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>> The cheeseburger calls to us all. One my trainers when I was in college told me that when you crave foods, its not your lack of willpower, its actually your

>> The cheeseburger calls to us all. One my trainers when I was in college told me that when you crave foods, its not your lack of willpower, its actually your body telling you it needs certain nutrients. He told me when you crave chocolate its because your body needs carbs, so if you get some carbs, your chocolate cravings will go away. I'm guessing the idea you crave a cheeseburger is the same thing, his body was in need of complex carbs and protein? This is purely anecdotal evidence of this, but in my experience as an endurance athlete (soccer, cycling, adventure racing) its seems to work. When I've craved chocolate, I just eat some toast or chips or drink some Mt. Dew (a lot of people have no idea how many carbs are in soda) and the desire for something chocolatey goes away. As others have pointed out in the thread, everybody is different, but in my case, this idea seems to be accurate.

hinkley 2y ago
Protein and fat, but probably mostly salt. One year I bumped into a friend of a friend at the checkin for a 3 day bike tour and we decided to 1) ride together and 2) see how fast we could do it. Short rests, riding hard, drafting the entire way. All day, in the Labor Day sun. On day two after we pulled up to the stopping point, we got set up and then crawled back on our bikes to ride to the other side of this small college town to find the Dairy Queen for a bacon cheeseburger. It's not the best tasting beef I've ever had (that was in New Orleans), but it was the best tasting burger.
hinkley 2y ago
In a completely unrelated anecdote, one day on a club ride we were almost to the turnaround point for the day. The town was on a hill on the far side of a river valley and it was a relatively nasty hill. One of the older guys was falling off the back and I and a few other people heard him yell something but we couldn't make out what it was, so we dropped back to see if he was okay. He had yelled "CHEESEBURGER!" as a rally cry.
mikedelfino 2y ago
Someone told me once that food cravings are often driven by our gut's bacteria. We eat what they want us to eat.
- mckn1ght 2y ago
  Probably because they consume the nutrients before our bodies can, so our body says “more of that please!”
- hinkley 2y ago
  That's the theory that we're all high on sugar because our gut bacteria are feeding us neurochemicals. There's certainly circumstantial evidence that's true.
jimbokun 2y ago
Lol what’s the nutritional case for drinking Mt Dew to avoid chocolate?
- bluecalm 2y ago
  Pure carbs are better than fat and protein if you're about to start or are in the middle of long endurance effort.
bbarn 2y ago
There are days on the bike where I would probably commit a crime to get a cold Coca-cola, and I almost never drink sodas otherwise.
- hinkley 2y ago
  Unfortunately my taste buds get more intense with exercise and not less like some people. I just had to throw out a smoothie this morning I bought as a treat for finishing a race. I forgot how sweet this beverage was on a normal day and it was like candy to me.
hombre_fatal 2y ago
Just sounds like a convenient lie to tell yourself while you eat junk food.

hinkley 2y ago

Protein and fat, but probably mostly salt. One year I bumped into a friend of a friend at the checkin for a 3 day bike tour and we decided to 1) ride together and 2) see how fast we could do it. Short rests, riding hard, drafting the entire way. All day, in the Labor Day sun. On day two after we pulled up to the stopping point, we got set up and then crawled back on our bikes to ride to the other side of this small college town to find the Dairy Queen for a bacon cheeseburger. It's not the best tasting beef I've ever had (that was in New Orleans), but it was the best tasting burger.

hinkley 2y ago

In a completely unrelated anecdote, one day on a club ride we were almost to the turnaround point for the day. The town was on a hill on the far side of a river valley and it was a relatively nasty hill. One of the older guys was falling off the back and I and a few other people heard him yell something but we couldn't make out what it was, so we dropped back to see if he was okay. He had yelled "CHEESEBURGER!" as a rally cry.

mikedelfino 2y ago

Someone told me once that food cravings are often driven by our gut's bacteria. We eat what they want us to eat.

mckn1ght 2y ago
Probably because they consume the nutrients before our bodies can, so our body says “more of that please!”
hinkley 2y ago
That's the theory that we're all high on sugar because our gut bacteria are feeding us neurochemicals. There's certainly circumstantial evidence that's true.

jimbokun 2y ago

Lol what’s the nutritional case for drinking Mt Dew to avoid chocolate?

bluecalm 2y ago
Pure carbs are better than fat and protein if you're about to start or are in the middle of long endurance effort.

bbarn 2y ago

There are days on the bike where I would probably commit a crime to get a cold Coca-cola, and I almost never drink sodas otherwise.

hinkley 2y ago
Unfortunately my taste buds get more intense with exercise and not less like some people. I just had to throw out a smoothie this morning I bought as a treat for finishing a race. I forgot how sweet this beverage was on a normal day and it was like candy to me.

hombre_fatal 2y ago

Just sounds like a convenient lie to tell yourself while you eat junk food.