Originally Posted by bikenh

It's kinda like I said above...the more you ride the more food you're going to need or going to end up craving in the long run. The only way you can truly get the food is to eat the junk food and go for the carbs/sugars. They are where the energy is located. The energy doesn't come from fat and the calories or energy don't come from fruits and veggies either.

The one big thing you have to remember when you start doing higher mileages is to replenish the salt and potassium. Yes, if I'm riding long rides...150-200+ miles I'll down basically a banana an hour. I just rode 125 miles today and I'll end up eating my usual 2 bananas after I get home this evening. On long rides I'll add a teaspoon(I think that is the right measure spoon type) of sea salt to each liter of water I drink, especially when it's hot. When I started doing both of those two things a couple of years ago I stopped having any signs of dehydration at all like I use to have.

You have follow what your body wants...I'll agree with that completely. You also need to watch to make sure you are replenishing the main staples of energy though or you will end up running out of energy...if you are doing long days. If you are only riding 50-75 miles a day I wouldn't do a darn thing different than if I was at home sitting on butt all day long.