Quote Originally Posted by Muirenn View Post
IF I did want to lose weight, I'd subtract 500 calories per day to lose one pound per week. (3500 calories ='s 1 pound).

Calories work if you understand what you need to maintain with moderate or low exercise (for women 12 times current weight should maintain, so 150 lb woman needs 150 X 12 = 1800 calories per day to maintain), understand how much to add during strenuous activity (not as much as 'they' say, but almost exactly what the women of TE say), what food to eat (high quality whole foods, not diet crap), and what your ideal weight is.
I know this is a generalization calculation, but I am a bit confused. On days I dont cycle that means if I weight 105 then I should only need 1260 calories a day??? This seems impossible. And if I subtracted 500 I would starve to death! Maybe thats why I feel like I eat more than everyone I know though. LOL.

I just never know how to figure out how many calories I burn on a ride. All those counters just seem way off. I've gotten things from 300 calories on a 2 hour ride to 1000 calories.

I saw hey if you can enjoy your chocolate sandwich without the calories creeping in your mind, what a blessing!! Thanks for the opinions. WESTTEXAS I liked your quote: "Last night on my ride with the bike shop guys here we discussed the calorie burn of the ride and then figured out how many beers that would translate into at dinner and it was awesome." Haha. I wanna be on that ride!