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to lose weight  Posted Jan 29 2008 10:04am  Don't skip snacks
during a long bike ride or other hard exercise, even if weight
loss is your goal. You will need to eat food or drink sugared
beverages to be able to ride long enough to burn significant
calories and lose weight. Your muscles need a constant supply of
sugar to keep you going. Cyclists who do not eat run out of
their stored muscle sugar in about two hours. When you run out
of stored muscles sugar, your muscles hurt and you lose
coordination. You will not be able to ride fast because when
your muscles run out of their stored sugar, they use fat for
energy. Fat is not an efficient source of energy for exercising
intensely. You will ride much faster when your muscles are full
of sugar. Intense exercise helps you to burn extra calories
after you finish your ride. Taking food or sugared drinks during
a ride will allow you to exercise