Originally Posted by Drew Eckhardt

Cardio is good.

Riding 5-6 days a week I dropped from over 205 to 135-137 pounds, 36" pants to 26" around measured with a tape measure, sweaty crease between man boobs and belly to abs, large to XS or XXS jerseys, XL to small shorts.

Without being hungry.



High intensity cardio is not good for weight loss leading to the aphorism "you can't loose weight during racing season"

While you burn more calories per hour, the share which are glycogen increase, and eventually the percent which are fat decrease. Hunger increases disproportionately to what you've spent with the result termed "runger" by runners.

My weight loss stopped around 180 pounds when I added hard days and replaced my easy days with tempo rides.

You just need more easy miles below your aerobic threshold - the hardest you can go while still having a conversation, not breathing rhythmically, not feeling lactate, and can ride for 4-5 hours without an increase in Rated Perceived Exertion.

That can be combined with one or two really hard days a week past your anaerobic threshold to do even better over shorter distances than you could with a high-intensity plan.