Originally Posted by chaadster

1kcal is the same as 1 Calorie (aka “food calorie”). There are also calories, lower case (aka energy), 1,000 of which get shorthanded to 1kcal.

I don’t know why the “food calorie” thing got going, but I’ve just always learned it’s like a lazy (or layperson’s) way of saying kilocalorie.

So unfortunately, your ride was not even enough to negate a BigMac!