Calorie intake after a long ride

It looks like you could have eaten another 500 or so calories to get to your 750 daily deficit which will help you lose 1.5 lbs per week. For those long rides in which I burn so many calories I usually load up before the ride significantly and replace about 60% on the ride itself and then another 300 calories in a recovery drink and follow that up with a nice big dinner up to my deficit, 500 a day for me. Another thing I do is plan my meals in myfitnesspal and add my workout as a placeholder before I do it so all the calories line up, then you can see how much you should eat ahead of time and during the ride depending on the time of day the ride is completed.

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