Yeah, I started calorie counting a few months ago. I measure out everything, and use web resources to look up calorie content. To measure I use the usual measuring spoons and cups, but I also have a small scale. (A beneficial but actually unintended side effect of this has been that I now eat tons of veggies and little meat, because I want to fill my stomach without going nuts with calories.) I also use the web to gestimate calorie usage due to exercising and then add on the number of calories needed to keep my heart and lungs and stuff working, and then based on that I eat only as much to allow for a daily deficit of around 300~500. This lets me eat a lot on the weekends, and I still have one beer with dinner a couple nights a week.

I ride usually 18 miles a day, with a 50~60 mile ride on the weekend (plus one day off), and I spend about a total of 4 hours a week doing situps, pullups, curls blah blah.

I hear ya about the pizza, man. I love to eat (and drink beer) and if I don't think about it I'll eat tons of cakes and sweets and fatty foods. Mmmm-mmmm! And Halloween is coming with all that candy! Candy corn - that's going to be my high GI recovery food after my long rides for the next few weeks!