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Fuel appropriately for the exercise- otherwise it’s a literal exercise in futility.
I’m on ~1800 calories per day at the moment but when riding I’ll ignore that and have a decent breakfast, take a pocket full of bars and have sandwiches in my bag.
You want to run a deficit over time, losing around a kilo per week, as long as you track at around that then big calorie spikes for hard exercise are absolutely fine.
Also, better than bonking hard and then eating ALL the cake and not finishing the ride.