Riding lots and losing too much weight -help?!

[Justin Fox]

Hi guys and gals,

I'm 33 and feeling damn good now that I'm back into cycling.

I just had a chat with my neighbour out the front and she was shocked that I looked so thin. She said any thinner and I'll vanish! She even said look at your jeans! They're falling off, funny thing is I've only just started wearing a belt with these jeans (I never had to before).

I was 63 before, now I'm 58kg's.

Any advice on putting some weight on without "having" to go to the gym? More specifically diet help perhaps?

[Oddjob]

Pizza. Lots of it.

Seriously though, lots of carbs and protein.

[AMBURGERS]

KFC! lol. yeh just carbs, eat nutri grain for breaky lunch and tea and u should be right.

how tall are u, your light, i'm like 75kg and i'm 14. but i'm 6ft aswell but yeh.

[Justin Fox]

I'm short! I'm only 5ft 5.

OK I just did a little research and it seems like the "average" weight for a small framed guy at my height should be between 60-63kg's.

Looks like I'll have to pile on the pasta (yum). The hot weather today suggests that I'll be drinking more beer soon too (lol).

[AMBURGERS]

haha, whats the avererage weight for my height then. eh, more muscle than fat, but there is fat lol. time to get on my bike.

[Ricardo68]

Your BMI is fine champ, nothing to worry about:

http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/

[Justin Fox]

Ah cheers man that makes me feel a little better I suppose!

[maxwolfie]

I find the BMI is a bit of a crock..... Tends to favour underweight people very much! By this I mean that I am technically overweight, being 6'3" and 89-90kg..... !

Just do the opposite of what I'm doing..... Eats lots of carbs, proteins etc.. (Red meat, pasta etc)

Perhaps your just a skinny bloke with a good metabolism? You look healthy to me dude, maybe just enjoy your food more if your really worried

And fuck the gym. lol

[syphon_the_python]

If you are riding heaps and have lost a bit of weight, don't worry about it. As long as you are not getting hungry you'll be fine. That is, you're not hurting your body.

[castillo]

There's nothing wrong with being healthily thin. As you stated, its from riding lots not from some stupid fad diet so I don't think there's anything wrong with it. I too have lost about 9kg in the last few months, just from riding to work and cutting back on the red bulls.
BMI IS a crock of shit. Here is a pic of me at 174cm and 96kg. Do I look morbidly obese? I would hope not.

PS, you don't look much over 25 either.