Originally Posted by
capejohn
I rode 60 miles daily for a week on tour this summer and gained two pounds.
Read your labels and limit yourself to 15 grams of sugar and 120 grams of carbs daily. Try it for a week and then judge the results.
I don't eat anything with more than 5 grams of sugar in a serving size. There are lots of sugar free and no sugar added products on the market now. Sugar and carbohydrates are converted into insulin and are stored as fat. The less sugar and carbs, the less fat.
Good luck.
Reading labels is a good idea, but as already emphasized on this board, the key parameter is calories consumed versus calories burned. When the former is greater than the latter, you gain weight - period. I know many of you are hung up on counting carbs, etc. and if it works for you, fine. But counting carbs and ignoring calories consumed, say, as fat, will not lead to improved weight management.