I try to eat a light to medium breakfast. Then wait for an hour and a half to two hours of riding before I eat anything again. Then, every hour to hour and a half I try to eat about 200 to 250 calories. Might be energy food (gel, powdered drink mix, energy bar), might be grocery store food (banana, granola bar, potato chips, half of a sandwich, etc.) or it might be prepared foods that I stop and buy (ice cream bar, french fries, etc.) These stops are usually 5 to 10 minutes, no more. I try to avoid the really big sit down lunches, I am really bogged down after those. But, sometimes I stop and have a light to medium lunch at a restaurant, maybe do this every other day or so.

If I tried to eat a breakfast, ride long ways, stop and eat a big lunch, then ride a long ways, I would not have a very good day. I really need to keep the caloric intake smaller and more frequent.