Chocolate Milk Post Recovery, Was This OK?

It was really sweet and I washed it down with a lot of water!

It's gonna take some time to get over the idea that it's "bad" for you but it does serve a purpose as a post workout recovery. I was blown away by the amount of sugar in it.

When do you usually take it, for anything over an hour?

It looks ok to me. I sometimes buy the single servings of Horizon Organic reduced fat chocolate milk after a long run that ends more than 30 minutes from home and it's got a similar nutrition content, only half the size. If you're home and want to avoid some of the sugar, you can make it with Hershey's reduced sugar syrup. It tastes the same as the regular. I drink chocolate milk after most run workouts since I can't stomach food for quite awhile. And it's nice to be able to justify drinking chocolate milk!

After a hard/long workout my preferred recovery drink is either 2% chocolate milk, or chocolate soymilk.

It actually agrees with my stomach better and makes me feel better than accelerade or the other options.  I wouldn't use it after every single workout (cause as already stated it is high in sugar and in fat) but as a recovery re-fueling option - I think it works really well. 

You can make the chocolate milk yourself if you don't like it so sweet.  I find that the store bought brands are at least twice as sweet as a make at home.

I drink it all the time!  Skim milk and non-fat chocolate syrup.  It creates the "perfect" ratio of carbs to protein.

Only slightly off topic, but.... your Garmin sounds like something needs to be adjusted?  2000 calories in an hour and a half at 20mph?  Most estimates I've seen show that we burn 600-900 cal/hour on the bike for a decent effort like that.  So you're looking more at 1200-1350 calories.  Minus 200 for the bag of shot blocks, and you were only down 1000~1200 calories from your start.

All that said, I use chocolate milk at home occasionally for post-exercise recovery.  It's fantastic for you.

 More carbs I'd assume. 

ARE YOU QUESTIONING THE POWER OF CHOCOLATE???

My guess is it's that chocolate milk is sweeter, thus boosting the carb:protein ratio to the "optimal" 3:1. Some folks put a teaspoon or so of sugar in their white milk to accomplish the same.

I'll have to check that out. What would I look for on the garmin that would make my calories be too high?

I rode for 1:39 and covered 31 miles averaging 18.68mph. If I enter that info into my fitday journal it says that I burned 1,641 calories so something has to be double checked. Thanks!

And maybe on the benefit. Low sugar=low carbs=no magic 3:1 ratio.