Originally Posted by
genejockey
Me? I got different propensities. If I don't count calories, and just eat "instinctively", no matter how much I ride, I gain weight, or at best don't lose it.
I'm similar.
I don't count calories as that's heinously tedious and boring, but I do have to ensure I'm feeling hunger at various points in the day, or I'm inevitably eating too much and will gain weight.
So for my purposes, hunger off the bike = losing weight. Contrast that to hunger on the bike = bonking, which is no good at all.