Quote Originally Posted by redrhodie View Post
I'd be interested in knowing if you are plateauing, and things are easier while exercising, if your metabolism has increased and you're burning more calories when at rest?
Guess I'll never know accurately to answer your question. But for the last 4 months, I'm eating supper approx. 4:30-6:30 pm ..instead of after 7:30-8:30 pm when I used to have my super long work commute. I'm snacking throughout the day after I cycle early morning, on whatever is available: fruit, dried figs, raisins small slices of bread (I shouldn't probably), cups of tea with milk. Guess that includes a coffee & biscotti (or similar) after the ride. So I'm actually eating abit more.

But I continue to only have white rice and heavier pastas occasionally.

So I've lost about 4 lbs. which usually is winter insulation.

My metabolism has probably changed a great deal compared to 25 years ago when I was not cycling at all and underweight, yet at that time this is how I ate:

2 bowls of white rice for dinner, 4-5 times per week
but very few desserts/sweets (unlike now)
twice as much more meat on weekly basis
bread was 50% less than now
I did atrocious things..ie. not eating breakfast except drinking milk.
But I did walk often since I had to use public transit..because at that time, I was car-free also.

I do feel now (in perimenopause), I have to exert twice as much physical exercise/activity to keep weight reasonable.