Hello - the rider’s host here.
I wouldn’t call it Hypocaloric by any means - except perhaps by comparison to my own diet. They are BIG salads with lots
of add-ins (peppers, beans, tomatoes, maybe sliced turkey - probably some cheese and would hand make dressings with Olive oil etc), lots of fruit,
lots of water.
They took sports drink on their rides and probably a gel or two - a blenderful of a smoothie after the ride. Cereal / Musilex for breakfast with more fruit.
What they didn’t do was open a bag of chips after the ride, or order the full-rack of ribs at dinner, or eat much processed food at all. It was disciplined,
not monkish. I could see that adding up to 2,500 calories - but way short of the 4,000 I typically shovel in. They were my height and 30 pounds lighter - a lot
of my excuses were disabused that week…
It could also be they were trying to drop a few pounds before chasing Levi, Cadel and CVV through the Utah and Colorado mountains… you could do worse things
with 50,000’ of climbing at ProTour pace ahead of you.
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