Quote Originally Posted by SadieKate
Well, I wanted to say 1400 but I thought everybody would jump down my throat for estimating it too low. 1400 is piddly. Why can't they make Nutty-Buddies in miniature?
But it is true, that is probably all you really need for sedentary office days. Once you add in exercise everything changes. Ya know what, this is what pisses me off about the processed food industry. Serving sizes are all so freakin' high calorie. Everything is geared around the 2000 (or even 2500) cal/day diet, which is great if you're a 5'10" 180 lb man. I know I'd be a size 16 if I ate 2000 calories every single day and didn't exercise. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but I don't feel that size 16 is a healthy weight for me personally. As it is I have to be very watchful of high-caloric foods and portion sizes to stay comfortable around size 10-12 and I've still got plenty of fluff reserves on me.

Quote Originally Posted by SadieKate
Maillotpois is the one who got me to try a flask of gel and it does seem to help. I don't have to deal with eating solid food quite as much (though you can't go gel only).
Actually, you can go gel only. My brother and I both like longdistance cycling. I prefer solid food every now and then but I do almost 50% gels at times. When my stomach is on strike I switch to 100% gu. He did the last STP on 30 packets of gu and cytomax, that's all that he can stomach. It really helps to have several different flavor packets so that you can rotate, if they're all the same flavor you'll become homicidal.

Glad to be of assistance! I'm good at the numbers and theory. Just... not so diligent about the personal application to myself at times. But anyway, do as I say, not as I do, right?