I’ve worked with a couple coaches with different approaches including nutrition advice/targets but due to various aspects of life I’ve not been able to be consistent enough to get rid of the weight I put on during COVID.
Does anyone have any advice on a coach that is primarily cycling (and if possible running) with a focus on weight loss?
Thanks for any advice
https://www.joinbasecamp.com/coach/namrita-brooke - I have high regard for Namrita Brooke and the entire crew over at JoinBaseCamp.
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Did you use JoinBase camp WW?
Yes, I did JoinBaseCamp winter group coaching this year. Something like twice a week (Tue/Thus?) or more - I forgot - Tim Cusick would do a ~10-minute review of someone’s morning workout. And Namrita would do the same for someone’s afternoon workout.
Namrita also:
First time I heard Namrita was on Empirical Cycling podcast - once on ride food and the other pod on weight loss (link above).
She is both a cycling coach and fully qualified nutritionist and registered dietician.
Thanks, I need to just start messaging you when I have a question, you are always so helpful! Thanks again I’ll check her out
I’ve worked with Will Girling and one of his coaches Liam Howells. Highly recommend both. They helped me get/keep my weight down and more importantly develop an understanding of how I should fuel my training, and manage my diet in balance with professional obligations.
I have heard good feedback about Scott Maclean. A straight talking Scot who runs a basecamp too.
This is one of his introductory videos that covers weight loss.
+1 Empirical Cycling. Namrita Brooke pod is the best on this topic IMHO I’ve ever heard in 20 years.
not really cycling specific or coaching related - but Paul Salidino has helped me a lot. he has a bunch of podcasts
i’d rather get my diet sorted out by a nutrition expert then modify whatever is needed for cycling with a cycling coach. unless you happen to find someone who is an expert in both - just be careful on who is actually an “expert” and who can talk a big game. ← only saying this because if you’re exercising regularly and can’t take weight off, you might need a deep dive with someone
I appreciate everyone suggestions and will reach out to see if the people mentioned are a good fit.
I wanted to add a little more to what I’m having trouble with. I’ve learned a lot over the years about nutrition and know that I should hit macro targets of about 200p 90f and between 200-300c daily and add carbs on big riding days. I’ve had a hard time getting back into consistency of measuring and sticking to the plan, that’s where I want someone to help. I can go about 3-4 weeks of consistently and results and then something with life stress just gets in the way and I end up loosing focus.
Appreciate any advice, thoughts and recommendations
Just to be clear, basecamp is not a weightloss program, it is a training program with a nutrition and strength component. If you need to focus on weightloss, contact namrita directly and she can come up with a weightloss plan. Basecamp is great and i highly recommend it, just dont want you to get the wrong idea of what it is…performance training.
a cycling coach isn’t gonna help you. you need nutrition coach or some sort of talk therapy.
tbh a lot of us go through this type of thing. you can also probably (depending on your personality) fix this yourself. it comes down to NOT relying on discipline. having systems in place for eating and having systems in place for when life turns upside down that your meals are ready or brainless and require less decision making. and you need to have a plan where when you have an off night, it doesn’t turn into an off few days.
what works for me (and is probably not optimal for most people) just sharing how I deal with this. I have hard rules of what I eat and don’t. i’m 100%. i don’t have a slice of pie cause someone spent 10 hours making it. I don’t care. i am ok skipping a meal or being a little hungry if needed. I bulk prep and have food ready to go. I have go to meals and not much variety (always eat food I love so i’m not deprived). <—again not telling you or anyone to do this. this is my system that works for me. as a somewhat addictive personality i just set boundaries and it’s easier for me. come up with a system that works for you.
Amen to that, brother. I’ve been there and I think we all have.
Tracking and consistency are key success modifiers, as you know. But tracking and being consistent are just the gateway to the actual hard work of energy and fatigue management that aligns with your cycling goals. If life is getting in the way even on tracking, for instance, this might not be a good time in your life to focus on cutting weight.
Thanks for the clarification
I appreciate your thoughts and thanks for sharing. I get bored eating the same thing over and over so I don’t think I could stick to your approach. I’ve always wanted to write out a cookbook of macro friendly recipes I like which might be a good thing to do at this point. Thanks again for sharing
Thanks and I appreciate the thought. And there is never a right time (except before when I did it successfully)
For me personally, this is one of the keys to weightloss. I have to stop thinking about food as something to enjoy or a reward. It’s simply a matter of eating a very basic and very small group of foods as fuel. As soon as I try to introduce “more flavors” or “enjoyment” into the equation, I start to fall off the wagon, so the best approach, for me, is to stick to a VERY basic (and mostly boring) set of foods.
^^^ same for me, I refuse to even add spices to stuff (only salt).
I love all of my food and can’t wait to eat…but I don’t need to make it better “artificially” - like cooking or preparing or marinating or combining ingredients.
The most I’ll do is put bananas in yogurt.
Otherwise I’ll eat my steak with some salt. I’ll slice up an apple, etc etc. just eat whatever I’m eating.
Nothing in a wrapper ever. (Or anything that started in a wrapper and was cooked).
Eat like this a while and pineapple becomes >>> wedding cake.
Works for my personality and I went from 275 lbs to 192 and 10% body fat.
P.S. as an aside at every company that makes food they employ chemists and psychologists to make food hyper-palatable and addict you to it. That’s why you can’t eat just done dorito. You’re fighting someone who got a phd in how to addict you to eat more. When you can’t win, best to not fight
Congrats on that, huge success
Paul Saladino is not the person I’d be listening to. While he is an MD, he’s more of a carnivore social media influencer that’s gotten really taken to task over his advice not being scientifically sound. To this day he still says shit like “Plants are Evil” even though he’s now “Ex-Carnivore” after hiding a bunch of medical issues and symptoms related to it while writing his last book?
You’re probably better off with some of the nutritionists mentioned here than him.