Mea culpa on giving in to the belly big style. I switched from pedal cycling to motor cycling about a decade back and the pounds and stones just went on and never came off.
I'm rolling it back slightly and gradually now through
restricted eating hours - I'm only eating between noon and 7pm. Don't break your fast, embrace and extend it for as long as possible to give your body time to come off the sugar rush and start burning fat - carbs really are Satan's spunk. Best part, you'll likely go into ketosis while you're asleep rather than getting those "Stay on the sugars, man, don't crash," cravings when you're on the verge of switching to burning fat during the day.
I find a simple rule like that is much easier to stick to than calorie counting, and curiously am not ravenous by mid-day. Quite the opposite actually: once you're in ketosis, the sugar cravings stop and you can eat something sensible rather than Jonesing for more Devil jizz.
Bear in mind that Caveman You wasn't evolved to wake up, scratch his arse, and find a bowl of Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs waiting for him first thing in the morning. It's unnatural to have food, especially high carb food, constantly to hand.
tl;dr version - skip breakfast, spend the money you save on a smaller belt.
Caveat: still a fat bastard though, and may be delirious from hunger.
