Originally Posted by SteamingAlong

Bicycling Science also has some insight into weight loss. Your better off riding longer distances at a slower pace if you are trying to lose weight. If you're riding so hard and intensely that you're famished at the end of the ride, you're not doing yourself any good, because your body isn't even trying to burn stored fat, it's looking for a fresh source of caloric intake. It's pretty complex to explain on a internet forum, but it has to do with how you body processes glycogen and gluclose as energy.