To be honest, and even though it’s only moderate, the weight gain is mentally a bit more bothering than I’d like to admit. I’d be fine with this weight gain if at least my w/kg would rise with it, but that has steadily been going down as my FTP has stayed the same according to a hand full of FTP tests. Since I started paying attention to my weight at the beginning of 2023, I’ve noticed my weight going up by about two pounds (1kg) a month, and I now weigh 167 pounds (75kg). A bad week is skipping most of the long training (due to snow, life, etc), and a good week is where I can go outside and do a 3-4 hour ride and a 1-2 hour run on the weekends. I don’t consume alcohol on the regular, but there is the occasional (monthly avg I’d say) Saturday night bender or apres-ski.Īccording to Garmin, my Resting Metabolic Rate is around 2100kcal, and on average I burn around 500kcal per day in commuting and training on a bad week, and 1000kcal per day on a good week. On longer weekend rides I take in around 90gr of carbs (354 calories) via DIY sports drink per hour, which works really well for me. On a normal 1-hour long weekday training, I have 1 bottle of SIS sports drink (146kcal) and often 1 recovery shake (230kcal). This however does not include sports nutrition. If I do have breakfast, my macros are around 50% carb, 30% fat, and 20% protein. According to a brief period of MyFitnessPall tracking, I consume around 1800+ calories per day, coming mostly from lunch, dinner, and snacks, as I most often skip breakfast (400+ kcal). Generally a variety of pretty clean food, but, including some soda, snacks, etc, also, as I’ve always done. I’m eating whatever and how much I feel like, as I’ve always done. Now, I’ve been doing structured IM training again since the beginning of 2023, with around 5-12 hours of training per week (I know, this highly varies but life gets in the way). I’m 29 yo, 6ft (186 cm) tall, weighs 165 pounds (75 kg), BMI of 22.0, body fat of 12.9%, 49 bpm resting hr, and my FTP is 3.7W/kg.

Going through the forum and reading around, I hope this community can help me out.įirst, a bit of data: I’ve been running on and off for 5+ years, have been cycling on and off structured training plans for about 3 years now, and I’m currently training for my second IM 70.3.

I’m often in a kcal deficit, but still gaining weight and not seeing progression in training.

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