Exercise and weight loss

As a competitive cyclist, I am trying to lose 15 lbs and gain about 80 watts of power. This takes intensive training, burning on average 2,000 calories per day on the bike.

I need 1,700 calories without exercise, so adding the 2,000 makes this 3,700. If I am short on intake between 1,000 and 500 per day, is this bad?

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  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
    That will help with your weight loss, but if done very often will likely hurt your training.

    Generally speaking, I'd try to avoid it as much as possible.