Originally Posted by Pasty

I suppose I should have included some information about my diet in the original post. Due to an incident which made me rethink everything about myself, I changed my diet overnight. Since a week before I started cycling, I've eaten maybe twice a day. I went from eating fast food almost once a day (along with other fatty foods) to eating just a piece of chicken breast that I lightly season and cook on a pan twice a day. After each ride, I usually eat a protein bar. Some days I'll just eat half a piece of chicken and then the protein bar after the ride. Liquid-wise, I went from drinking several sodas each day to water. Occasionally I'll add one of those Crystal Light packets in the bottle just to add some flavor (each packet is like 10 calories). Other than that, I admire yours and everyone else's responses and will try and make some changes to what I have been doing in order to improve myself and my performance.