Originally Posted by Grotug

@caloso Haha, yeah, except I get to 'borrow some other faster rider's legs' all the time, now!

So I guess I answered my question tonight about the 40/20 workout yesterday, because my body struggled to complete the 60+ mile ride (ended up only doing 56 miles). Somehow I lost nearly 5 pounds during the ride and hit a new low weight of 136lbs. (I'm not sure that's a good thing, though). My weight before getting back on the bike early this summer was about 148lbs. For the last couple months it's been fluctuating between 140 and 145. I dunno if maybe I just didn't eat or drink enough last 18 hours? I'm thinking I may have underestimated how taxing that 40/20 workout really was and didn't eat/drink enough after (though Wahoo/Strava both say I only burned 693 calories). It just didn't seem like an especially hard ride at the time and was only a 24 mile ride and one hour 23 min.

I weighed myself before the ride tonight and was 140. I then drank about 1.5 bottles of water; ate some food (light carbo snack and some protein powder) and drank two bottles during the ride and came back and was 136 lbs. I don't know what I'd do without protein powder. I get tired of eating. For awhile I was keeping up with the caloric intake, but seems I've slipped again! Whew! Sure does take a lot to keep this cycling thing going. I now have two days off the bike cause I work the entire weekend and hopefully I can get my hydration/calories sorted over next couple days. I think 144 to 145lbs (hydrated) is the right weight for me.