(((((Roxy))))) It's hard. I still struggle with it. The exercise piece is, I think, coming together for me. Now to work on my eating habits (while potentially changing careers, selling a house, moving stuff into storage and an apartment, and....that's just the next few months).

For 20 miles on the bike, I wouldn't carb load. But I would require a small snack on the bike (a fig newton pack - 200 calories - or something of that size). I'm slow, so 20 miles (with stoplights) can be 2 hours.