Quote Originally Posted by Catrin View Post
Becky, I've been on a quite strict diet for several years now, and it was stricter at one time. As someone who did have type 2 diabetes I always struggled with what to do with my calories on long ride days - I've been known to burn well over 2,000 calories on the bike or more (though not recently) and I came up with an approach that worked well to fuel me on the bike on those really long efforts without bonking, and of course there is a need for significant post-ride fueling as well.

I DO actually track these calories as well, but they don't enter into my daily allotment. They get burned too quickly to have time to become fat anyway I have always had problems with low blood sugar as well, outside of the diabetes, and this approach has seemed to take care of the problem. I still struggle with getting enough on the bike for my long rides - but I suspect this is always a moving target.

Does this help? I don't do much different for rides <1.5 hours.
That makes sense to me. So, in effect, you're eating your exercise calories?

I've recently switched gears to weight loss mode, after years of being happy to maintain, and I'm interested to hear what others are doing and finding success with.

Thanks for the explanation