest days and bad diet.