Originally Posted by Ginny
I rode 700+ miles in three months last year and didn't drop a pound. When I talked to a trainer, I was told that I was working TOO hard and my body held all the fat, just in case.
You did not loose a pound during your 700+ miles because you replaced all the calories you used cycling. Whoever told you you were working "TOO hard" well....let's just say that I would find anything that person says to be suspect.
Loosing weight is a simple addition/subtraction math equation. If you know your base metabolic rate (how many calories you use per day just to stay alive) and how many calories you use during exercise activities, all you have to do to loose weigh is take in less calories than you use. If you are minus 3500 calories per week you will loose one pound of fat that week. It's just that simple. If you replace all your calories you will stay at the same weight.