At one time I could get away with losing weight and inches with just a simple adjustment to my diet. All that went out the window after I turned 50. Now it's diet and exercise, the two have to be done together or neither comes off.

I know that if I try burning up the road then I'll start eating more so I have to crank things down a notch or two to stay in fat burning mode. If I go out before I eat, I feel like eating less when I get back. I always thought that it was a myth but from what I've experienced over the last year it seems to be true.

Yesterday I was out all morning so I didn't get out for a ride until about an hour after lunch. To make matters worse, lunch was a big fat cheesburger with fries, something that I eat perhaps a few times a year. I felt like a python that just finished off farmer Browns's prized cow.