Originally Posted by
Erwin8r
So its time to stop lying to myself and accept that although I can kid myself into a bad diet, I can't cycle my way out of it. My food intake has to change.
That is very important. Bike rides at modest speeds can not compensate for a bad diet. Unfortunately the people that are able to burn 1000+ calories per hour on training rides and can eat what they want afterwards, are the people that don't need to loose weight in the first place.
The next thing to realize is that your diet needs to change, permanently.