“The only activities worse for eating orders than gymnastics would be beauty pageants and modeling.”
I agree. Models in NYC eat cotton for lunch and then celery and a sleeping pill for dinner.
Bicycle professionals also diet and lose weight, since every pound slows them down.
Ethics teaches us to be balanced and becoming deficient or excessive is wrong and leads to unhappiness. Many pro cyclists are unhappy and get addicted to PED’s. Many NYC models live eimpty lives without husbands or kids.
I was prefer a balanced meal over a photo in a magazine or a trophy in a race.
I would think that cycling was inherently slimming. Some people might have to fight their genetics more than others.