I was listening to the Megan Ramos episode and also the metabolic rate episode and am really getting behind this idea of driving up metabolism by eating more food. I totally get why CICO is bad news, so my question is about endurance cycling and how to eat around it.
I did a big bike ride today (35 miles, loads of climbing, took about 3 hours) and burned around 1750 calories (based on my Polar HRM, which I have dialed in with my V02 and all my specifics). Do I just do the normal eating pattern of “moderate protein, fat to satiety?” Or do I majorly up my calories so that I’m not running a deficit and teaching my body to reduce metabolism? Or…is it okay to have a big deficit because my body can go get those fat calories from stored fat?
I’d love some insight on this from cyclists - and any science you can provide! I want to make sure I’m fueling correctly! @richard @daveketo @echomanrog @EatSleepRide Any other cyclists??