Originally Posted by
Black wallnut
Hence the eating back calories part. After a normal for me breakfast and lunch I am often left with 400-500 calories available for dinner, which for me is usually the largest meal of the day. A ride of just 45 minutes to an hour gives me enough to eat a fuller meal. While longer rides or longer and higher intensity I get to add back beer or other tasty additions. It seems that at least a third of the days I go over my calorie budget but almost never go more than 1000 calories over. The combination of tracking errors and my daily deficit is where my weight loss occurs.
I played with Scooby's calculator a little, check it out if you have not yet, but the only exercise level I could find to support my losses with my calorie intake at that time was "7-21 hours per week of vigorous exercise /work. My work day includes about 6000 steps and at least 20 flights of stairs