Calories ingested must be less than calories burned.
Track your calories ingested - accurately with being an uptight perfectionist
Track your calories burned - again accurate but reasonable estimations are enough
I weigh daily, I weigh and measure every thing I can before I eat. I know how many calories I eat and I know how many calories I burn.
I am at a plateau now but dropping slightly in weight and did lose some size in my chest, waist, and neck this past month. BTW, I rode almost 800 miles last month.
How do I track all of this information?
www.myfitnesspal.com
If you will be dedicated enough to put yourself on a calorie budget then I am confident you will lose weight. Oh yeah, I tend to gain weight after a long bike ride but within a few days I am able to drop the couple of pounds gained.