Quote Originally Posted by Crankin View Post
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Yes, my weight always goes up 2 lbs. over the course of a day, unless I am in a phase like I am now, (or I am running, which keeps my weight stable much more than cycling) or I do a hard, but not too long ride. As with others, very long, hard rides make me gain weight, but it's temporary. In fact, over the course of a day, I can almost feel if it is a day when I am losing or my weight will be down the next day.
I don't count calories. If I ate 1200 calories a day, I am not sure if I'd survive. I've seen formulas that say I should eat something like 1100 calories a day to maintain my weight . Realistically, I think I eat about 2,000- 2500, with exercise, of course, and now I might be eating 16- 1800.
My calorie "budget" on non-intense exercise days is around 1,350. That actually doesn't change on exercise days, but I estimate the calories burned (I figure about 80% of what my HRM tells me I burned) and try to keep my net intake between 1,000-1,400 calories.

I think one of the things that is going on for me right now is there is little variety in my diet. What I eat is solid, but I need more veggies of all kinds...so I need to figure out how to do that. I am starting to get ideas from the "what did you eat today" thread.

If I didn't count calories or measure...well...that would be bad. My body rarely tells me when it is hungry, and it takes awhile for it to tell me when I've had enough. It's like that connection is missing from too many years of eating too much of awful food. During the summer when I've long ride days that is a different story.