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Sep 2021
7:30pm, 22 Sep 2021
54,199 posts
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Velociraptor
At this stage, while you're not training for anything enormous, it might be worth looking at joining a local Slimming World/WW group. I'm no fan of the slimming diet industry, but these groups are an accessible way to get peer support and accountability and give you some structure for your everyday eating. That would cover the practical aspect of what to eat.
I'm sure there are assessed sports nutrition courses available from respected providers. Maybe someone else will be able to advise further on this.
As for books, I don't know what's currently trending. My own favourite is Clinical Sports Nutrition by Louise Burke and Vicki Deakin. It's quite technical. Louise Burke, whom I rate highly as a researcher in this field, has also co-written The Complete Guide to Food For Sports Performance with Greg Cox. I haven't read it but would be surprised if it wasn't good.
(I got rid of almost all my sports nutrition books when Fellmouse was anorexic because they were triggering for her.)
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Sep 2021
7:35pm, 22 Sep 2021
28,087 posts
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EvilPixie
That’s great thanks
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Sep 2021
7:36pm, 22 Sep 2021
220 posts
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Hertford Tiger
Do you mean there is more to bike nutrition than cycling to a coffee shop and consuming Bakewell tart and drinking black coffee.
Seriously it really helped me having my elder daughter taking Sport science at uni and the younger one taking an MSc in exercise physiology. So much depends on the goals of the exercise and where you are now to generalise
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Sep 2021
7:43pm, 22 Sep 2021
54,200 posts
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Velociraptor
That's my approach to bike nutrition, HT, but I believe there are situations in which a rider may be so focused on arriving at their destination rather than enjoying the journey that they'd rather stuff a gel down their neck every 30 minutes and keep riding than stop at a café for coffee and cake 
Reasons why I don't do triathlon #398
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Sep 2021
7:51pm, 22 Sep 2021
28,088 posts
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EvilPixie
I’ve only done 1 cafe stop bike ride 🤷♀️
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Sep 2021
12:53pm, 23 Sep 2021
23,467 posts
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Dvorak
I rarely ride far enough to justify it: I think the times I've made an actual bike café stop are about four. And one of them was ice-cream. And a couple of pub stops.
There is a middle ground: hop off for 3-5 minutes, that's long enough for a cereal bar or choc-based bar, and a drink. Less applicable during an actual triathlon perhaps.
I've just had my first glass of protein shake. I've joined a gym and been (a bit intermittently) lifting some weights. Nobody's drinking this stuff because they like it, right?
Despite the lack of broshakes so far, I've put on around seven pounds over fourteen weeks. I think I may be suffering from sports over-nutrition.
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Sep 2021
1:09pm, 23 Sep 2021
16,887 posts
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Ness
I quite like my morning protein shake. Usually have one every day except my rest day on Sunday. It’s a chocolate flavour one. I add a spoon of extra virgin olive oil to the shaker to make it smoother. Nicer with that.
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Sep 2021
1:14pm, 23 Sep 2021
28,102 posts
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EvilPixie
Dvorak I use (used) Kendal Mint Recovery powder
mixes well with water 157 cals and chocolately with a hint of mint
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Sep 2021
2:21pm, 23 Sep 2021
79,737 posts
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Hanneke
I ride to eat and purposefully plan to ride past good coffee, cayke and lunches.
I even stopped to enjoy a 6 course meal at a michin star restaurant on my Trans Continental Race
But: that is after nearly dying and shifting focus of what is important.
Before that, I raced pretty seriously and although long training rides contained coffee, cake and lunch stops, I never used gels in training but for emergencies, i.e. to avert bonking if coffee and cake far away, I had coaches and a sports physician who made sure I was properly fed... I have a tendency towards too low a weight and not enough fat to sustain serious racing/training so equallly important to get things right.
Coach was provided ny BC, but I paid for the sports physiologist who did the lactate treshold testing, set my HR zones, measured fat and gave advice on nutrition and race fuelling.
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Sep 2021
2:21pm, 23 Sep 2021
79,738 posts
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Hanneke
Michin? Michelin!
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