Originally Posted by
pdlamb
Well, the best success I've had losing weight involves calculating baseline metabolism (based on body weight), ignoring calories burned off through exercise, and basing my caloric intake on that (less 500 calories a day). Adding in any kind of exercise allowance reduced the weight loss, as you might expect. No need for PM, HR or software based guesses (although I agree some of those are ridiculously high).
How do you address that with say a 5 hour 2000+cal ride? At some point ignoring calories on the bike especially if you are trying to balance weight loss with power gains having a whole picture of your caloric needs is better