Newbie needs help with proper fueling for ride

[GulfCoastAmy]

Or if you want something straight from nature you can drink Coconut water... I like ZICO which is flavored with a little passion fruit and orange peel. yum. but ya gotta like coconut.

That sounds great! Wonder where I can find some? I'll check the Fresh Market on the way home.

When they talk about accuracy of a HRM, they're talking about how accurately it reads and records your heart rate.

Calories burned is another thing. Here's a pretty good archived discussion on the subject from the bikeforums board.

Cool - thanks! I'll check it out.

[GLC1968]

Just as an aside - if someone is working very hard and is also fairly heavy/large, it is possible to burn 600 calories per hour. But yeah, even Polar's calculations tend to be high - and more so for women, apparently (unfairly!).

[Veronica]

My Polar says I burn about 600 calories per hour. I use it as a guide for how hard I worked. It NEVER means I get to go eat that many calories.

Veronica