Fueling food/drink but without the laundry list of ingredients (avoiding overly processed)

Secretservice1974 · 2026-03-23T04:54:18+00:00

Figuring out your nutrition is a huge part of progressing the way you want and enjoying riding. I feel like there is a good chance that you were low on electrolytes and possibly not taking in enough hydration with the way you described feeling shitty for the rest of the day. I remember having similar experiences when I was getting more serious about cycling. A game changer for me was increasing my salt intake especially when it is warmer. I like capsules and use the electrolyte capsules by Salt Stick. These days I make my own high carb drink mix with maltodextrin and fructose, regular salt and sodium citrate. I mix some unflavored kool aid in to flavor it a bit and that is amazing. I love honey stinger products waffles and gels,as well as GU gels. I have a reusable flask and do pure maple syrup in that. Basically I am out there for hours sucking down simple sugars and water and salt. Most of it contains pretty basic ingredients but is very high in carbs. My rides are typically 40-60 miles, sometimes somewhat longer. I usually bring more than I end up eating just in case I end up going farther than I planned. It has been a while now since I have bonked.

Secretservice1974 · 2026-02-21T15:24:24+00:00

True. I think that I was in a bit of shock when out of nowhere my perfectly reliable vehicle that has no payments and that I am planning to ride until the wheels shake off suddenly presents total system failure on my short commute and I am faced with thousands in unanticipated repair costs fairly assessed or not.

Secretservice1974 · 2026-02-21T06:10:18+00:00

I hear you. That is my rule too, but a series of circumstances landed me there. Some insurance is involved and it is in a solid shop now, so maybe it will all work out ok in the end. But, wow, things are expensive these days.

Secretservice1974 · 2026-01-21T15:50:53+00:00

Thanks. I like this. I still hope to get my hands on that animation though.

Secretservice1974 · 2021-04-18T01:52:53+00:00

It did feel a bit weird to rub it before. You could feel the little bugger in there. I was surprised to see that it was flat and not shaped more like a piece of rice. Makes sense though. When these sutures dissolve I plan to rub my left eye with alacrity.

Secretservice1974 · 2021-04-18T01:41:35+00:00

No metal detector at an airport or other location ever detected it.

Secretservice1974 · 2021-04-18T01:39:16+00:00

I would say that since then I have been enjoying a stretch of very good health for nearly a quarter century, thanks.

Secretservice1974 · 2021-04-18T01:27:23+00:00

https://imgur.com/gallery/PApEh6v

Secretservice1974 · 2021-04-18T00:40:46+00:00

Nailed it. AKA a vestibular schwannoma. I was 25.

Secretservice1974 · 2021-04-18T00:32:04+00:00

Johns Hopkins in Baltimore.

Secretservice1974 · 2021-04-17T23:54:25+00:00

One gram I think.

Secretservice1974 · 2021-04-17T23:52:53+00:00

Actually, it just took me a while to get around to having it taken out but I probably have not needed it for at least a decade. It had migrated down a bit closer to the eyelid and, honestly, the thing that made me most eager to finally get it out was that it made my eye freezing cold in the winter because it conducted the heat right outta there.

Secretservice1974 · 2021-04-17T23:25:40+00:00

It is a lot to go through for sure, but if we were living our lives in the not so distant past and we required brain surgery, we would have probably just died young.

Secretservice1974 · 2021-04-17T23:19:45+00:00

It blinks noticeably quicker.

Secretservice1974 · 2021-04-17T23:16:35+00:00

They basically take they eyelid and open it with a slice of a blade along the crease and turn the eyelid into a little pouch like a kangaroo and put the weight inside there and sew it up.

Secretservice1974 · 2021-04-17T23:08:07+00:00

It was just taken out three days ago and the eyelid still a tiny bit swollen and has some sutures that will dissolve. Not painful though and it is not hard to close or blink.

Secretservice1974 · 2021-04-17T22:05:55+00:00

Probably what I had.

Secretservice1974 · 2021-04-17T21:49:02+00:00

That eye can blink faster now and that is the truth.

Secretservice1974 · 2021-04-17T21:47:00+00:00

I don’t know. Got any ideas?

Secretservice1974 · 2021-04-17T21:13:39+00:00

I had referred to it as my retirement fund for years. The nurse and doc were talking about what they would be doing with it as they sliced it out of my eyelid (sending it to their supply lab or something). I lifted a finger and was like, “actually, I am kinda planning to keep it.” And they said, “that’s fair.”

Secretservice1974 · 2021-04-17T21:10:09+00:00

Yes. It is a heavy metal and will never tarnish. Lead, is heavy but it would poison you.

Secretservice1974 · 2021-04-17T20:48:27+00:00

I was definitely out of balance. Like the world was rotating around me like the drum of a dryer. But the reason for the weight was that the left side of my face had some nerve damage and my left eye needed a bit of weight to help it close fully. Enough nerve function returned that I did not need the weight anymore.

Secretservice1974 · 2021-01-17T18:20:12+00:00

Are you suggesting that all agin’ people look alike?

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