oops almost bonked (see how easy that was?!!)

My normal day in May consists of riding home from work at 3pm after eating a light snack (a fruit, some cookies, some water) that's 4 miles and 300 feet of climbing, it takes me 20-25 minutes.
On Thursdays however, I drive to work and home and then get my bike and ride about 5 miles to my evening class downtown. (and ride a bus part way too) So instead of my exercise starting at 3 on Thursdays, it starts at 4.
After just 2 miles of riding, i hopped on the bus. When the bus dropped me off downtown, i felt really depleted. (now it's close to 5pm) There's only 4 more miles to ride to get to where restaurants and my class are, and it's all uphill, but a very gentle grade. Rode up the hill, noticing I didn't have much energy. Got to restaurant.
Decided to sit and wait on the outdoor patio while DH ordered our meal, because i didn't feel like standing (!).
Ate. still not feeling very perky.. Drank a 12 ounce lemonade with my meal (I never do that!!) but it went right down. Ate my meal which didn't taste as good as it should (tacos) and went to class at 6pm.
In class I was sleepy, slightly queasy, fagged out... until about 7pm when finally all I ate was metabolized and I felt like myself again.

If I had been on a long bike ride instead of sitting in a chair, I would have been a disaster!!!

Ugh, bodies are so *weird* sometimes, aren't they?

I took a long time playing around with different foods and timing to figure out the best way to keep my energy up and my stomach empty and the heartburn down on the days when I ride both to work and a little lunchtime ride. But offshift everything by an hour or add/remove a workout, and it's like I'm worse off than if I had just done nothing special at all.

Have you looked into Cytomax or some quick sugar to put into your waterbottle for days like this? Even after my ride, I find that it helps me not get the queasy-bonks before dinner.

pink haired superheroine? THAT's cute.
WElcome to TE.
No, I actually haven't been doing that on these short rides, I didn't think I needed to. I'm going to have to change stuff a little. That was no fun!
My husband has enough cytomax to turn a reservoir pink, so I have a great supply of it nearby.
He suggested I start drinking Ensure before these little rides- I definitely need a bigger snack though.

Thanks!